Huge Brother Contestant Cassandra Waldon Useless at 56

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Cassandra Waldon, the primary houseguest to ever enter the U.S. Huge Brother home, has died. She was 56.

The previous actuality star labored for the United Nations in Rome, Italy and had sustained a head damage in a automotive accident in the town two months in the past and by no means regained consciousness, in line with Deadline. She handed away on September 25.

Huge Brother host Julie Chen took to Instagram on Friday to pay tribute to the late former actuality star.

“Relaxation In Peace Cassandra,” Chen wrote. “Your mild will proceed to shine on this world due to the best way you lived your life: with class and style. Might your loved ones and family members discover solace and peace. Thanks for bringing your intelligence, heat and knowledge to the Huge Brother home Season 1. You might be in my ideas and in my prayers. Might God Bless your soul.”

A day after Waldon’s dying, a spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-Normal paid tribute to her in a each day briefing.

“On a tragic be aware, I wish to prolong our condolences to the household of our colleague Cassandra Waldon, the Director of Communications on the Worldwide Fund for Agricultural Improvement (IFAD), who handed away this week,” the spokesperson stated. “She was a pleasant and devoted colleague and we have been unhappy to be taught of her passing.”

A memorial service for Waldon is deliberate in her residence state of Maryland for subsequent weekend, Deadline stated.

Waldon starred on the primary season of CBS’ Huge Brother in 2000 and positioned sixth out of 10. She is the second former contestant to go away, following season two star Kent Blackwelder‘s dying at age 62 in 2007, and the primary feminine one.