JEOPARDY! host Alex Trebek’s future is grim and the countdown to death has begun — despite the TV legend’s courageous vow to return to the game show in September, friends fear.

The 78-year-old icon — who is battling incurable stage 4 pancreatic cancer — triggered a new alarm by putting his beloved Paso Robles, Calif., ranch on the block at a cut rate of $1.4 million.

Then on April 22, Alex looked frail and weak as he stepped out in L.A. with the scar from his previous brain surgery visible under his cap.

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