Ken Jennings
Most people know Ken Jennings, the big Mormon Jeopardy winner. Well, not everybody knows that my sister worked with him for a couple of years at BYU in the Tanner building. My husband is now a subscriber to his weekly trivia and it brings back such memories of hanging out with my sister and Ken. Whenever I would get done with my classes I would go up and hang out with my sister in her little office and Ken was usually there. It was a small office with only about 4 people in it so they all got to know eachother really well. Ken and Yang were friends and their big thing was movies and this stupid movie trivia they would do every week. Ken had a dream of being on Jeopardy and I guess his dream came true in a big way 
When my sister was sick she was just watching tv one day and happened to flip past the channel with Jeopardy and saw Ken. She was so excited for him and it really gave her the best entertainment while she was sick. She always said he was the smartest guy she ever met. So- Ken, thanks for the entertainment and your friendship. PS my sister always had a crush on you
July 30th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Actually, she first caught him on Jeopardy when we were in Houston. Yang was going everyday for a radiation treatment. Of course there was nothing to do once we got back from the hospital. She didn’t feel like doing anything anyway. I emailed Ken after Yang passed away to let him know what had happened. I never expected to hear back from him, but I did quite quickly, as I remember. He sent a very nice email. In part he said he couldn’t even imagine someone like Yang not being with us anymore, because she was such an alive, vibrant person. Ken is a very nice, personable guy who represented himself and the Church in a very positive way. I remember being so aggravated that I could NEVER beat him at the movie trivia game! It was so nice that Yang was able to have that little interlude (watching him compete on Jeopardy) so she could have something to think about besides chemo, radiation, cancer, and all the horrible things that go along with those words.