Sonja Christopher, the first person ever voted off the island on 'Survivor' during its debut season, has died at age 87.
Sonja Christopher, the first ever contestant voted off the island on 'Survivor,' has died at age 87. The show's official Instagram page confirmed the news with a message from host Jeff Probst. 'Sonya was one of the kindest people to ever play Survivor. Every interaction I had with her over the years was lovely. She would always greet you with a smile on her face and joy in her heart.
was newly recovering from breast cancer treatment. And I had been in a 11-year relationship and my partner got consolation elsewhere during that time of the cancer,' she told the outlet at the time. She continued, 'So I had moved to a senior retirement community, and I was by myself, no ties, my son was grown and taking care of himself.
She continued, 'I was pretty beaten up... To this day, I still have bruises that don't go away... Someone once asked me if I thought my being voted off early was due to ageism. And I said, 'Oh, no.' And you know why is because I had no concept of ageism. I was always good at sports and very active physically. I just didn't realize I was, to some of these people, an old lady.
've recently turned 80 and I intend to watch the next 17 years of Survivor, and then I can happily hike off to the giant Tribal Council in the sky. I hope they don't vote me off,' she wrote at the time.
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