'My 600-Lb. Life Star' Latonya Pottain dies at 40

Latonya Pottain, a former star of “My 600-Lb.

Latonya Pottain, a former star of “My 600-Lb. Life,” has died.

Pottain passed away May 17 at Christus Highland Medical Center at age 40 in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to a Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office report.

Pottain’s preliminary cause of death was listed as acute on chronic congestive heart failure and her manner of her death was listed as natural. A final autopsy is pending.

Pottain appeared on Season 11 of the TLC reality series after she had struggled to lose weight for five years. During her time on the show, she opened up about how she had turned to food for comfort after losing her mother at a young age and after her father left the family.

Pottain’s death comes just two months after a GoFundMe was created in February to help her seek medical treatment during “the most challenging time” in her life.