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Former “Bachelorette” contestant Clint Arlis died by suicide, the coroner’s investigation report obtained by Page Six reveals. The method was hanging by belt.
The reality TV alum, who vied for Kaitlyn Bristowe’s heart during Season 11, died at the age of 34 on Jan. 11.
“It is with great sadness, to tell you that my family has lost my best friend and older brother Clint on the morning of January 11th,” Arlis’ sister Taylor wrote on Facebook a couple of days later. “Please respect our family’s privacy as we try to cope with this great loss.”
Bristowe, 36, took her to Instagram Story after the news broke to discuss her former suitor’s untimely passing.
“I’m not sure what happened, how it happened,” she began. “All I want to say is that from knowing him on the show, even though things didn’t end on the best terms for us, from his time on the show until today, I have heard nothing but incredible things about that person.
“… Clint was very well respected in his world, and it’s an absolute tragedy what’s happened,” Bristowe added.
Arlis, who was an accomplished wrestler and came from a family of wrestlers and coaches, also received an emotional tribute from his high school coach Scott Bayer.
“It is with a heavy heart and a sense of profound loss that we announce the death of one of the Batavia Wrestling Program’s All-Time greats,” Bayer tweeted on Jan. 13. “He was [a] talented artist with a sharp wit, a sardonic sense of humor and palpable authenticity.”
He added, “The heartfelt speech he dedicated to his dad at his retirement celebration made me proud to know both of them.”
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