My 600-Lb. Life star Pauline Potter has died after months of mounting medical complications following a car accident earlier this year. Her son, Dillon Potter, announced her death in a YouTube video, saying she died on Thanksgiving. Dillon said the pair was involved in a highway crash nearly a year ago while driving in the early morning. He was asleep in the passenger seat when his mother encountered a broken-down truck blocking the road. Though she nearly avoided impact, their car clipped the truck and spun out at roughly 50 mph, he said. In the months that followed, Dillon said his mother dealt with persistent health problems. By July, she was hospitalized after doctors discovered a blockage in her esophagus that left her unable to keep food down. She was later admitted to the ICU after contracting COVID and suffered respiratory failure weeks later. She eventually entered hospice care and died en route to her sister’s house for Thanksgiving. Potter famously lost more than 500 pounds on the TLC series. Dillon said she was deemed at fault in the crash, but he is consulting an attorney as the family grieves.
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