Sonja Christopher, who made history arsenic nan first personification voted disconnected “Survivor” and nan first lesbian contestant, died Friday. She was 87.
“Sonya [sic] was 1 of nan kindest group to ever play Survivor. Every relationship I had pinch her complete nan years was lovely,” “Survivor” big Jeff Probst, 62, said successful a connection Saturday connected nan show’s charismatic Instagram page.
“She would ever shake hands you pinch a grin connected her look and joyousness successful her heart. I’m honored that our paths sewage to cross,” he added.
Born connected Jan. 28, 1937, successful Olympia, Washington, Christopher was a 63-year-old euphony therapist and bosom crab subsister erstwhile she competed connected nan first season, “Survivor: Borneo.”
She erstwhile said she was inspired to audition aft enduring a three-day outdoor training programme for bosom crab survivors.
She struggled pinch nan first challenge, pinch Probst snuffing retired her torch connected time 3 — but not earlier she played nan ukulele and sang nan “therapist’s version” of “Bye Bye Blues” to Richard Hatch, who went connected to triumph nan season.
At nan time, she said that being nan first castoff was “a small humiliating.”
Eventually, she was capable to make ray of being nan first to get nan axe.
“If personification recognizes maine — which is thing for illustration it utilized to beryllium — and asks, ‘Weren’t you on ‘Survivor’?’, I’ll say, ‘Yes, I person nan dubious favoritism of being nan first personification ever voted off ‘Survivor,” she recalled to Entertainment Weekly successful 2020 for nan 20th day of her season. “Now, really galore group tin opportunity that? I deliberation it’s beautiful funny.”
After her move connected “Survivor,” she appeared connected an section of Dick Van Dyke’s “Diagnosis: Murder” arsenic good arsenic “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The Daily Show.”
Entertainment Weekly reports that a origin of decease was not disclosed.
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