Latonya Potain, the northern Louisiana woman, known for her appearance “My 600 pounds”, died at the age of 40, a local coroner confirmed.
The cause of the death of former reality television star on May 17th. It was not confirmed, but the preliminary conclusion shows that this is probably due to the stasy heart failure, says the Natchitoches Parish Coroner.
Shreveport woman became well known during the 11 season of her HIT TLC exhibition, showing the emotional journey of sick obese patients because they lose weight diet and gastric shunt surgery.
Season 2 episode followed Pottain, the youngest of the three siblings who appealed to food for emotional comfort after many complex life experiences. When she was 12, her mother died suddenly and her father left to be with another woman. She lived with her oldest sister until she was 15 when her father signed a place where she could live independently.
Latonya Potain participated in the second episode of the TLC season My 600 pounds.
Potain has joined the exhibition to get help to lose weight so she can go to the passage to marry a future husband Daune, reports The Shreveport Times, USA Today Network. She said her brother died just before filming, which had an impact on her ability to lose weight.
“I came back with my coach, following diets, and my weight is decreasing,” The ShrevePort Times told Pottain. “I am also moving to be closer to my family to reduce my weight and get surgery.”
Pottain was looking for financial aid for treatment this year
February Potain has created a Gofundme page looking for financial support since 2024. June Due to severe health problems and approaching the maximum weight of £ 740.
“I worked very hard to lower him,” Pottain wrote. “My journey with weight battles was long and difficult. In 2022. I was shown” my £ 600 in life, “where I started at £ 531 and worked hard to reduce to £ 505. But after the show, I experienced a huge nature.”
Potain revealed that in 2023 Moved to Houston to “start newly”, but unfortunately found himself in an offensive relationship, dealing with a new diagnosis of his father’s cancer.
“Unable to take emotional and physical tolls, I returned home to Louisian. Unfortunately, my health continued to decrease, and I would develop severe pain nerve pain that caused a major stomach cramps,” she wrote. “I was prescribed by Fentanyl, but my body rejected the medicine, forcing me to start therapy. Now I am completely lying and I can’t get to the hospital because EMT says that because of my weight I am in danger of fire.”
Pottain has passionately evaluated custody
Without a growing stable environment, Potival sought to help others in the community of its community as care for the custody.
“Throughout my life, I took care of young girls and helped support them, get to school, help them with children and just encourage them and be there for them,” said Potaine 2023. “.” There are so many young girls who have lost both parents, survived what I experienced as a teenager and I didn’t have to create. “
At the time, she said she sought to find a group of girls at home and organize a “wonderful wedding”.
“Life can turn around and you have to be positive and just remind yourself that you are special, you are something,” said Pottain.
Contribution: Meredith G. White, Shreveport Times
This article initially appeared in the USA Today: “My £ 600. Life star latonya Potain dies at the age of 40