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My 600-lb Life star Charity Pierce who was once known as 'world's fattest woman' dead at age 50
The Daily Mail ^ | 28 January 2026 | CHRISTINE RENDÓN,

Posted on 01/28/2026 11:28:59 AM PST by Baladas

Charity Pierce, who appeared on the TLC show My 600-lb Life, has died at age 50 after reportedly suffering from various health ailments.

Pierce passed away with loved ones by her side at 1:20AM on Tuesday, a family source told TMZ.

The source said various medical conditions had resulted in Pierce being placed in hospice care for the past month or two.

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The health issues included lymphedema and fluid buildup in her lungs, with the source saying the fluid was a possible factor in her death. A cause of death is not yet known.

Pierce, who was once known as the 'world's fattest woman' after weighing in at 778 pounds, chronicled her efforts to lose weight on the TLC series, where she would drop 282 pounds.

Pierce's daughter Charly Jo also confirmed the passing, writing on her Facebook that her mother is now 'finally at peace.'

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sounds as though she still weighed over 400 pounds easily, living to 50 sounds about right - modern medicine is probably the only reason she made it to 35.
1 posted on 01/28/2026 11:28:59 AM PST by Baladas
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To: Baladas

I remember her story, very sad..many on that show have ended up dying even some who lost a lot of weight, RIP


2 posted on 01/28/2026 11:31:50 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Baladas

Healthy at any size! Lies! Lies!


3 posted on 01/28/2026 11:36:50 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Baladas

4 posted on 01/28/2026 11:37:40 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Baladas

If you go to Daily Mail to watch that film about Charity, gird your loins! It shows her going through various acts of daily living, disrobing, getting into the shower, and yes, even sitting on the toilet!! She must have been getting paid a princely sum to allow a camera crew into the bathroom and bedroom with her. What did she spend all those earnings on?
One guess immediately comes to mind.


5 posted on 01/28/2026 11:38:18 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Baladas

Read this story and then go watch a video by one of a thousand “fat activists” who say that being fat is a legitimate lifestyle choice. Obese people die young. That is a fact that our Woke culture can’t change with all the fat acceptance in the world.


6 posted on 01/28/2026 11:38:56 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: lee martell
What did she spend all those earnings on?

A trip to Wonka World?

7 posted on 01/28/2026 11:40:33 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Baladas

It’s going to have to be cremation. There is no other way.
No team of pallbearers would accept that unsafe duty.
She would require a Coffin-Built-For-Two.


8 posted on 01/28/2026 11:40:51 AM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

We’re gonna need a bigger oven…


9 posted on 01/28/2026 11:45:31 AM PST by Skywise
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To: Baladas

Dead at 50?

What took her so long? Terminally obese people usually check out sooner.


10 posted on 01/28/2026 11:47:47 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: Baladas

This month, following new years resolutions, Planet Fitness gym is full of seriously obese patrons. I visit various doctors for routine check ups. Always present in examining and waiting areas are special and very wide fat chairs.

Medicare will be saved by obesity


11 posted on 01/28/2026 11:55:56 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If she hadn’t lost all that weight, she probably would have been dead sooner. At least she was able to get up and walk around. She dropped a lot of weight.


12 posted on 01/28/2026 11:59:05 AM PST by roving
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To: Baladas

This is like the “World’s Oldest Person”, don’t expect to hold the title for long.


13 posted on 01/28/2026 12:09:07 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Baladas

All lifestyles are equally valid, because it’s about acceptance or feelings, or something


14 posted on 01/28/2026 12:34:10 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Responsibility2nd

“My 600 Pound Death” would be accurate.

Ever notice, you never see really old fat people? Like ever? It’s a Mystery


15 posted on 01/28/2026 12:40:41 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: lee martell

Tons of unhealthy junk food.


16 posted on 01/28/2026 12:42:33 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: lee martell

Big time (no pun intended).


17 posted on 01/28/2026 12:43:21 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Baladas

Pierce, who was once known as the ‘world’s fattest woman’ after weighing in at 778 pounds. What do you eat to get that heavy?


18 posted on 01/28/2026 12:52:37 PM PST by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthym + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Freedom4US

That is a leftist lie, not a general one.


19 posted on 01/28/2026 12:52:39 PM PST by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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$9.99 all-you-can-eat buffets of fried foods, three times a day. Or, pay once in the morning and just sit there all day. Get wheeled in and out.


20 posted on 01/28/2026 12:53:58 PM PST by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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