{"id":930568,"date":"2026-10-12T19:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930568\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:02:11","slug":"big-brother-star-amber-siyavus-dead-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/930568\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big Brother&#8217; Star Amber Siyavus Dead at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Amber Siyavus<br \/>\n                          &#8216;Big Brother&#8217; Star Dead at 46<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 12, 2026<br \/>\n                            9:14 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  October 12, 2026<br \/>\n                                11:53 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261012_8289c6d836bc435a81ee1412d169dae0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1d1fcdfd-64c7-4872-b649-8ab9e9a637fc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8289c6d836bc435a81ee1412d169dae0_md.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Siyavus CBS 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/amber-siyavus\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amber Siyavus<\/a>, who competed on Season 8 of &#8220;Big Brother,&#8221; is dead &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Amber died Friday &#8230; according to records from the Clark County Office of the Coroner\/Medical Examiner in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261012_4ed4745b19b94c1492ad408d26470477\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1d1fcdfd-64c7-4872-b649-8ab9e9a637fc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4ed4745b19b94c1492ad408d26470477_md.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Siyavus big brother 8 getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her cause and manner of death are both listed as pending.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans of the CBS reality show will remember Amber from the 2007 season, where she became known for her emotional moments in the house &#8230; with her frequent crying earning her the nickname &#8220;Whamber.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261012_7d0f0d5fffa14f32a2b02de1d30df007\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1d1fcdfd-64c7-4872-b649-8ab9e9a637fc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7d0f0d5fffa14f32a2b02de1d30df007_md.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Siyavus getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amber formed close bonds with fellow houseguests Jameka Cameron and Dustin Erikstrup, and she finished in 7th place.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Amber&#8217;s family has dealt with tragedy before.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20180110_5fb1971de8ea5f9196464eab87c82ad5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1d1fcdfd-64c7-4872-b649-8ab9e9a637fc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/5fb1971de8ea5f9196464eab87c82ad5_md.jpg\" alt=\"Big Brother' Star Amber Siyavus' Daughter Dies from Apparent Suicide :: 0110-amber-siyavus-daughter-lexi-twitter-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We broke the story &#8230; in January 2018, her 18-year-old daughter, Lexi Tomcavage, died in Ohio in what was ultimately investigated as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/01\/10\/big-brother-star-amber-siyavus-daughter-dead-suicide-investigation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">apparent suicide.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amber was 46.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amber Siyavus &#8216;Big Brother&#8217; Star Dead at 46 Published October 12, 2026 9:14 AM PDT | Updated October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-930568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}