Larry Myers Jr., ‘My 600-Lb Life’ star who sang about buttermilk biscuits, dies

Larry Myers Jr., the aspiring gospel singer who starred in TLC’s “My 600-Lb. Life” and turned identified as Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits, has died. He was 49.

The actuality star died from a coronary heart assault at his home in Houston, Texas, last 7 days right after mourning the demise of a close friend, spouse and children spokesperson Sonya Hines-Hall explained to TMZ. Hines-Hall, who was his godsister, also arranged a GoFundMe campaign to increase $35,000 for Myers’ funeral preparations. So much, the fundraiser has lifted a minimal much more than 1,220.

Hines-Corridor and associates for TLC did not straight away answer Wednesday to The Times’ requests for remark.

“Larry, aka ‘Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits,’ has applied his musical talents to bless other folks considering that the age of 10,” Hines-Hall wrote on the fundraiser’s webpage. “From a small storefront church in his house city to the large phase of the Apollo theater, Larry normally created himself offered to sing at special events at any time anybody asked, most of the time free of demand. His wrestle with bodyweight gain/decline never ever dimmed his generate to demonstrate love and kindness to all he met.”

Myers’ loss of life was also announced Sunday on his cousin Todd Darrell’s Fb webpage.

“It’s with wonderful sorrow that we announce the passing of my pricey cousin Larry Myers,” Darrell wrote in the June 17 article. “Many of you know him as Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits. If you can enable us we would drastically value it. Larry has fought the good fight. He has triumph over some of the most significant Difficulties he has at any time experienced to deal with. Relaxation well Junior, you will be missed.”

Myers appeared in Time 10 of the TLC actuality series about men and women who are morbidly overweight following earlier acquiring weight-decline surgical procedure. In the episode titled “Larry’s Journey,” which aired in January 2022, Myers weighed 940 kilos forward of acquiring gastric-bypass operation. He missing about 100 lbs over the course of the display and gained his nickname following likely viral for singing the phrase “buttermilk biscuits” when having biscuits and fried rooster in the episode.

“Constantly consuming and part handle are the hardest pieces for me,” Myers stated on the demonstrate. “When I consume, it is difficult for me to prevent. Even when I’m complete, I could usually have extra. Each and every one chunk to the past of it. I appreciate it. I’m trapped in this human body and I just want to be free of charge. “

The episode chronicled the worries he confronted while getting driven to a grocery keep 2 times a 7 days and how he would get dizzy from strolling all-around, compensating by using sitting breaks and drinking juice. He stated he was apprehensive about fainting and developing a scene there.

“Food is like a drug. When I’m fatigued I need to consume,” he said, noting that “on a superior day” he would take in about 3,000 energy, hoping to fill a void from lacking his mom and sisters.

Myers continued to doc his fat-decline journey on social media, launching “The Buttermilk Biscuit Show” on his YouTube channel previous year that featured lifetime updates, prayers, motivational speeches, as nicely as a great deal of Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits-branded items.

“Y’all know I’m a massive toddler but God is so good. And this is amazing. And I thank God mainly because He gave me a second possibility,” he explained in a online video, exhibiting off how his previous outfits in good shape loosely. “All those countless numbers and 1000’s of feedback that men and women didn’t think that I would be capable to battle for my lifetime all over again — God will display up and demonstrate out in the midst of it all. I’m walking in silence on a large amount of stuff but I’m right here to inform you the greatest is still to arrive. Y’all be encouraged and I like you.”