"90 Day Fiancé" star Jason Hitch died from COVID-19 complications on December 14, 2021. He was unvaccinated and just 45 years old, with no preexisting conditions. According to his sister Shannon, he died in a Florida hospital with his family nearby.
Fans first met Hitch when he appeared on Season 2 of the hit TLC show in 2014, where he married Brazilian native Cássia Tavares. The two met on Facebook, but Avares was actually in an online relationship with one of his friends at the time. Despite the large age gap (Hitch was 38 and Tavares was 23 when they got married), the pair seemed like they were going to make it work. "I don't think I'm going to sleep at all for the next 90 days because I'm going to walk around thinking, 'What am I going to do to keep her happy?'" he once said on the show (via Deadline).
After getting married, the couple started their own mail-order snack business called "Gifting Fun" together. Unfortunately, after only three years of marriage and a domestic violence report, they separated. Their divorce was finalized in 2018, with Hitch telling Radar that it was due to a "lack of communication." Tavares took to her Instagram Story to express her shock at the news and send her condolences to his friends and family. "It's always sad when someone you spent part of your life with stops breathing," she wrote. "Rest in Peace, Jason." (via ScreenRant).
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