Jeopardy! contestant Cindy Stowell died shortly after she won $23,000 on the show
A Jeopardy! superfan won nearly $23,000 in last night's episode which was aired just days after her death earlier this month.
Cindy Stowell, 41, achieved her lifelong dream of going on the quiz show before she died of Stage 4 colon cancer on December 5.
Miss Stowell will make another appearance on the program tonight but it isn't known how many more rounds she made it through.
The science content developer from Austin, Texas, filmed the episode when she knew she only had six months to live back in August.
Cindy Stowell's boyfriend Jason Hess announced the 41-year-old Jeopardy! contestant's death on Twitter. Miss Stowell won nearly $23,000 in last night's episode after her death from colon cancer on December 5
In the episode, Miss Stowell walked away with $22,801 after she correctly answered that the second-largest city in Cuba was Santiago.
She is the first person in the show’s history to die before their episode premiered.
Her family said in a statement that she made good on her promise to donate her winnings to cancer research organizations, so that 'no one else would have to go through what she did'.
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Miss Stowell, a Jeopardy! superfan is pictured with host Alex Trebek during the show's filming. The content developer from Austin, Texas, knew she had only six months to live when she taped the show back in August
Miss Stowell was fighting a high-grade fever, which turned out to be a blood infection, and was on painkillers at the time of taping, her boyfriend Jason Hess said.
Mr Hess announced her death on Twitter and he encouraged the public to watch her upcoming episode.
He wrote: 'In the early morning hours cancer took the best friend, partner and pub trivia teammate a guy could ask for. Love you always.'
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek said in a statement: 'Competing on Jeopardy! was a lifelong dream for Cindy, and we’re glad she was able to do so.'
Miss Stowell was fighting a high-grade fever, which turned out to be a blood infection, and was on painkillers at the time of taping, Mr Hess said
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