‘Survivor’ Reveals Season 43 Winner
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT: This story reveals details from the Survivor finale. Talk about a Christmas gift: Mike “Gabler” Gabler, a 51-year-old heart valve specialist from Houston, Texas, won Season 43 of Survivor.
And he vowed to give all of his winnings to charity. Host Jeff Probst revealed the winner in the jungles of Fiji, not in a Los Angeles soundstage in front of a studio audience.
Even the aftershow took place minutes after Gabler’s win was announced. Cassidy Clark, a 26-year-old designer from Plano, Texas, came in second and Owen Knight, a 30-year-old college admissions director from Bethesda, Maryland, was third.
Gabler vowed to give the $1 million in his father’s name, a Green Beret, to a charity honoring veterans struggling with mental health issues. “It has been a rollercoaster,” he told Probst. “Tonight was special because I got to tell all of the story ….
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