Kim Johnson has actually passed away. Kerry Johnson Tichi, the Survivor: Africa alum’s little girl, validated the information on July 29. Johnson was 79.
” Our mother leaves a tradition of toughness, strength, compassion and kindness,” Tichi informed People in a declaration. “She used her climbed colorized glasses right up till completion. She was the coolest mother and granny on the planet. We will certainly miss her for life.”
The mother of 3 was the runner-up on the 2001 period of Survivor. Johnson ended up the competitors behind Ethan Zohn, that penciled an Instagram homage to her following her fatality.
” Relax in tranquility Kim Johnson. It was a true blessing to call you my close friend and an advantage to experience the last tribal council with you,” Zohn captioned a video clip mosaic of clips from their Survivor season. “I will certainly for life have that planters type your honor!”
Survivor host Jeff Probst likewise commemorated Johnson, calling her “a leader” in his Instagram article.
” She still holds the document for the earliest female to ever before win a resistance difficulty, gained her location in the last 2 and also got ballots to win the video game,” he created. “I keep in mind also after that at simply 56, just how motivating she was to various other ‘older’ individuals since she revealed that age was simply a number which if you agreed to take the chance of failing you could simply surprise on your own.”
” She certainly left her mark on the video game and on everybody that were fortunate sufficient to work with that period and inform her tale,” Probst ended his message, which was authorized, “Jeff Probst and the whole Survivor & & CBS group.”
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Johnson matured in Maryland and lived throughout the Northeast throughout her life, according to her Survivor bio. She was a retired grade school instructor that later on operated at an interior tennis club and possessed a sports apparel clothes shop. Fluent in indicator language, Johnson delighted in working out, outdoor camping, treking, angling, cruising, playing golf and horseback riding.
At the time her biography was composed, Johnson had actually been wed to her other half, Ted, for 37 years. They shared 3 kids– Wendy, Kerry and Ted, Jr.– along with numerous grandchildren.
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