Frankie from Real World San Diego dies at 25

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See More... Frankie Abernathy who rose to tepid reality-TV show fame on MTV's The Real World: San Diego passed away Saturday evening in her mother's Wisconsin home -- a result of the disease that steals the lives of America's young ones, Cystic Fibrosis.

"It was very sudden," her mother said. "It wasn't something that was expected. She was doing fine, and we really don't know very much yet. It still was kind of a shock, and it just wasn't how we figured things would go. It seems like her little body just gave out."

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"Her experience on 'The Real World' taught her about what she needed to do, and it helped other people as well," Hunter said. "I know several people weren't aware of the cutting epidemic at the time" — Abernathy cut herself intentionally with a kitchen knife during the show's taping — "and I know several people wrote Frankie and thanked her. She was a different person for 'The Real World' realm, and I think she touched a lot of people and made an impact on a lot of people's lives. That's what you want when you have a child — you hope they do that. I wish it had been in a different way, but I am proud of her, and as I said, she got a lot of personal growth out of her experience, and she was very fortunate to have had the experiences she did."
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