Jenn Lyon

Jennifer Jane "Jenn" Lyon is a contestant from.

On the 19th of January, 2010, Jenn passed away after battling cancer.

Profile
Born in Nevada, Jennifer Lyon grew up in Washington and Oregon. She spent one year in Spain as a foreign exchange student and two years in London working as a nanny. While in Oregon, she attended Portland State University for approximately one year. She then attended Western Oregon State College before transferring to Oregon State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and food management. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in the school of family consumer sciences at California State University, Northridge.

Lyon continues to work as a nanny in the Los Angeles area and is a photographer part time. She has previously worked as a nutrition counselor, preschool teacher and photographer's assistant. She describes herself as good-natured, easy-going and opinionated. She enjoys hiking, soccer and photography. She is very proud of learning Spanish while participating in the foreign exchange program when she was 18 years old

Voting History
In The Ultimate Shock, the vote ended with a tie between Jenn and Ian, forcing a fire-making tiebreaker. Jenn lost the challenge.

Post-Survivor
Jenn briefly dated Survivor: Panama contestant Austin Carty in 2006.

Death
On January 19, 2010, Lyon passed away from cancer, which had come back from remission and had metastasized to her bones. She was thus the first cast member of Survivor to pass away. 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 vs. Villains showed a montage video made up of moments of Lyon from her appearance on Survivor: Palau.