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Survivor <\/em>host Jeff Probst’s brother Scott has died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Their brother Brent described Scott as a “great brother, son, and friend.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Scott Probst had worked behind the scenes of Survivor<\/em> for several seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Scott Probst, the younger brother of Survivor<\/em><\/a> star Jeff Probst<\/a>, has died.<\/p>\n Their brother, Brent, delivered the news Monday: “Some sad news,” he shared on social media, “our brother Scott is no longer with us. He was a great brother, son and friend. I will miss him so much. I’m so sad he is gone.”<\/p>\n Scott had worked on Survivor<\/em>, too, in the camera and art departments during Jeff’s stint on the CBS adventure series that began with the show’s 2000 debut. Scott’s professional credits also include video games.<\/p>\n The Probst brothers’ mother Barb died in November 2024.<\/p>\n Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n At the time, Brent paid tribute: “She was the best mom, grandma and just a fantastic person full of love and life. For the last couple years, she had full-time care for dementia and died one week before her 86th birthday.”<\/p>\n But he remembered there were good times, too.<\/p>\n “She had a great life and I am certain that I am a good person because she and my dad raised me with love and humor,” he wrote. “I will miss her every single day for the rest of my life.”<\/p>\n Barb was a big supporter of her son’s reality show. When she died, Survivor<\/em> even mentioned her in an episode.<\/p>\n “Dedicated to Barb, the biggest Survivor<\/em> fan of all time,” a placard noted. “See you on our next adventure.”<\/p>\n Jeff Probst on ‘Survivor’ Eldest brother Jeff Probst, who’s 64, told EW<\/a> in February that he’s grateful for his long-running CBS series that’s helped him be a family man. He and wife Lisa Ann Russell, married in 2011. They share two children from her previous marriage to Saved by the Bell<\/em><\/a>actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Survivor<\/em> is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me in my career and really a giant part of my life,” he said. “Just trying to figure out how to be a human, and a good person, or a good parent, or a good partner. So I definitely had a couple of moments right before we started the show where I kept reminding myself: Man, you’ve been out here for two and a half decades doing this. So it’s been cool. I’m super proud to be a part of Survivor.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n
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