(CNN) The cancer-stricken "Jeopardy!" contestant whose six-game winning streak ended Wednesday was fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Cindy Stowell, a 41-year-old science content developer from Austin, died on December 5, before her episodes aired.

She had been trying to get on the show since she was a teenager, her brother Greg said in an interview on CNN's "New Day" Thursday.

"She was absolutely glowing" when she heard she had made the cut, he recalled.

Cancer-stricken @Jeopardy champ had been trying to get on the show since she was a teen, her brother says. https://t.co/Nkrsudg3Pg — New Day (@NewDay) December 22, 2016

Stowell's episodes started taping on August 31, just three weeks after she auditioned. It all came together so quickly because she revealed to a producer that she was battling Stage 4 colon cancer, and her doctor estimated she only had about six months to live.

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