Sonja Christopher — the most important person human becoming at any time voted off the current “Survivor” — has died … this in accordance with a present contestant on the present.
Liz Wilcox — who stars in time 46 of “Survivor,” which is underway appropriate now — released the sad information on X Friday … expressing she accomplished Sonja much more than Xmas and shared a photograph of the two speaking on FaceTime on her account.
She writes, “Ideal now, the legend herself Sonja Christopher of Season 1 handed away. I had the enjoyment of assembly her on Xmas. She skilled a terrific deal spunk + adore for Survivor and what the present delivered to her every day living. I hope you are singing + applying aspect in your coronary heart out someplace desirable, Sonja.”
On behalf of the residence, Liz states people will have to not ship bouquets … nonetheless, as a substitute donations to Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, CA, the Most cancers Aid Neighborhood in SF, or the Sjogren?s Foundation. She didn’t present a explanation for demise.
Sonja competed on “Survivor: Borneo” in 2000 and, no matter of locating collectively with effectively collectively with her teammates, obtained ousted quickly immediately after a variety of missteps led to her crew dropping that really very first 7 days. She obtained the boot mainly because of to it, creating her the most important person certain individual ever to be voted off the island.
In a way, her glimpse on the choice was historic … and tons of nonetheless bear in thoughts her.
Christopher’s found for enjoying her ukulele on the present — and, she appeared to recollect her time fondly on “Survivor” no matter of her early exit … telling EW in 2020 the total practical experience gave her a program to carry earnings for brings about she deemed in.
Sonja was 87.
RIP
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