Sara Lee, former WWE ‘Tough Enough’ winner, dies at 30

“As a former “Tough Enough” winner, Lee served as an inspiration to many in the sports-entertainment world,” WWE said in a statement.

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Sara Lee, winner of the 2015 WWE “Tough Enough” reality television series, has died at the age of 30, her mother and the wrestling organization said Thursday.

Lee, a native of Hope, Michigan, won a one-year, $250,000 WWE contract in the competition’s sixth season.

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“We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete,” her mother, Terri Lee, said in part in a social media post. “We ask that you respectfully let our family mourn. We all need prayers especially Cory and her children.”

Read more on NBC News here.


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