‘My 600-lb Life’ Star Latonya Pottain Dead at 40 as Heartbreaking Final Hours are Revealed

‘My 600-lb Life’ Star Latonya Pottain has died at 40.

Latonya Pottain — known for appearing on season 11 of My 600-Lb. Life — has died at age 40.

Pottain reportedly died May 17 at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, La., TMZ reports. She was hospitalized after having difficulty breathing and later suffered cardiac arrest, her brother told the outlet.

According to the Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office, a preliminary autopsy revealed that she died from congestive heart failure. A final autopsy is still pending.

Pottain’s death comes after she created a GoFundMe in February for support, revealing that she was going through “the most challenging time of my life.”

“I currently weigh about 705 pounds and have been bedridden since June 2024 due to severe health issues,” she wrote at the time. “In 2022, I was featured on My 600-lb Life, where I started at 531 pounds and worked hard to get down to 505 pounds. However, after the show aired, I experienced overwhelming backlash, which sent me into a deep depression. My mental health suffered, and I became fearful of undergoing weight loss surgery.”

Pottain explained that she struggled both physically and emotionally and experienced severe sciatica, which is intense pain in the lower back and legs caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve.

“Now, I am completely bedridden and unable to get to the hospital because EMTs say transporting me would be a fire hazard due to my weight,” she said on the fundraising page, asking for financial assistance to help with medical transportation to receive treatment and rehabilitation. “This has been an incredibly difficult journey, and I truly want to fight for my health and my life.”

Pottain’s weight loss was partly documented on TLC’s My 600-Lb. Life, as she struggled to commit to a weight-loss program.

On the show, Dr. Younan Nowzaradan — a Houston-based bariatric surgeon — expressed his concern for her heart health and warned that her life depended on her making significant lifestyle changes.

via: PEOPLE

‘My 600-lb Life’ Star Latonya Pottain Dead at 40

Latonya Pottain — best known for being featured on the reality TV show “My 600-lb Life” — has died of natural causes in Louisiana, TMZ has learned.

Pottain passed away Saturday night at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, LA, according to the Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office. The coroner tells us the preliminary autopsy found that Pottain died from congestive heart failure … but the final autopsy report has yet to be completed.

Pottain’s brother also told TMZ … family members visited Latonya at her home Saturday morning, and they noticed she was having trouble breathing. Her brother said Pottain told them she was extremely uncomfortable. On top of that, she didn’t look well.

Her brother said the family got a call later from a nurse who told them Latonya called an ambulance to bring her to the hospital because she was going into cardiac arrest, which led to her death.

As you may know, Pottain appeared on Season 11 of “My 600-lb Life,” and the show tracked her journey to lose weight.

At one point, Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, AKA Dr. Now, broke the sad news to Latonya that he couldn’t do anything for her because she failed to stay on her weight-loss program.

In fact, every time Pottain met with Dr. Now, she learned she had gained weight instead of shedding pounds. The only time she ever lost weight was when she was previously hospitalized with heart issues.

Pottain died Saturday at age 40.

via: TMZ

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