Marissa Cooper

Marissa Cooper was a contestant from.

Marissa passed away on October 29, 2006 due to injuries she attained in a car accident. She is the first contestant to have passed away.

Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com

A fan of living the high life, Marissa was born and raised in Orange County, California and is the eldest of two daughters. A self described 'spoilt brat', she attended both boarding and private schools during her adolescence and went on to graduate with a very impressive GPA. A recent graduate of the University of Berkley, Marissa studied Social Politics. However after graduation her career path took a different route when she was offered an internship at a real estate agency, where she works today. Outside of work, Marissa enjoys hanging with friends, going on nights out and just making the most of life.

Marissa describes herself as fun-loving and easy going, yet focused and organised. She says that she thinks this is the perfect balance in life and once you can find the balance, you'll succeed. Her perfect day would be getting up early, exercising and then spending 24 long hours with her best friends and boyfriend, whom she loves dearly. When asked if she'd stay out late, she confides that she would as she's a fan of pushing the occasional rule to mix things up a little.

She currently resides in Orange County, close to her family a friends. Yet is an independent woman and has her own place, job and money. She says that to her, Survivor is going to be about challenging herself and gaining life experiences.

Survivor
Marissa was fairly easy going for the first few days and seemed to get on well with her tribe mates on Pagong. She performed well in the first immunity challenge but ended up getting called out at tribal by Joey Gladstone for not working hard enough around camp. Still she stuck with her tribe and voted Joey out. After this, she attempted to do a little more around camp and was noticed. Howeaver, after losing another immunity challenge, Marissa's contributions were still deemed inadequate and she was voted off in 4-3 vote, despite attempting to get the other women to vote out Don.

Post-Survivor

 * Marissa went on to work professionally for the real estate agency, but ended up quitting her job in 2003 in order to pursue other opportunities.

Death
In October, 2005, Marissa was involved in a car accident whilst driving. Despite being taken to hospital, she was in a critical condition and ended up being put in a coma. She sadly died from her injuries on October 29, 2005, just two weeks after the initial accident. It was later revealed that she had been drinking the night of the accident, although it's unsure if this was the sole cause of the crash.

Trivia

 * She was the youngest female on the Pagong tribe.
 * Marissa was the first female contestant to be voted off Survivor.
 * Her luxury item was a toothbrush.
 * Marissa was the first Survivor castaway to pass away after competing.
 * She was followed by Elise Beaupre], who died in 2010, and [[Finn Collins, who died on January 21, 2017.