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Tim Janus, 'Amazing Race' Alum Who Competed with Joey Chestnut, Dies: Reports
Major League Eating said Janus won major contests, set records and appeared on several TV shows before his cancer death.
- Competitive eater Tim Janus, known as "Eater X," died at 49 following a long battle with cancer, Major League Eating confirmed on Sunday.
- Janus became a defining personality of the sport's "trophy era" between 2006 and 2018, claiming world championships in ramen and nigiri eating after consuming 10.5 pounds of ramen in under eight minutes.
- Beyond competitive eating, Janus won $100,000 on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 2009 and $1,600 on "Cash Cab," then competed alongside Joey Chestnut on "The Amazing Race."
- Shortly before his cancer diagnosis, Janus was accepted into the United States Foreign Service; his publicist described him as "intelligent, restless, funny and relentlessly interested in the world around him."
- Janus is survived by his mother, Lucinda Hannon, father Peter Janus, stepmother Nancy Janus, and sister, Tess McNair; a celebration of life is planned for October in New York City.
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