TMZ reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\nSiyavus competed on the CBS show in 2007.<\/p>\n
\u201cBig Brother\u201d star Amber Siyavus (pictured above in October 2007) died on Friday, per TMZ. Getty Images for Fox<\/p>\n
The Season 3 alum (pictured above in September 2007) was 46. Getty Images<\/p>\n
At the time, Siyavus earned the nickname \u201cWhamber\u201d due to her tearful moments in the house.<\/p>\n
The Las Vegas resident, who bonded with castmates Jameka Cameron and Dustin Erikstrup, ultimately placed seventh in the competition series.<\/p>\n
She was the\u00a0only houseguest to make it to the jury phase without winning Head of Household or Power of Veto.<\/p>\n
Her cause and manner of death remain unknown at this time. (Pictured above: Siyavus in October 2007.) Getty Images<\/p>\n
Siyavus (pictured above in September 2007) competed on the CBS series in 2007. Getty Images<\/p>\n
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Dick Donato won, and his daughter, Daniele Donato, came in second place.<\/p>\n
Per Siyavus\u2019 Facebook account, she began working as a cocktail waitress at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas the year after her reality TV stint.<\/p>\n
She was back in headlines in 2018 after tragically losing her 18-year-old daughter, Lexi Tomcavage.<\/p>\n
At the time, Siyavus, who was nicknamed \u201cWhamber\u201d for her emotional on-camera moments, placed seventh. Facebook\/Amber Siyavus<\/p>\n
In 2018, her 18-year-old daughter died by an apparent suicide. (Pictured above: Siyavus with Kail Harbick, Jen Johnson and Jameka Cameron in October 2007.) Getty Images for Fox<\/p>\n
The teenager died by an apparent suicide.<\/p>\n
It is unknown whether Siyavus is survived by other children or a partner.<\/p>\n
During her time on the show, she spoke frequently about Tomcavage and about her experience as a single mom.<\/p>\n
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBig Brother\u201d alum Amber Siyavus died on Friday. She was 46. The Season 8 cast member\u2019s cause and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14306,49,48,5782,362,75,348,80632],"class_list":["post-930672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-big-brother","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-virtual-reali-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930672","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=930672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}