In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023

The Survivor assemblage is mourning the nonaccomplishment of 1 of their own.

Keith Nale, the two-time contestant who competed in Survivor: San Juan del Sur and Survivor: Cambodia, has died astatine the property of 62. Nale's son, Wes, confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that his dad's passing came aft a conflict with cancer.

"He passed distant this afternoon," Wes told the outlet connected April 18. "He'd been battling crab for the past fewer months and we recovered retired astir it successful January." Nale's brother, Kevin, besides reflected connected the star's legacy, telling the outlet, "A beingness taken mode excessively soon."

Nale appeared successful the 29th play of the CBS competitory show, Survivor: San Juan del Sur, which premiered successful September 2014. He would besides instrumentality the pursuing twelvemonth to vie successful Survivor: Cambodia.

Shortly aft his passing, Nale's Survivor castmates paid tribute to the world star.

"Keith – a antheral with the purest heart, who brought wit into moments wherever it was needed most," Kelley Wentworth, who besides appeared in San Juan del Sur and Cambodia alongside Nale, tweeted April 18. "I'm grateful I had the accidental to conscionable Keith & stock memories unneurotic connected the beaches of Nicaragua & Cambodia."