Tragic quality this week retired of the amusement industy:
Sarah Danser, a erstwhile world prima champion known for having appearaed arsenic a contestant connected Naked and Afraid, has died pursuing a car crash.
She was 34 years old.
According to section constabulary successful Honolulu, Danser passed distant Tuesday, October 22 aft she was a rider successful a conveyance being driven eastbound by a 59-year-old antheral 2 days earlier.
The operator mislaid power of the conveyance and slammed into a parked car.
Danser was hospitalized successful captious information and yet succumbed to her injuries.
The operator of the car was also hospitalized successful superior condition, portion authorities said velocity appeared to beryllium the origin of the crash, NOT drugs nor alcohol.
Danser debuted connected Naked and Afraid successful 2017 during play 8 and past returned successful play 11.
She besides participated successful seasons 4, 6, and 7 of the spinoff amusement Naked and Afraid XL.
Last year, Danser appeared connected different world show, Fight to Survive, which aired connected The CW.
“Magical is the mode to picture her. Sarah had this affirmative vigor astir her that conscionable truly filled the situation that she was in,” her brother, Jake, told KSLA.
On her Instagram page, Danser described herself arsenic a “boat captain, scuba diver, survivalist” and a “pirate.”
Island Divers Hawaii, wherever she worked, shared a tribute connected their Facebook relationship connected Thursday successful the aftermath of this tragic news.
“Heavy hearts arsenic we accidental goodbye to a bully person and large captain. Sarah brought specified large vigor to everyone she came successful interaction with. You volition beryllium greatly missed,” the connection reads.
As you tin spot above, the connection included a screenshot of the star’s past Instagram upload: a selfie of Danser smiling connected a boat.
Naked and Afraid, which airs connected Discovery Channel and Discovery+, tracks a assortment of adventure-seekers arsenic they are stranded successful the wilderness portion afloat nude.
Danser’s passing comes 2 years aft the decease of chap survivalist Melanie Rausch successful July 2022 astatine the property of 35.
Rausch and Danser really teamed up connected Naked and Afraid XL play 4, which aired successful 2018, arsenic they attempted to past the South African wilderness alongside Dustin “Duck” Campbell.
Melissa Lauren, who knew Danser done this program, wrote the pursuing connected Facebook:
Sarah was [one] of the astir adventurous souls I’ve ever met. She wasn’t lone a fierce survivalist connected Naked and Afraid (she completed XL successful South Africa with me), but a Breast Cancer subsister who kept an inspiring and affirmative cognition done her treatment.
She loved the ocean, quality and exploring – I ever considered her a ‘modern time pirate.’ She was 1 of those radical that saw the satellite done the eyes of a child, successful awe of the things that galore of america instrumentality for granted.
Rest casual Sarah, I cognize youre retired determination exploring somewhere