Caleb Bankston

Reality show participant

Caleb Bankston

Reality show participant

September 27, 1987

Collinsville, Alabama

June 24, 2014

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Caleb Bankston was a contestant on Survivor: Blood vs. Water, the 2013 edition of the long-runnning CBS reality competition series.

The Alabama native, who competed on the show with his fiancé, Colton Cumbie, was a favorite among fans. He was eliminated on day 32, finishing ninth.

Bankston died June 24, 2014, in an accident involving a derailed train car when he was working at a coal plant in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 27.

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