US EditionCharity Pierce, Woman Who Lost Several Hundred Pounds on ‘My 600-Lb. Life,’ Dies at 50: Reports
Charity Pierce spent her final months in hospice due to severe health issues including lymphedema and lung fluid buildup, weighing 496 pounds after losing 282 on My 600-lb Life.
- In a Facebook post on January 27, 2026, Charly Jo, daughter, announced that My 600-lb Life alum Charity Pierce has died at the age of 50.
- A family source said Charity Pierce had been in hospice care for a month or two with lymphedema and fluid buildup in lungs, and she had a kidney cancer diagnosis in 2019 with kidney removal on March 2, 2020.
- On season three of My 600-lb Life, Charity Pierce started at 778 pounds and lost nearly 300 pounds, reaching 496, as viewers followed her health challenges on TLC.
- Family members wrote in a Facebook post that Charity Pierce was `finally at peace` and spent her final moments surrounded by love, adding `I wasn't going to post about this,` as immediate family mourned.
- After the show, Charity Pierce returned for My 600-Lb Life: Where Are They Now? special, focusing on reconnecting with Charly Jo and getting a job and car she hadn't had in over 20 years.
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‘My 600-lb. Life’ reality TV star Charity Pierce dies at 50
“My 600-lb. Life” reality TV star Charity Pierce has died at 50. The TLC network personality, who weighed nearly 780 lbs. before working to get healthy, had been in hospice care for several weeks before she died early Tuesday morning, according to TMZ. A fluid buildup in Pierce’s lungs is believed to have contributed to her death. TMZ said she was battling lymphedema as well. She posted on Facebook in 2020 that doctor’s removed one of her kidney…
Reality TV star dies at 50: ‘She’s finally at peace’
Charity Pierce, who appeared on the third season of the reality TV show “My 600-Pound Life” has died. She was 50. Pierce’s daughter, Charly Jo, announced her death in a post on Facebook on Tuesday, according to TMZ.
Another TLC Reality TV Personality Has Died: Charity Pierce Was 50
Reality TV star Charity Pierce has died. She was 50. Pierce, best known for appearing on TLC’s My 600-lb Life, died Tuesday at 1:20 a.m. while surrounded by loved ones. According to TMZ, she’d been in hospice care for over a month thanks to crippling medical conditions like lymphedema. Ultimately, the fluid buildup in her […]
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