Latonya Pottain is a former star of "My 600 pounds. Life".

Pottain died May 17 at Shreveport, Louisiana at the age of 40 at Christos Heights Medical Center, according to a Natchitoches Parish Coroner's office report.

Pottain's initial cause of death was listed as a keenness of chronic congestive heart failure, and her mode of death was listed as natural. The final autopsy is under review.

Pottain appeared in season 11 of the TLC Reality series after five years of hard work on losing weight. During the show, she opened up ways to turn to food for comfort after losing her mother and father at a young age.

Pottain's death comes two months after creating GoFundMe in February to help her seek treatment during the "most challenging period" of her life.

“I’m currently weighing at 740 pounds and I’m working very hard to lower it. Now, due to serious health issues, I’m currently weighing about 705 pounds and have been bedridden since June 2024,” Pottain wrote in the text for the fundraiser.

Pottain said she weighed 531 pounds at “my 600 pounds. Life” and “working to drop to 505 pounds at the beginning of the season.”

"But, after the show aired, I experienced overwhelming backlash, which left me in deep depression," she wrote. "My mental health suffered and I was afraid of getting a bariatric surgery."

Pottain added that in 2023 she moved to Houston for a fresh start, but eventually was in a "abuseful relationship" while her father was diagnosed with cancer.

“Unable to withstand emotional and physical damage, I returned to Louisiana,” she wrote. “Unfortunately, my health continued to decline and I developed severe sciatica, causing extreme stomach cramps.”

Pottain said she started treatment after her body “rejected” the prescription painkiller fentanyl.

"Now, I'm completely bedridden and can't get to the hospital because EMT says that shipping me would be a fire hazard due to my weight," she wrote. "I don't have the ability to work, I don't have the income to buy cars or arrange special medical transportation."

Pottain said she hopes to be able to raise enough funds to support herself and to afford medical transportation to get the medical services she needs.

“It’s been a very difficult journey and I really want to fight for my health and my life,” she wrote.