All tag results for 'survivor'

Omg! How sad.

Staff doctor, Thierry Costa from French Survivor took his life yesterday in Cambodia after contestant Gerald Babin suffered a heart attack and unfortunately died.

The late 25-year-old went into cardiac arrest on the first day of filming the show's 12th season after he completed two challenges, which included jumping off a boat and swimming to shore to compete in a tug-of-war on the beach… and once Babin was done with the challenges, he experienced arm cramps and immediately fell to the ground.

Costa then ordered an emergency helicopter, but after the production team didn't want to give Gerald immediate attention because they didn't want to stop filming, he was taken away on a boat, rather than a chopper because it was considered "too costly."

The only problem with this was that "unjust accusations and assumptions [were] made against [Thierry]," which initially led to his suicide.

Ten days after Babin died, Costa left a note and committed suicide, he wrote:

Tags: cambodia, doctor, french survivor, gerald babin, heart attack, jeremie assous, suicide, survivor, thierry costa

Oh no!

Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca were in a relationship for 10 years, and have gone through winning Survivor and The Amazing Race together, and even starred in their own show, Everyday Health… but after a decade of love, they ended their relationship.

The former couple said:

Tags: break up, ethan zohn, everyday health, jenna morasca, relationship, survivor, survivor africa, survivor amazon, the amazing race

Jill Brzezinski-Conley found out that she had breast cancer a day before her 32nd birthday.

After a double mastectomy to cure her cancer, she got an infection in her left implant because of the radiation, so it had to be removed.

Now, sadly, she has been diagnosed with incurable stage 4 bone cancer at the age of 35.

One of Jill's good friends got in contact with photographer Sue Bryce, who then teamed up with Jill to tell her story.

Tags: body confidence, bone cancer, breast cancer, documentary, health, incurable cancer, survivor

The show 60 Minutes and Lance Armstrong have had a looooong history.

It was all the way back in 2000 when they did a very empowering piece about the now-shamed cyclist, for being a cancer survivor AND a champion. As the years went by, though, their reports on him took a 180 degree turn, and they wanted him to answer for all the questions and allegations around rumors of cheating.

Lance went from charming to threatening VERY fast!! BOO.

Listen to the story (above) about how he actually threatened a CBS producer about going forward with a segment they had planned! Of course, now that all his cheating has come to light, we're willing to be 60 Minutes is feeling prettttty good about being right!

Ha!

Oh, and if you haven't seen our extensive coverage of Lance's confessions…

CLICK HERE to see Lance finally admit to doping!!

CLICK HERE to see Lance reveal details of the scheme!!

CLICK HERE to see Lance make NO EXCUSES for his behavior, and explain why he started cheating in the first place!!

Tags: 60 minutes, answer, cancer, cheating, lance armstrong, question, questions, rumor, rumors, survivor, threats

Kelly Osbourne fully supports her mom's decision to have a preventative double mastectomy. We mean, why wouldn't she?

Anyone who would disagree with this isn't in their right mind. As you know, Sharon elected to have the procedure done when it was found that she had the gene for breast cancer. Having already had one type of cancer, she didn't want to risk it.

Here's what Kelly had to say about her mom:

Tags: breast cancer, cancer, decision, diagnosed, doctor, family, jack osbourne, kelly osbourne, love, mom, ozzy osbourne, sharon osbourne, strong, support, survivor

Today is the day!

Robin Roberts is having her bone marrow transplant today.

She must be nervous but we're so glad it's finally here and she can get it over with.

She's been blogging about her journey back to health and recently posted a video (above).

Tags: bone marrow, cancer, health, robin roberts, surgery, survivor, transplant

GOOD.

We really feel like the USADA did him wrong, and we're glad that he realizes that his wins really aren't something they can take away from him.

He was the first one to cross those finish lines, having never failed a drug test.

At a cancer conference in Montreal, he introduced himself like this:

Tags: canceled, cancer, cause, drug, father, fight, france, lance armstrong, sad, strong, support, survivor, test, tour, tour de france, usada is lame, win