{"id":2255950,"date":"2026-01-29T08:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2255950"},"modified":"2026-01-29T08:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:11:14","slug":"my-600-lb-life-star-charity-pierce-dead-at-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/my-600-lb-life-star-charity-pierce-dead-at-50\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy 600-Lb. Life\u201d Star Charity Pierce Dead at 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>My 600-Lb. Life<\/em> star Charity Pierce died Jan. 27 at age 50<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her daughter Charly Jo announced the news on social media and shared that her mother was surrounded by loved ones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pierce\u2019s cause of death was not revealed, but she was reportedly in hospice for ongoing medical conditions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/formerly-800-lb-woman-concerned-about-her-daughters-weight-gain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charity Pierce;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Charity Pierce<\/a> \u2014\u00a0known for appearing on season three of\u00a0 <em>My 600-Lb. Life<\/em> \u2014 has died at age 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Tuesday, Jan. 27, Pierce\u2019s daughter, Charly Jo, announced her death in a heartfelt Facebook post, noting that her mother was surrounded by loved ones in her final moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI wasn\u2019t going to post about this. But \u2026 the calling and texting is making my head feel like it\u2019s on fire. Almost all immediate family knows so, my mom passed away today,\u201d she wrote. \u201cShe\u2019s up with her momma and brother and sister and she\u2019s finally at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cCharity fly high momma. I hope you know how much I love you and how grateful I was to be able to be by your side while you took your last breath,\u201d she wrote alongside a photo holding her mother\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to TMZ, Pierce had been in hospice care for about two months due to ongoing medical conditions, including lymphedema and fluid buildup in her lungs. She died early Tuesday morning but an official cause of death has not been released.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\"><i>Charity Pierce and Dr. Now <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Charity Pierce\/Facebook<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pierce\u2019s weight-loss journey was documented on TLC\u2019s <em>My 600-Lb. Life, <\/em>receiving guidance on the show from Houston-based bariatric surgeon Dr. Younan Nowzaradan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She later returned for <em>My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now?<\/em>. After weighing close to 800 lbs., Pierce was able to regain her independence after weight loss surgery and multiple skin removal surgeries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the time, Pierce said she was making sure she didn\u2019t fall into old habits after losing nearly 300 lbs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to go back to the way I was, where I was trapped in one room in my apartment all day, every day,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can live your whole life believing that you can\u2019t change the things you just don\u2019t like \u2026 the day you see that for a lie, anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/my-600-lb-life-star-charity-pierce-dead-at-50-11894503\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW My 600-Lb. Life star Charity Pierce died Jan. 27 at age 50 Her daughter Charly Jo announced the news on social media and shared that her mother was surrounded by loved ones Pierce\u2019s cause of death was not revealed, but she was reportedly in hospice for ongoing medical conditions Charity Pierce \u2014\u00a0known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2255951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[436838,436839,436840],"class_list":["post-2255950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-charity-pierce","tag-charly-jo","tag-medical-conditions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/My-600-Lb-Life-Star-Charity-Pierce-Dead-at-50.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2255952,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255950\/revisions\/2255952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}