MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Danny Dias of ‘Road Rules’ 2004 (Courtesy of MySpace)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Christopher ‘Big Black’ Boykin of ‘Rob & Big’ died of a heart attack on May 9, 2017. (Courtesy of Instagram)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Clay Adler, who was on the short-lived show ‘Newport Harbor,’ committed suicide in March 2017. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Dave Mirra, who hosted two seasons of ‘The Challenge,’ committed suicide in Feb. 2016. (AP Images)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Diem Brown, who made her MTV debut on ‘The Challenge: Fresh Meat’ and then starred on several more seasons of the show, tragically died in November 2014 after years battling ovarian cancer. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Extreme sports star, Erik Roner starred on MTV’s ‘Nitro Circus.’ He died in a tragic skydiving accident in Sept. 2015. (Courtesy of Instagram)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Frankie Abernathy, who appeared on ‘The Real World: San Diego,” battled cystic fibrosis from the time she was three years old. She died after suffering complications from the disease in June 2007. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Joey Kovar, who was on ‘The Real World: Hollywood,’ died of opiate intoxication in Aug. 2012. Before his death, he tried to get treatment for his drug and alcohol addiction on ‘Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew.’ (Courtesy of Twitter)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Michelle Parma, who was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader before she appeared on an early season of ‘Road Rules,’ was killed in a three-car accident in 2002. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Pedro Zamora made history by going public with his AIDS battle on ‘The Real World: San Francisco.’ He succummed to the horrific disease in November 1994. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
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MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Ryan Knight, who was on ‘The Real World: New Orleans’ and several installments of ‘The Challenge,’ died of an accidental overdose in Nov. 2014. (Courtesy of Instagram)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Sean Sasser wasn’t a cast member on ‘The Real World: San Francisco,’ but his relationship with Pedro Zamora was a major storyline that season. He died after battling HIV and lung cancer in Aug. 2013. (Courtesy of MTV)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
‘Buckwild’ star Shain Gandee died from carbon monoxide poisioning after his SUV was submerged in mud in April 2013. (Courtesy of Facebook)
MTV Stars Who Died Too Young
Valerie Fairman, from ’16 & Pregnant,’ died of an overdose in 2016. (Courtesy of Instagram)
