{"id":681437,"date":"2026-07-09T01:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681437\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T01:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:32:13","slug":"born-this-way-star-cristina-sanz-dead-at-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681437\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Born This Way&#8217; Star Cristina Sanz Dead at 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260708_4b69a80ce0794597b7d62c298dc446d6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:44d2b6eb-73c7-4f3e-94b1-7cd84f1dc0fd\" 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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4b69a80ce0794597b7d62c298dc446d6_md.png\" alt=\"main cristina sanz sanz family\" 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\/cristina-sanz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cristina Sanz<\/a> &#8212; who starred on A&amp;E&#8217;s show about adults with Down syndrome, &#8220;Born This Way&#8221; &#8212; is dead after suffering a heart issue &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The TV star&#8217;s parents, Mariano and Beatriz, tell us Cristina went into cardiac arrest Monday while she was at her day program. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she died despite doctors&#8217; best efforts to save her.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260708_4bf7d8dbea704103abc9b141bfb8287f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:44d2b6eb-73c7-4f3e-94b1-7cd84f1dc0fd\" 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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4bf7d8dbea704103abc9b141bfb8287f_md.png\" alt=\"sub cristina sanz family insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cristina appeared on all four seasons of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/categories\/born-this-way\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Born This Way<\/a>,&#8221; which documented her career aspirations and loving relationship with her husband, Angel.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the pair split in 2021 and cited the COVID-19 confinement as a stressor on their relationship.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cristina&#8217;s parents have not released any information about funeral arrangements at this time.<\/p>\n<p>She was only 36.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristina Sanz &#8212; who starred on A&amp;E&#8217;s show about adults with Down syndrome, &#8220;Born This Way&#8221; &#8212; is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-681437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}