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November 13, 2009 12:19 PM

`Wipeout' Reality Show Contestant Tom Sparks Dies After ABC Show

Posted by Ryan Smith
(ABC)
LOS ANGELES - It is safe to say that when Tom Sparks signed up to be a contestant on the game show "Wipeout" he had no idea what would follow his participation in the ABC primetime show.

The former radio disc jockey was hospitalized after competing in the first segment of an obstacle course Oct. 19, and ultimately died two weeks later of a stroke apparently caused by a rare condition, according to his father.

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