{"id":2123511,"date":"2026-09-01T18:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123511"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:30:35","slug":"wife-swap-star-known-as-princess-dead-at-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2123511","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wife Swap&#8217; Star Known as Princess Dead at 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a3\/16by9\/2026\/09\/01\/a3037c76c5ce4f96bfab6b136391491b_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">&#8216;Wife Swap&#8217; Star Known as Princess Dead at 53<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;Wife Swap&#8217; Star Princess<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Found Dead At 53 Inside A Sober House<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-01T11:30:35-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202609\"><br \/>\n                September 1, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            11:30 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-01T12:16:43-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  September 1, 2026<br \/>\n                                12:16 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-525ee2a969b9602d84eaef3ffb6f93f3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260901_a3037c76c5ce4f96bfab6b136391491b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:035ce668-727e-44c8-bf6a-af93a29389f9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a3\/4by3\/2026\/09\/01\/a3037c76c5ce4f96bfab6b136391491b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Marissa Zdazinsky ames \" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ecf271559375bf60e668055e2f8b5da2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The &#8220;Wife Swap&#8221; star known as <strong>Princess <\/strong>has been found dead inside a sober house in Pennsylvania &#8212; this according to the county coroner.<\/p>\n<p>Luzerne County Coroner Dion Fernandes tells TMZ &#8230; Princess, whose real name is <strong>James Cuda<\/strong>,was discovered inside a sober home in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday afternoon. 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