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- 'Rock of Love' Star Kelsey Bateman Dead at 39</p>
<p>TMZ Staff August 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM</p>
<p>Kelsey Bateman -- a contestant on Bret Michaels' reality show 'Rock of Love' -- has died ... TMZ has learned.</p>
<p>A family sources tells us ... Kelsey passed away unexpectedly recently -- though it's unclear at this time exactly what caused her untimely death. We've reached out to local authorities for more information.</p>
<p>If you don't know "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels," it was a reality television show that ran from 2007 to 2009 ... and followed 25 contestants as they all vied to be Michaels' girlfriend.</p>
<p>Kelsey starred in the third and final season of the show -- titled "Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels" -- on which the ladies lived on tour buses and traveled with Michaels.</p>
<p>Kelsey made it all the way to the final nine women ... but was eliminated in dramatic fashion in the 7th episode.</p>
<p>Bateman showed up to the elimination drunk with several other contestants ... telling the cameras she laid on a speed bump and broke down in tears because of the pressures of the show before showing up to the elim.</p>
<p>Bret said he felt Kelsey's actions showed she simply wasn't making smart decision for herself before sending her back to Salt Lake City, Utah.</p>
<p>Bateman was 39.</p>
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