Angie Jakusz, a participant of Survivor‘s tenth season, deceased January 8 after losing a long battle with cancer, reports People. She was 40.
Jakusz was only 25 years old when she was engaged Survivor: Palau in 2005. At the time, she worked as a bartender and artist in New Orleans, La.
When she arrived at the match, she was directed to the first tribal council after the Ulong tribe lost the immunity challenge. After that, she impressed her tribe by performing well in challenges and breaking down the original judgment of her tribe over her colorful tattoo and daring piercings.
Despite the successful integration with her tribe, Ulong’s losing streak continued, and Jakusz became the sixth person to vote out of the game.
“We heard from her family three years ago that she was battling cancer,” Palau rolemate Coby Archa told People. “We raised money for her treatments. She was not in fame, but only the experience of Survivor. She comes, plays, and goes back to her life in New Orleans. She loved her life so much. ”
Jakusz is the second cast out Survivor: Palau to die. Jenn Lyon died in 2010 after her battle with breast cancer. Archa posted a tribute photo on Instagram (below) of his two lost tribes.
Jakusz is survived by her nine-year-old husband, Steven Calandra.