Jane Brilliant, the Survivor: Nicaragua contestant, has died. She was 71.
The Season 21 Fan Favourite’s daughter Ashley Hammett introduced her mom’s demise in a Fb put up on Thursday after her physique was found earlier that day in her North Carolina dwelling.
“Immediately Jane Hammett Brilliant was discovered handed away inside her dwelling by an excellent buddy and county sheriff,” wrote Hammett within the put up. A explanation for demise was not disclosed.
Born Dec. 13, 1953 in Jackson Springs, N.C., Brilliant was a 56-year previous canine coach when she appeared on the CBS competitors sequence in 2010. Separating the castaways into two tribes primarily based on age, she began off within the older Espada tribe.
Regardless of being the oldest contestant of the season, Brilliant pulled her personal weight, praised for her power and contributions to the tribe. After being the thirteenth castaway voted off, she received the audience-voted Dash Fan Favourite, together with a $100,000 prize.
Brilliant was remembered by followers and fellow Survivor forged members, together with Survivor: Ghost Island‘s Donathan Hurley, who remembered her as “a firecracker.”
“Lord, I certain did get my coronary heart damaged once I opened up Fb after work!” he wrote on X. “One in all my favourite Survivor relations, as I name all of them, has handed away. I cherished Jane a lot!!! This woman was a firecracker! All the time able to have an excellent time and an excellent snicker! RIP Jane.”
