The protagonist of the program 'My life with 300 kilos' died and is the eighth participant to die

08/09/2021 9:51 AM

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Updated 08/09/2021 9:51 AM

Gina Marie Krasley, known for being the protagonist of

"My Life with 300 kilos"

, the American reality show about the fight against excess weight, died at the age of 30 at her home in Tuckerton, New Jersey.

On the reality show, Krasley revealed that her struggles with weight began as a child, after being

physically and verbally abused by her father

and taking refuge in food to get away from it all.

In the program, he also recounted his relationship with his wife Beth and that his health had put the couple's life in serious trouble.

After appearing on the show, Krasley kept in touch with the public through social media.

Her struggle with weight began as a child after being abused by her father (Capture TV).

As the family recalled in their obituary, dancing had been their lifelong passion.

One of her dreams was to open

a dance school for children

with special needs.

Meanwhile, she used

TikTok

to share her dance and choreography, promoting the idea that "dance has no size limit."

Her videos had encouraged other "plus size" women to do the same.

Gina when she turned 30, months later she passed away (Instagram).

Krasley also appeared in the 1998 Matt Mulhern film "Walking to the Waterline."

His family publicly encouraged donations to mental health charities in honor of Krasley and asked funeral attendees to wear

purple and pink

, Krasley's favorite colors.

A tragic program

With the disappearance of Gina, the number of protagonists of the series who died during or after the recording of the episodes due to complications related to severe obesity

rises to 8.

Gina with another participant and doctor Nowzaradan (Captgura TV).

The television program, which is broadcast on

TLC

in the US and which follows the path of the famous doctor Nowzaradan's patients, one of the few who agrees to treat patients weighing up to 300 kg, has also led to two spin-offs :

"Live to the limit",

which follows patients after gastric bypass surgery to check that progress continues, and "Skin Tight" (

My new skin)

in which later, patients who have lost weight are subjected to the operation to remove excess skin.

But

several of them died

on the way because years of severe obesity had put their cardio-circulatory system to the test.

Before Gina Maria Krasley (30), also died Henry Foots (in 2013 at the age of 54), Robert Buchel (in 2017 at 41), James "LB" Bonner (committing suicide at 30 in 2018), Lisa Fleming ( in 2018 at 50), Sean Milliken (in 2019 at 29), Kelly Mason (in 2019 at 42) and Coliesa McMillian (in 2020 at 41).

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