Johnny Bananas honors late friend Tyler Duckworth with tribute
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio posted a tribute to former roommate and fellow competitor Tyler Duckworth, who died at age 44, recalling their two-decade friendship and shared reality-TV history.
Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio shared a tribute on Instagram on Sunday, featuring an acoustic rendition of Zach Bryan's "Pink Skies" set to a montage of his nearly 20-year friendship with Tyler Duckworth. The video traced their connection from their 2006 stint as roommates on MTV's "Real World: Key West" to multiple appearances on the competition series "The Challenge," including a joint victory on the 2011 season "The Challenge: Rivals."
In the post, Duckworth's own Instagram caption read, "You were more than a friend. More than a roommate. You were the brother I never had," followed by a message of condolence and the biblical reference "147:3" about healing broken hearts.
Duckworth was found dead on Tuesday in the bathtub of his Grand Forks, North Dakota apartment after a neighbor reported water leakage. He was 44 years old.