Sonja Christopher dead at 87: 生存者 星／主役にする known for 存在 first ever to get 投票（する）d off the island in season one passes away
- Fellow season 46 contestant Liz Wilcox 株d the heartbreaking news on X but did not 明らかにする／漏らす the date or her dear friend's 原因（となる） of death?
- Christopher 以前 starred on season one of 生存者 in 2000 and was known for 存在 the first contestant to get 投票（する）d off the island
- She was a retired music therapist, who 株d her 感謝 for her short time on the show as it にもかかわらず gave her a 壇・綱領・公約 to support 原因（となる）s she believed in
生存者 星／主役にする Sonja Christopher recently passed away at 87.
The music therapist was known as the first contestant to get 投票（する）d off of?the long-running series while filming season one in Pulau Tiga, Malaysia in May 2000.
Fellow contestant Liz Wilcox ― who 星／主役にするs in the 46th season filmed in Fiji last year and is 現在／一般に 公表／放送 ― 発表するd her dear friend's passing on X, 以前は known as Twitter.
She did not 株 the date or 原因（となる） of death.
On Friday, Wilcox 株d a screenshot of herself on a FaceTime call with Christopher as the 星／主役にする appeared to be showing off the 著名な 署名s on her 悪名高い ukulele.?
生存者 星／主役にする Sonja Christopher recently passed away at 87. The music therapist was known as the first contestant to get 投票（する）d off of the long-running series while filming season one in Pulau Tiga, Malaysia in May 2000
Fellow contestant Liz Wilcox ― who 星／主役にするs in the 46th season filmed in Fiji last year and is 現在／一般に 公表／放送 ― 発表するd her dear friend's passing on X, 以前は known as Twitter
'Today, the legend herself Sonja Christopher of Season One passed away,' she wrote in her tweet.?
'I had the 楽しみ of 会合，会う ing her on Christmas,' Wilcox continued. 'She had so much 勇気 + love for 生存者 and what the show brought to her life.'
She 追加するd: 'I hope you’re singing + playing your heart out somewhere beautiful, Sonja.'
On に代わって of the family, Wilcox 株d that in lieu of flowers, 寄付s can be sent to Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church in Walnut Creek, California; the 癌 Support Community of the San Francisco Bay Area; or the Siogren's 創立／基礎.?
支援する in May 2020, Christopher sat 負かす／撃墜する with Entertainment Tonight to talk about what she has been up to since appearing on the show during its inception two １０年間s earlier.
She told the 出口 that she was a music therapist for many years before she retired in December 2019.
At the time, she said she would spend her 解放する／自由な time visiting 退職 homes to play her banjo and sing with 上級のs.?
She 以前 made history as the first person to get 追い出すd from the show and 投票（する）d off during the first week of the show's debut season.
She was a music therapist for many years before she retired in December 2019. 支援する in 2020, she said she would spend her 解放する／自由な time visiting 退職 homes to play her banjo and sing with 上級のs; seen in 2000
She 以前 made history as the first person to get 追い出すd from the show and 投票（する）d off during the first week of the show's debut season
She also was known as the oldest 女性（の） contestant to ever compete on the game
She 以前 ended up on the show after seeing an article in the newspaper and 適用するing because she was at a lonely period in her life but 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 奮起させる people; seen with Gretchen Cordy
She also was known as the oldest 女性（の） contestant to ever compete on the game.
At the time, she had explained how a pair of shoes 原因（となる）d her to have blisters on her feet and ended up costing her team the first game 勝利，勝つ.
At first, it was 'humiliating' to get 投票（する）d off, but she started to take pride in making history.
At the time, she 解任するd to the 出口: 'If somebody 認めるs me―which is nothing like it used to be―and asks, "Weren't you on 生存者?", I'll say "Yes, I have the 疑わしい distinction of 存在 the first person ever 投票（する）d off 生存者." Now, how many people can say that? I think it's pretty funny.'
When asked how she ended up on the show, she 明らかにする／漏らすd she was going through a lonely period in her life; she saw an article in the newspaper about the cast away 適切な時期 and decided to try her 手渡す at it.?
'I was newly 回復するing from breast 癌 治療. And I had been in a 11-year 関係 and my partner got なぐさみ どこかよそで during that time of the 癌,' she candidly 明らかにする／漏らすd to ET. 'So I had moved to a 上級の 退職 community, and I was by myself, no 関係, my son was grown and taking care of himself. I was reading the morning paper, and it said something in an article about CBS looking for 16 Americans to cast away on a 砂漠d island and see who could 生き残る for 39 days.
She 解任するd it was around October 1999 when she 適用するd because she 'had always 手配中の，お尋ね者 to see if I could 生き残る using only my 手渡すs and my wits' and also 奮起させる other people.
On her 広大な／多数の／重要な albeit short experience on the show, she 以前 said she was 感謝する for the 適切な時期 as it gave her a 壇・綱領・公約 to raise money and 認識／意識性 about 原因（となる）s she believes in.
支援する then, she had explained how a pair of shoes 原因（となる）d her to have blisters on her feet and ended up costing her team the first game 勝利，勝つ. At first, it was 'humiliating' to get 投票（する）d off, but she started to take pride in making history
On her experience, she 以前 said she was 感謝する for the 適切な時期 as it gave her a 壇・綱領・公約 to raise mone y and 認識／意識性 about 原因（となる）s she believes in
'I'm so fortunate to have had it,' she said in 2020. 'And I've learned lessons about how to 扱う／治療する it, regard it, live with it, and go with the flow. The whole thing was so fortuitous.?
'I mean, if I hadn't had breast 癌, we probably wouldn't have broken up the 関係. And if I hadn't been alone, I wouldn't have tried out for 生存者. And if I hadn't tried out for 生存者, I never would've got to go around the country speaking and raising money for 原因（となる）s and trying to 奮起させる people with breast 癌 that they could not only 生き残る, but 栄える.?
'And that's been amazing.'
