So from all of us here atJeopardy!, our sincere condolences to her family and her friends.
Stowells boyfriend Jason Hess revealed she foughta high fever and had to be on painkillerswhile taping in August.
Hess was in good spirits and joked with Scovill on Twitter about his win.

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Great game, @samnotscott!
Cant put into words how great of a person he is.
Hess also revealed Stowells biggest concern heading to the podium which reared its head in her final round.
Cindys biggest fear going in was that she would get caught on minor pronunciation errors.
Was clean to this point, but 2x today.
Uh oh…, he added.
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