{"id":2173516,"date":"2026-10-01T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173516"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:54:14","slug":"wife-swap-star-james-princess-cuda-died-at-sober-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173516","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Wife Swap&#8217; Star James &#8216;Princess&#8217; Cuda Died At Sober House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/05\/16by9\/2026\/10\/01\/059760c36250420c9841b300064f87a0_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 James &#8216;Princess&#8217; Cuda Died At Sober House<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;Wife Swap&#8217; James &#8216;Princess&#8217; Cuda<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Died Of Sudden Cardiac Death At 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=\"2026-10-01T05:54:14-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              October 1, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:54 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-1be53a1fe2415b5ba4f3f11d17a789a1\" 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_20261001_059760c36250420c9841b300064f87a0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:fab432b1-ea91-4f10-b0ed-8203da3b6577\" 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\/05\/4by3\/2026\/10\/01\/059760c36250420c9841b300064f87a0_md.jpg\" alt=\"james cuda insta 6\" 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-e21dd19c11861f6a2876cd3ee1e9bc58\" 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>&#8220;Wife Swap&#8221; 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Cuda&#8217;s body was found inside a sober home in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on August 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-fd01774a6fb8e5fda34fff1fdb8fb3db\" 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>You may recall &#8212; Princess made his mark on TV during a 2013 episode of &#8220;Wife Swap,&#8221; in which he was featured as a gay nanny traveling from Las Vegas to an Amish farm in Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ad21df3c4ba7c3eb63e4d57d17685efe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block canvas-instagram-media-block-permalink canvas-instagram-media-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-ad21df3c4ba7c3eb63e4d57d17685efe-115592573-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/10\/01\/james-princess-cuda-cause-of-death-revealed\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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