How did Denise Russo die? 'The X-Life' star, 44, found unconscious on floor of friend's house
SAN DIEGO, CALIFRONIA: Denise Russo, a star of VH1's "The X-Life', has died. Denise was discovered unconscious on the floor of a friend's house in San Diego on Sunday, according to law enforcement sources, reported TMZ.
Despite the efforts of the first responders who arrived to save her, she was ultimately declared dead. Denise was 44. According to reports, drug paraphernalia was discovered at the scene. The cause of death is still unknown, and the San Diego Police Department is investigating. Denise was a member of one of the three couples in the reality series from 2011 that chronicled the lives of extreme sports athletes and their partners. At the time, Denise was seeing professional skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon. Despite having a son together, they were no longer together.
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'The most loving and loyal person'
Sadly, Denise was homeless and living in her car when she died, according to Denise's friend and former 'The X-Life' co-star Susie Stenberg. Denise had just contacted Susie the previous evening to express her love for her. Susie said Denise was "the most loving and loyal person."
About the 'The X-Life' show
American reality television program 'The X-Life' aired one season on VH1 in 2011. Three extreme athletes and their wives are followed in the series as they balanced their personal lives with their well-known jobs. The show had Cory "Nasty" Nastazio (BMX Dirt Jumper) and Nicole Panattoni; Pierre Luc Gagnon (Vert Skater) and his girlfriend Denise Russo; and Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg (FMX) and his wife Susie Stenberg were the participants. All the men had earned a spot in the annals of sporting history. As for the women, they manage and market their husbands' careers and have their own careers as top models and mothers, as reported by IMDB. The show, in total, had ten episodes.
The show's tagline says, "When you think of extreme sports, you think of highly competitive, tatted-up, bad-boys with little regard for their own safety whose sole mission is to push the limits of physics beyond the edge of what is thought possible. But there's a whole other layer that fuels their cutting-edge quest -- the gorgeous, fearless, women who love them. Together these two elements merge to form the nucleus of VH1's newest original series."
