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Sonja Christopher, first person voted out of 'Survivor,' dies at 87

Sonja Christopher, the very first person to be voted out of 'Survivor,' has died at 87.

She won over fans and fellow competitors when she attempted to boost her tribe's morale by playing the ukulele and singing "Bye Bye Blues" to eventual winner Richard Hatch before she was voted out at Tribal Council, making Survivor history as the very first person to get their torch snuffed by host Jeff Probst. News of Christopher's death first broke on Friday, with multiple Survivor players sharing tributes to her on social media. "I've recently turned 80 and I intend to watch the next 17 years of Survivor, and then I can happily hike off to the giant Tribal Council in the sky.

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