‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ Tragedies

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‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ Tragedies

Tyler Gwozdz, Eric Hill, Erin Storm and more former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants have tragically died after competing on the ABC series. Us Weekly confirmed in April 2014 that Hill, who appeared on season 10 of The Bachelorette, passed away at the age of 26 after part of his parachute collapsed while he was paragliding in Utah. The accident happened when Andi Dorfman was still filming the season. "It was a great experience for him," host Chris Harrison said of Hill's journey on The Bachelorette at the time. "I guarantee this brilliant, bright guy didn't know he would be dead in three weeks, so it really puts things into perspective for all of us. It was horrifying. It was unbelievably tragic and sad. He was a great guy who sucked every ounce of life out of every day and really lived it to the fullest." Dorfman, who took Hill on her first one-on-one date of the season, learned of his passing on a July 2014 episode. [jwplayer R8tO05Lm-zhNYySv2] “As tough as it is, I’m glad were all doing this together,” the It’s Not OK author told Harrison and her final four, Marcus Grodd, Nick Viall, Chris Soules and Josh Murray on the episode. “It just puts in perspective all of this—there’s so much more to all of this. There’s life, people have lives here.” More recently, Gwozdz, who competed on Hannah Brown’s season 15 of The Bachelorette, passed away in January 2020 after being rushed to a Florida hospital for a suspected overdose. “We are heartbroken to hear the tragic news of Tyler’s passing today. Our thoughts are with the Gwozdz family and his friends,” the ABC producers said in a statement at the time. Scroll through for more Bachelor Nation tragedies:

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‘Bachelor’ and ‘Bachelorette’ Tragedies

Tyler Gwozdz, Eric Hill, Erin Storm and more former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants have tragically died after competing on the ABC series. Us Weekly confirmed in April 2014 that Hill, who appeared on season 10 of The Bachelorette, passed away at the age of 26 after part of his parachute collapsed while he was paragliding in Utah. The accident happened when Andi Dorfman was still filming the season. "It was a great experience for him," host Chris Harrison said of Hill's journey on The Bachelorette at the time. "I guarantee this brilliant, bright guy didn't know he would be dead in three weeks, so it really puts things into perspective for all of us. It was horrifying. It was unbelievably tragic and sad. He was a great guy who sucked every ounce of life out of every day and really lived it to the fullest." Dorfman, who took Hill on her first one-on-one date of the season, learned of his passing on a July 2014 episode. [jwplayer R8tO05Lm-zhNYySv2] “As tough as it is, I’m glad were all doing this together,” the It’s Not OK author told Harrison and her final four, Marcus Grodd, Nick Viall, Chris Soules and Josh Murray on the episode. “It just puts in perspective all of this—there’s so much more to all of this. There’s life, people have lives here.” More recently, Gwozdz, who competed on Hannah Brown’s season 15 of The Bachelorette, passed away in January 2020 after being rushed to a Florida hospital for a suspected overdose. “We are heartbroken to hear the tragic news of Tyler’s passing today. Our thoughts are with the Gwozdz family and his friends,” the ABC producers said in a statement at the time. Scroll through for more Bachelor Nation tragedies:

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Clint Arlis

The Bachelorette season 11 contestant died in January 2022 at the age of 34. His cause of death was not revealed at the time.

Arlis’ family friend and a coach at his alma mater confirmed the news via Twitter: “It is with a heavy heart and a sense of profound loss that we announce the death of one of the Batavia Wrestling Program’s All-Time greats, 2005 graduate, Clint Arlis. Clint was the beloved son of Coach Tom Arlis and his wife, Jamie, protective, loving older brother of his sister, Taylor, and the boyhood idol and best friend of his kid brother, Coach Logan Arlis.”

Season 11 lead Kaitlyn Bristowe called Arlis’ passing “an absolute tragedy” at the time. “I’m not sure what happened [or] how it happened,” she said via Instagram Stories. “But all I want to say is knowing him from the show, even though things didn’t end on the best terms for us, from his time on the show until today, I have heard nothing but incredible things about that person from his peers, his students, his coaches, his teachers, his friends, his family. Clint was very well-respected in his world.”

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Michael Nance

Nance, who vied or Emily Maynard’s heart on season 8 of The Bachelorette, passed away in May 2017. He was 31. Officials found several substances in his system at the time. 

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Tyler Gwozdz

Gwozdz, who was 29, died of a possible drug overdose. 

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Christy Caserta

The Bachelor season 15 contestant, who competed for Brad Womack’s affections, collapsed at the age of 38 in October 2018. Her cause of death was later ruled as cardiomegaly and hyperthyroidism. 

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Eric Hill

"Eric shared his final journey with us this morning as all his immediate family were able to be at his side when he passed away," Hill’s sister Karen Tracy said in a statement at the time. "Thank you to all of your love and support and prayers and fasting. It was amazing to be with so many of his friends and family yesterday in the hospital who came to express their love for Eric."

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Erin Storm

Storm, who competed on Matt Grant’s season of The Bachelor in 2008, was a victim in a plane crash in Los Angeles in March 2016.

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Gia Allemand

Allemand appeared on Jake Pavelka’s season of The Bachelor in 2010 and Bachelor Pad later that year. In 2013, she was declared brain dead after attempting suicide at the age of 29.

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Julien Hug

Hug, who competed for Jillian Harris’ heart on season 5 of The Bachelorette, took his own life in San Diego in November 2010.

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Alexa ‘Lex’ McAllister

McAllister died of a suspected drug overdose in May 2016, six years after she appeared on Pavelka season of The Bachelor in 2010.