Diem Brown News: Final 'The Challenge' Episode Airs, Co-Stars Pay Tribute [VIDEO]
Diem Brown's final episode of The Challenge aired on Tuesday night.
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Following the episode, Brown's co-stars, including Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio, Jordan Wisely and Nia Moore, paid tribute to her memory at a press event in Glendale, Calif.
"She maintained such an optimistic, positive outlook in life," Devenanzio told Us Weekly, according to a report on Thursday. "That girl fought until her f---ing last breath."
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During filming on The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II, Brown fell ill and was taken to a local hospital. Although Brown eventually returned back to the house, and her co-stars, she returned to the hospital a short time later, and was eventually flown home.
After arriving in New York, Brown was diagnosed with colon cancer, and on Nov. 14, 2014, she passed away. Prior to her death, several co-stars, including Brown's on-again, off-again boyfriend, Chris "CT" Tamburello, visited her in the hospital.
"She was a fighter," Wisely added. "That's what these shows were for her, [a chance] to go out there and show everybody that it doesn't matter what's wrong — she's gonna fight."
Moore said, "She was obviously somebody who battled something she didn't deserve and couldn't avoid. She was just a testament to human strength. She didn't complain. She made no excuse. She took whatever card she was dealt."
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II airs Tuesday nights at 11 p.m. on MTV.
