The fitness world just lost a major star.
11.11.2022 - 02:17 / usmagazine.com
Former Survivor contestant Roger Sexton has died after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was 76.
According to his obituary, the former reality star passed away on October 26 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Walla Walla, Washington. The TV personality faced a “valiant courageous battle with Lewy body dementia” and was surrounded by his friends and caretakers in his final moments, per the tribute.
The form of dementia Sexton experienced ahead of his death is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, the Mayo Clinic states.
The retired military man competed on the sixth season of the CBS reality show in 2002, which had two tribes that were divided based on gender. While on the Tambaqui tribe, he served as a leader to his fellow contestants despite butting heads with his castmates at times. Sexton lasted a total of 21 days in the Amazon after being blindsided by his merged tribe, Jacaré. He was the first one voted off at the merge and the seventh to leave the game overall, finishing the season in 10th place.
“Confidence, discipline, and determination to succeed were all vital components to Roger’s character, which assisted him in being cast on season 6 of the reality TV show Survivor in 2002,” his obituary read. “However, the other more challenging aspects of his character eventually prevailed, leading to his eventual demise, but provided lasting memories of the exacerbating force that was Roger.”
Before making his television debut, Sexton enlisted in the United States Marine Corps upon graduating from high school in 1964. He went on to serve in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. After his service, he married longtime love Dianne Rodric in 1968.
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Roger Sexton, a contestant from the CBS reality show Survivor: The Amazon, died Oct. 26 at age 76 from Lewy Body Dementia, his family has confirmed. He passed at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Walla Walla, Wash.
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