Jeopardy! champion Brayden Smith has died at the age of 24. The five-time winner loved the program from birth and had recently appeared on the show. Jeopardy! heard the news from Debbie Smith on social media. Thousands of fans are flooding into that post on Twitter to offer their condolences. It seems as though the fanbase is more vocal and supportive than ever after the pandemic began. Everyone is still reeling from the loss of TV legend Alex Trebek as well. During all his appearances on the show, Smith managed to pull in $115,798 across all of those episodes. It was very recently too as all of them flow from late 2020 to the dawn of this new year. In his obituary, the family notes that Smith graduated from the University of Nevada last year and was looking at law school in his future. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
The JEOPARDY! family is heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brayden Smith. He was kind, funny and absolutely brilliant. Our deepest condolences go out to Brayden’s family. He will be missed. https://t.co/aFQRt6KzPc
