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Former Jeopardy! contestant Laurin Bell, who competed on the well-known quiz present in 2023, has died on the age of 41.
Bell’s beloved one Kristen Joyner confirmed the information in a Fb publish Monday, March 24, writing, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we’ve got to let everybody know Laurin Bell determined to finish her life final night time.”
“She was a superb, humorous, and exquisite soul ,” Joyner continued. “Please preserve everybody in your ideas and prayers as they course of this loss.”
She additionally added a plea for somebody to “soak up” Bell’s canine Kinley, who “was taken to the pound” in Polk County, Florida, after her proprietor’s dying. Joyner famous the canine had “10 days” to discover a new house.
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“She is 14 years previous and never good with different canine, however is pleasant with everybody and cats. She’s an incredible companion and desires love,” she wrote alongside a number of images of Kinley at house.
Alongside the publish, Joyner additionally shared a photograph of the late Bell competing on Jeopardy! and what gave the impression to be a screenshot of her ultimate publish on Fb, which learn, “Effectively everybody, I’m signing off from life. See you on the opposite facet.”
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A spokesperson for the Florida Medical Examiner’s Workplace shared in a press release with the Day by day Mail that “an post-mortem has been carried out and toxicology testing is underway.”
PEOPLE has reached out to the Polk County Medical Examiner for extra data.
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Bell appeared on Jeopardy! in an episode that aired on Feb. 14, 2023, hosted by Ken Jennings. She and Blaine Smith had been the brand new contestants on the present who competed towards the returning champion on the time, Kendra Westerhaus.
Though Bell didn’t win the sport and transfer on to a different episode of the present, she received over viewers together with her fast wit and solutions throughout her look.
A number of folks commented on Joyner’s publish and paid tribute to Bell on-line, together with one one that wrote, “So unhappy! Sorry to your loss. Praying for everybody that knew her!”
One other supplied their condolences writing, “Praying for consolation and your loved ones.”
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