On Thursday, it was announced that the winner of the 2015 WWE “Tough Enough” reality television series, Sara Lee, 30, has died.
In the sixth season of the competition, Lee, from Hope, Michigan, earned a one-year $250,000 WWE contract.
“We are all in shock and arrangements are not complete,” her mother stated on social media. “…we all need prayers especially Cory and her children,” she added.
Lee’s spouse is former WWE wrestler Cory James Weston, and she also had three children.
People in and around the wrestling industry have expressed their sentiments.
“Absolutely heartbreaking, life is too short. Sara was awesome…,” tweeted WWE wrestler Sonya Deville.
Charlotte Flair, another wrestler, shared a memorial fund and expressed that, “I will miss Sara forever.”
Prior to joining the WWE, Lee had been in school to become an ultrasound technician and was a power lifter.
The cause of her death hasn’t been disclosed.
