All About Late ‘Big Brother’ Star Amber Siyavus’ Family: Her Daughter & More
Warning: The following post contains discussions of suicide.
Big Brother Season 8 star Amber Siyavus died on Friday, October 9, at 46. TMZ first reported her death on October 12, but her cause of death remains unrevealed at this time. Longtime Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves posted a tribute to the late contestant on the 12, writing, “Rest in Peace Amber. Hard to believe but I know you are back in our eternal home with our Creator. Thank you for your heart and honesty. We will remember you with love.”
While Siyavus was not in a public relationship, she is remembered by her ex-husband, Christopher Tomcavage, with whom she lost her daughter, Lexi Tomcavage, in 2018 at 18 years old. At the time, Lexi had recently graduated from high school.
Scroll to find out everything we know about Amber Siyavus’ family, including her ex-husband, their late daughter, and more.
Who was Amber Siyavus?
Siyavus was a Big Brother star from Season 8 who made it to the jury phase. During the season, she talked quite a bit about her family, including her daughter, Lexi, back home. As Siyavus was emotional throughout the season, she was referred to as “Whamber” by her fellow houseguests.
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What happened to Amber Siyavus’ late daughter, Lexi?
In 2018, Siyavus faced a family tragedy when her daughter, Lexi Tomcavage, died by apparent suicide, per TMZ. According to Oxygen, Lexi’s death was “the fifth suicide in the small Ohio town where [she] lived to occur within the past six months.” A day before she died, Lexi posted on Twitter three times, writing to her friend who had passed, “I miss you,” and, “Never been like this before.”
At the time, her family revealed that Lexi was “survived by her parents, Chris and Amber, brother, Tyler Veasy, great-grandmother, Betty Wuertz, grandmothers, Terry Siyavus and Ligaya Tomcavage.”
Who was Amber Siyavus’ ex-husband?
Siyavus was married to Christopher Tomcavage, who appears to live in Nevada today, where he works as a banquet server, per his LinkedIn. The couple had two children, Lexi and Tyler, before their divorce. While Tyler’s Facebook, which Siyavus and Tomcavage created when he was a baby, is public, little is known about him today.
If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or dial 988. If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call 911.
