Michael Nance a contestant who vied for Emily Maynard's love in season eight, has passed away today marks a somber day for Bachelor Nation that 31-year-old. "At this point it is not a suspicious death and the manner will be determined by the medical examiner," a spokesperson for the Austin Police Department Homicide Unit in Texas tells E! News. Officers were dispatched at 2:10 a.m. May 29 in reference an unresponsive male. Upon their arrival, officers located the unresponsive male, who was later identified as Nance. He was pronounced deceased at 2:54 a.m. Chris Bukwoski posted the following tribute on Twitter shortly after hearing the tragic news: "Extremely difficult learning the news of Michael Nance's passing. He was a gentle man with a huge heart. He'll be missed but not forgotten." Meanwhile, other Bachelor stars rushed to social media to honor the late reality star.
A former contestant on The Bachelorette has died after police found him unresponsive at a South Austin, Texas, residence. An Austin Police Department spokeswoman says officers were sent to the residence at 2:10 a.m. Monday in reference to a reported unresponsive man and found 31-year-old Michael Nance unconscious. He was pronounced dead shortly before 3 a.m. Spokeswoman Anna Sabana said the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office will have to determine what caused Nance's death, but investigators do not consider the death suspicious. Nance was a contestant on the eighth season of ABC's The Bachelorette in 2012 but was eliminated in the fourth of the season's 10 weeks.
