One of the subjects of the TLC reality television show My 600-Lb. Life has died while filming an episode that aired Wednesday.
Robert Buchel was 41 years old when he suffered a fatal heart attack in November.
The New Jersey native struggled with compulsive eating and food addiction for most of his life, ultimately hitting 842 pounds and suffering from lymphedema, or swelling in the legs, as a result.
His struggles were chronicled on TLC’s My 600-Lb. Life, which showed the challenges Buchel and his mother and fiancée endured as a result of his weight.
“I hate that this is our life and that this is Rob’s life but nothing stops him from eating,” his fiancée, Kathryn Lemanski, said on Wednesday’s episode. “Food is killing him and taking our future.”
Source : Yahoo
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