Story highlights Cindy Stowell died December 5 after taping the episodes

She won her fifth consecutive game in the episode that aired Monday

(CNN) A "Jeopardy!" contestant who died before her string of taped appearances aired on the TV game show this week won her fifth consecutive game in an episode broadcast Monday night.

The win took Cindy Stowell's total to $80,002 in prize money.

A science content developer from Austin, Texas, Stowell died December 5 after a long battle with cancer, according to her longtime partner, Jason Hess.

"Cindy came on 'Jeopardy!' to play the game she loved and in doing so she was able to make a contribution to cancer research in the hopes that no one else would have to go through what she did," her brother Greg, mother Carole, and Hess said in a statement.

Stowell, 41, first appeared on an episode that aired Tuesday and was the winning contestant, with $22,801. She won again on the show that aired Wednesday and took home $8,199.

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