A HEARTBREAKING video shows My 600-lb. Life star Larry Myers Jr weeping and thanking Jesus between gasps before he died from a heart attack.
Larry, who is known for starring in a viral episode of the TV show, was mourning several deaths in his family before his own passing in Houston, Texas, at age 49.
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On June 9, Larry went live on Facebook but kept his camera in the dark.
He can be heard fervently praying and asking God for help while wheezing through sobs.
“Tomorrow’s my birthday too,” he said in the clip. “I think I’ll be close to 49, getting up there in age.
“Your brother is upset, Jesus help me. Oh God, my heart is heavy.”
Fans have taken to the comment section following his passing to give their condolences and remember the sweet man.
“Rip Mr. Larry you were such a amazing man,” one person wrote.
Another said; “Rest In Heaven sweet angel.”
Family members confirmed Larry’s death on June 20 and said that he died from a heart attack.
Larry’s god-sister, Sonia Hines-Hall, exclusively told The U.S. Sun that there had been a lot of death in Larry’s family, including a church mother who passed at 94 years old.
“She was like a second mother to him,” Sonia said, while adding that Larry had been “crying and grieving for days.”
He even refused to leave his house to celebrate his birthday, which was on June 10.
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Sonia shared that Larry “struggled with asthma his whole life” and in her final phone call with him, she heard he was attached to his CPAP.
According to mayoclinic.org, a CPAP provides air at a pressure high enough to prevent the collapse of your airway as the patient sleeps.
Sonia said she heard the news of Larry’s death from his father and medical examiners ruled the cause of death as a heart attack.
She told The U.S. Sun: “Larry was a big guy, but his heart was bigger.”
‘BUTTERMILK BISCUITS’
Larry earned the name Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits after he went viral for singing about biscuits at a chicken restaurant.
He was featured in Season 10, episode 13 of My 600-Lb. Life, which premiered in January 2022, titled Larry’s Journey.
When he appeared on the show, he weighed 940 pounds and was bedbound.
Myers Jr. stood out to viewers because he had previously undergone weight loss surgery before appearing on the TLC series.
He gained 400 pounds five years after his first weight loss procedure, which led him to seek help from Dr. Younan Nowzaradan.
Myers Jr. struggled with binge-eating habits, which led to his significant weight gain.
During the episode, Myers Jr. admitted that the “relationship he had with food was not normal.”
“I eat to comfort myself. When I’m cooking, it’s the only time I’m happy, besides when I’m eating,” he was quoted saying, according to Distractify.
He continued: “So it’s the time that I like to sing, and I sing gospel. Because the rest of the time, when I’m not eating, most of my thoughts are morbidly depressing.”
Larry’s family has created a GoFundMe to pay to transfer his remains to family in New York.
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