{"id":2394,"date":"2026-07-09T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2394"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:48:10","slug":"born-this-ways-cristina-sanz-dead-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2394","title":{"rendered":"Born This Way&#8217;s Cristina Sanz Dead at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The reality TV community has said goodbye to one of its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cristina Sanz<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2014who appeared on all four seasons of the A&amp;E show <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Born This Way<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> about the lives of seven individuals living with Down syndrome\u2014died July 6, according to her family. She was 36.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we share the news that our daughter, Cristina, passed away Monday morning,\u201d her family wrote on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DahnLN-Dt1Z\/?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> July 8. \u201cShe suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while at her Day Program and was rushed to the hospital. Despite the doctors&#8217; best efforts to stabilize her heart, she did not survive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Though Sanz\u2019s family described her death as \u201cunexpected\u201d and \u201ca total shock,\u201d they said they were \u201cable to be by her side at the end.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWe will forever treasure the gift of her life,\u201d the family\u2019s statement concluded. \u201cWe will all carry in our hearts the wonderful \u2018Cristina moments\u2019 that she gave us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">In the wake of Sanz\u2019s death, A&amp;E also shared their condolences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reality TV community has said goodbye to one of its own. 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