The Amazing Race household has actually lost among their own.
Jody Kelly— the earliest lady to ever complete on the CBS travel competitors– passed away “suddenly but peacefully” onSept 5, according to her obituary in the Austin-American Statesman She was 85.
Jody, who had actually lived in Austin, Texas, for more than a years, was participating in Spanish language immersion camp in Minnesota when she passed away, per the obit.
Born on Jan 21, 1938, Jody was 71 when she appeared on The Amazing Race‘s 16 th season in2010 Partnering up with her then-22- year-old granddaughter Shannon Foster, the Alabama native made it to the 2nd round of the race previously being removed.
At the time, she stated her involvement on the program was evidence that senior individuals “can do physical things.”
And appropriately so. In addition to establishing StrengthMobile, a business that offers physical training to the senior, Jody represented Team U.S.A. in several global races, consisting of the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest and the 2016 ITU World Triathlon inCozumel She was likewise a member of Paddles with a Purpose– a dragon boat group consisted of breast cancer survivors– after entering into remission in 2018.
