Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Jenn Lyon died she was 37

Jennifer Lyon was a contestant on the popular series, Survivor. Lyon placed fourth in the 2005 season of Survivor: Palau.

The 37-year-old reality TV star was diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer a few months after she finished Surivor but fought the disease with rounds of chemotherapy and other treatments.

Lyon was born in the city of Boulder City, Nevada, then moved around in cities in Washington and Oregon until we landed in The Dalles, Oregon, a small town along the Columbia River. She attributed her love and adventure and travel to my parents who would regularly pack us three kids into our Volkswagen Squareback and travel to various locations. She loved camping in the outdoors and seeing different places along the way.

She grew up playing many sports; softball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, track and water-skiing in the summer. After high school, her thirst for adventure was growing so that she left to spend a year in Spain as an exchange student. Her family had always welcomed people from around the world to live with them. She played soccer and received her BS in Nutrition Science. She also live in London, England, and was a nanny for two years.

She settled in Los Angeles for the last seven years . She dabbled in photography and acting, She was a nutrition counselor for a non-profit government agency called WIC, continued nannying.


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