Sahara Ray\u2019s body has been released to her family following her death, Page Six can confirm. <\/p>\n
An autopsy has been performed, and an official cause of death is still pending. <\/p>\n
The Australian model and swimwear designer \u2014 who previously dated Justin Bieber and Mod Sun \u2014 died in Los Angeles on Oct. 18 following a suspected fentanyl overdose<\/a>. She was 34.<\/p>\n An insider told the Daily Mail that Ray was transported to a local hospital and put on life support following the alleged incident. <\/p>\n Her family reportedly made the excruciating decision to take her off life support the same day, a source told the outlet. <\/p>\n Sahara Ray\u2019s body has been released to her family. She\u2019s pictured here in 2015. Matthew Eisman<\/p>\n The model, seen here with her mother in a social media upload, died Oct. 18 following a suspected overdose. sahara_ray\/Instagram<\/p>\n The influencer welcomed daughter Snow<\/a> \u2014 her first child, whom she once called her \u201cwhole heart\u201d \u2014 in January with Michael Bradley Dow.<\/a><\/p>\n She was the daughter of surf icon Tony Ray and Gretchen Gia Bach. <\/p>\n Bach memorialized her daughter<\/a> in a heartbreaking Instagram post following her death, writing, \u201cLaying on top of an Airbnb bed somewhere in LA at 1 AM wearing Sahara\u2019s clothes and sobbing as I read and repost the love letters and tributes to my first born daughter.\u201d <\/p>\n Meanwhile, sister Ruby Ray called her older sister a \u201cforce of nature\u201d<\/a> in an emotional tribute. <\/p>\n Ray, seen here in an Instagram photo, previously dated Justin Bieber. <\/p>\n Family members remembered her in emotional social media tributes. She\u2019s pictured above in an Instagram snapshot. Instagram\/sahara_ray<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cThe most vivacious, intelligent, hilarious, kind, empathetic and breathtakingly beautiful soul,\u201d Ruby wrote in part. \u201cA light so bright that this world feels impossibly dimmer without her in it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSahara has moved from this life into another, and I am left trying to comprehend how someone so full of life can no longer be here to live it,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n \u201cShe was, to me, the most incredible person to ever walk this earth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n A close friend, Jessica Serfaty, later told Page Six that the influencer had battled personal issues<\/a> in the years leading up to her death. <\/p>\n Pal Jessica Serfaty told Page Six that she struggled with mental health issues prior to her death. She\u2019s shown here in an Instagram photo. sahara_ray\/instagram<\/p>\n She was \u201cbeginning a new chapter of her life,\u201d Serfaty said. Ray is pictured here in 2016. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cSahara had been struggling with her mental health in recent years, and it was heartbreaking to witness someone we loved so deeply experience so much pain,\u201d Serfaty told us earlier this month. <\/p>\n Ray was \u201cbeginning an entirely new chapter of her life\u201d after welcoming her infant daughter, Serfaty explained. <\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s important to remember that someone\u2019s life can hold extraordinary beauty and profound pain at the same time,\u201d the \u201cDays of Our Lives\u201d alum said. \u201cOne doesn\u2019t necessarily erase the other.\u201d<\/p>\n Serfaty said her late friend \u201cwas so much more than the difficult chapters of her life.\u201d Ray, she recalled, was full of \u201claughter, adventure, mischief, tenderness, and magic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sahara Ray\u2019s body has been released to her family following her death, Page Six can confirm. 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