The entertainment industry lost a large number of celebrities during the past couple of years. Muhammad Ali and David Bowie were some of them. On the other hand, the reality television show industry also lost some of the well-known celebrities. Here is a list of reality TV celebrities who died during 2016 and 2017.
- Valerie Fairman
Valerie Fairman was one of the most popular stars from the show “16 and pregnant Season 2”. The entire family of Valerie Fairman became victims of a drug overdose. This incident took place by accident, but Valerie Fairman unfortunately lost her life as a result of it. Her mother has been struggling with drugs for a long period of time. At the time of drug overdose, Valerie Fairman was just 23 years old.
- Lisa Marie Neagle
Back in 2010, Lisa Marie Neagle became popular with the Bridalplasty reality television show. In this television show, women were competing against each other in order to win a dream plastic surgery and a wedding. Unfortunately, Lisa Marie Neagle was murdered back in 2016. The convict behind her death is still unknown as the investigation has not come to an end. She was aged 36 at the time of death.
- Alan Thicke
Alan Thicke lost his life during 2016 due to a heart attack. Even though he has appeared in several reality television shows, Growing Pains was the turning point of his life. Along with the popularity and fame that Alan Thicke received by the appearance in Growing Pains, he went ahead and performed in another reality TV show named Unusually Thickle. He starred in this television show along with his wife and kids as well. He was 69 years old at the time of death.
- Josh Samman
Josh Samman was one of the most talented martial artists to live on this planet. He became popular from the appearance in reality television show named The Ultimate Fighter. Back in 2016, he was found unconscious within the apartment. At that time, he was with one of his friends named Tony Kirkingburg. Tony was a popular MMA announcer. Later it was announced that Josh Samman lost his life due to a drug overdose. He was only 28 years old at the time of death.
- Christina Grimmie
Christina Grimmie experienced a tragic death. She was one of the YouTube sensations. Along with the popularity of Christina on YouTube, she went ahead and took part in The Voice reality television show during 2014. She was able to end the season by winning the third place. Along with this, she continued to release new songs to her fans. She was just 22 years old at the time of death. The reason behind her death was one of the crazed fans decided to shoot at her, while she was performing in a concert.