‘Amazing Race’ contestant Donald Anthony St. Claire dead at 87

One of many oldest contestants on “The Wonderful Race,” Donald Anthony St. Claire, died at his Northern California house on the age of 87, The Put up can verify.

St. Claire, a famend physician and “true renaissance man,” handed away Aug. 31, in response to his on-line obituary. His son, Greg, instructed TMZ in a narrative posted Saturday that his loss of life got here as a shock — a “coronary heart concern” is suspected.

St. Claire and his spouse, Mary Jean, participated within the sixth season of the long-running CBS actuality sequence. They have been referred to as the crew of “Grandparents” when the present aired in 2004.

Throughout the competitors, Don was 69, and Mary Jean, an inside designer, was 65. That they had been married 20 years on the time, after assembly whereas married to different individuals, in response to CBS.

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Donald St. Claire competed with wife, Mary Jean, on "The Amazing Race"
Donald St. Claire competed with spouse, Mary Jean, on “The Wonderful Race” Season 6, which aired in 2004.
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Donald and Mary Jean
Donald and Mary Jean completed in eighth place on Season 6.
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Donald St. Claire wearing a jacket
Donald died Aug. 31 of a suspected coronary heart concern
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Of their present biography, the community revealed the couple had as soon as survived a near-death expertise when their boat carrying eight individuals capsized within the South Pacific, throwing Don onto a coral reef and Mary Jean into the water.

The locals reportedly held a memorial service for them, considering there was no means they might emerge from such a tragedy.

On “The Wonderful Race,” the pair finally struggled to maintain up with the youthful groups. They have been eradicated in Germany, coming in eighth place.

The award-winning winemaker — who was born on Jan. 10, 1935 — is survived by Mary Jean; youngsters Valeri Andres, Donald St. Claire, Jr., Gregory St. Claire and Jeffrey St. Claire; stepchildren Michael Henningsen and Christa Flores; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Off display, St. Claire practiced inside drugs within the Palo Alto space for greater than 40 years, serving on the scientific school of Stanford College.

“He was a real animal lover who adored his canine, and a loving father who didn’t hesitate to finish work early on Fridays to tug his youngsters from faculty for journeys to Tahoe. He touched everybody who got here into his path,” the obit learn.

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