25 minutes ago, dahling said:
Here's an article regarding a lawsuit Dr. Now was involved in over the death of a 500+ lb patient. The article also references the death of a different patient who was 800+ lbs. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Gastric-bypass-patient-s-mother-sues-over-2005-1842140.php
The Renee Williams case was televised in a special called Half Ton Mom that followed Williams. They covered her death and funeral.
Pre 600 lb Life, there were two other (Dr Now) "Half Ton" shows: Half Ton Dad, that followed Kenneth Brumley, and Half Ton Teen, which followed Billy Robbins. Variants of these shows with slightly changed names and some different scenes were televised in the UK (and perhaps elsewhere.)
Half Ton Teen had two follow ups, Survival of the Half Ton Teen (which I'd LOVE to see again, it's never rerun) and Half Ton Teen: Confronting Addiction. There were two other participants in the Half Ton Teen series, John Wayne Debose, who had surgery, and Murphy Springs, who died before getting surgery.
As mentioned, Henry Foots, of season one, died many years after surgery from a crash following a heart event (I believe.)
In Half Ton Mom it was said that the family wanted to continue filming. I'd guess another tragedy like that would be produced, or not, based on the amount of footage they had at the time of death and/or and the willingness of the family to continue to allow taping.
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