Saddest Reality TV Deaths of All-Time

SADDEST REALITY TV DEATHS OF ALL-TIME

[{"selector":"#anim-af5d4214-3e11-491c-bef8-82aef79174bc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] The young singer, who finished in third on ‘The Voice’ season 6, died on June 10, 2016, after being shot twice and killed during a meet and greet in Orlando, Florida. Christina Grimmie

[{"selector":"#anim-bed54222-4a69-4838-9e9d-4cd88d927f3b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] The infamous Playboy model & star of her own self-titled reality show was 39 when she was found unresponsive in a hotel room on Feb. 8, 2007. The official cause of death was "combined drug intoxication." Anna Nicole Smith

[{"selector":"#anim-c9f8983a-f2f6-4d6a-9a22-8c98337e9e8a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] The famed ‘Crocodile Hunter’ and father of two died while snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef on Sept. 4, 2006, when he was pierced in the chest by a stingray. He was only 44. Steve Irwin

[{"selector":"#anim-31a453b4-573a-4f2d-9de2-cc435cd9935d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] 'The Little Women: Atlanta' star died on April 27, 2020, after being involved in a hit-and-run accident. Ashley "Minnie" Ross

[{"selector":"#anim-2694e3e4-8b9a-4353-87ea-a3982b664030","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] The singer and star of several reality shows, like ‘I Love Jenni’, died with six other passengers in a private jet crash on Dec. 9, 2012. Jenni Rivera

[{"selector":"#anim-91f834d3-b55a-43ef-a8a3-158ba46d612d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] At age 51, the ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ star died following a battle with throat & lung cancer in 2019. Beth Chapman

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[{"selector":"#anim-f05bced3-3881-4221-b81c-9c4d54ccc303","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"fill":"both","duration":1000,"delay":0}] Sister of Nick & Aaron Carter, who starred alongside them on their family reality show, died of an overdose in her home on Jan. 31, 2012. Leslie Carter

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