Frankie Abernathy

Frankie Jo Abernathy was born in Blue Springs, Missouri, on December 21, 1981. She has lived there her entire life, and returned to live with her parents, Abbie Hunter and stepfather, Perry Hunter, and 13-year-old sister, Mamie. Frankie's claim to fame is being the "outcast" on MTV's 14th season of The Real World (1992), shot in San Diego. While viewers perceived Frankie as an angry, depressed, self-mutilating person, Frankie is actually a very happy person, when she's on her own terms. The main problem with Frankie's stint on the The Real World (1992) is that Frankie, who suffered from Cystic Fibrosis, has a very short life span expectation, and she felt that the experience was dragging her down and, in a sense, wasting her time, which is very precious for someone who will probably only live to 30, tops. She left on Halloween of 2003, returning to Blue Springs where she dated her boyfriend, tattoo artist, Dave Duly. She enjoyed body mods, hanging out with friends and family, going to shows, and trying to live each day to the fullest. Frankie died June 9, 2007, in Shorewood, Wisconsin, from complications due to her disease, Cystic Fibrosis, at the age of 26.