‘My 600-lb. Life’ star Dolly Martinez dead at 30

FORT WORTH, Texas (Gray News) — A woman who was featured on TLC’s “My 600-lb. Life” has died at age 30.

Dolly Martinez’s sister, Lindsey Cooper, announced her death this week in a Facebook post.

“It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my beautiful sister, Dolly,” Cooper wrote on Facebook. “Dolly had the brightest personality. She could light up any room with her laughter, her kindness, and her loving spirit. She had a way of making everyone feel special, and her warmth will stay with us forever.”

Martinez’s mother, Staci Thurman, told TMZ on Monday that her daughter died of congestive heart failure.

Thurman told TMZ that Martinez had been sick for some time and was admitted to a hospital in Fort Worth on March 29 with fluid on her heart and lungs. She was put in a medically induced coma and placed on a ventilator but never woke up.

Martinez appeared on season 10 of “My 600-lb. Life” in 2022, when she was 25. The show detailed her struggles with food addiction.

Her family said she was surrounded by loved ones when she died.

“Rest peacefully, Dolly. You will always be loved, always be missed, and never forgotten,” Cooper wrote.