Survivor: Thailand<\/em>, where Clay Jordan competed all 39 days, is still available for rewatch (for Paramount+ subscribers). When the season aired back in 2002, there were a number of controversial moments, including alleged racist remarks and a near strangulation of Clay Jordan by another player.\u00a0<\/p>\nIt was a controversial season to be sure, but no one is ever completely defined by a TV edit for a reality show. Ultimately, Clay Jordan never returned for another shot at becoming Sole Survivor. Instead, he went back to his life as a restaurant owner in Louisana with his family.<\/p>\n
His recent death sadly marks the third Survivor<\/em> contestant\u2019s death in the last year alone. Survivor: Millennial Vs Gen X<\/em>\u2019s Sunday Burquest lost her battle with cancer last June, prompting both Jeff Probst and her former alliance member Brett Labelle to speak out in remembrance of her. Then in April, Redemption Island<\/em> star Ralph Kiser died from a heart attack at age 56.<\/p>\nWith his own passing, Clay Jordan leaves behind several grandchildren, his daughter and a son. Our thoughts here at CinemaBlend are with the family, friends, and loved ones of the former Survivor<\/em> competitor in this difficult time. His status as a memorable contestant from the beloved reality show guarantees that he leaves a legacy in pop culture behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been more than two decades since Survivor first premiered on CBS. In that span of time, many contestants have made a name for themselves in the hearts and minds of viewers, even if they didn\u2019t necessarily win the game of \u201coutwit, outplay, outlast.\u201d Such was the case for Clay Jordan in the 2002 season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":101421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1653170520_Former-Survivor-Runner-Up-Clay-Jordan-Is-Dead-At-66.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}