Background
Jennifer Lyon was born in Nevada, but grew up in Washington and The Dalles, Oregon.
Jennifer Lyon was born in Nevada, but grew up in Washington and The Dalles, Oregon.
She finished fourth in the competition. When Jennifer returned to the United States., she attended Portland State University and spent a year there until she later attended Western Oregon State College before she was sent to Oregon State University. She later received a Bachelor of Science Degree in nutrition and food management.
She enjoyed hiking, playing soccer, and photography. At the age of 18, Jennifer learned Spanish when she participated in the foreign exchange program around 1990. After graduating from high school, Jennifer spent a year in Spain and two years in London working as a nanny.
The game started with all twenty players on the same beach.
During the tribe division, she was chosen by Gregg to be on the Koror tribe. She in turn picked Coby to join the tribe.
During this time she developed a rivalry with Stephenie LaGrossa of the Ulong tribe. Stephenie was constantly beating her in challenges.
She also developed a showmance with Gregg Carey.
According to the reunion show, the relationship only lasted on the island, although they remained friends afterwards. After Stephenie, the last remaining Ulong, was absorbed to Koror, the tribe entered the individual phase of the game. At the final four, when she wasn"t immune, Jenn was expected to be voted out.
She convinced Tom to vote for Ian for thinking about betraying their alliance while Ian and Katie, the only other players left, voted for her.
A revote was unsuccessful in breaking the tie so she was put in the first ever final four fire making tie-breaker challenge against Ian. She lost the challenge, which put her on the jury.
In 2005 while living in Encino, California, Lyon was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, and subsequently began blogging about her disease and treatment. Lyon got involved with the Maine and My Two Friends Foundation, which focuses on the early detection and prevention of breast cancer through education and awareness.
lieutenant was founded by Alisa Unger, who designed jewelry and planned to donate a portion of the proceeds to fund breast cancer education projects.
In 2006, Lyon was the grand marshal for the 11th annual Walk for the Cause, a breast cancer fundraiser in Albany, New New York In January she moved to a spot on the Hood River in Oregon. On January 19, 2010, Lyon died from cancer, which had come back from remission and had metastasized to the bone.
The special Surviving Survivor, which aired Thursday, February 4, 2010, just over two weeks after her death, was dedicated to her memory.
The reunion episode of Survivor: Heroes versus Villains showed a video montage of moments from Lyons" appearance on.
She was the first cast member of Survivor to die.