'Extreme Weight Loss' Star & Influencer Brandi Mallory Dead At 40
'Extreme Weight Loss' Star & Influencer Brandi Mallory Dead At 40
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00:00 Extreme Weight Loss star Brandi Mallory has died at the age of 40.
00:04 An official from the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the heartbreaking
00:09 news that the former reality TV personality died on November 9 to people.
00:15 A cause of death was not released according to the publication.
00:19 Brandi died in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
00:21 The entrepreneur appeared on the fourth season of the hit ABC show in 2014 and while on the
00:27 series Mallory revealed that she weighed more than 300 pounds at her heaviest.
00:33 Ultimately she took on a half Ironman while on the show and since it premiered, the beauty
00:38 influencer has shared her fitness journey with her more than 136,000 followers on Instagram.
00:46 During an interview in 2018 for Rare with journalist Kirby Carroll, Mallory reflected
00:52 on why she went on the show.
00:54 I had a sorority sister, her name was Portia Grant.
00:57 She passed away at 29, she was a year younger than I was, excuse me a week younger than
01:01 I am.
01:03 So I turned 29 and then a week later she turned 29 and a week after that she passed.
01:08 I mean it was devastating and she wasn't as large as I was but I knew she had a heart
01:14 attack, she suffered from a heart attack and I just, I literally was waking up every day
01:18 like this might not, this might be my last day waking up.
01:24 In her final Instagram post on November 3rd, the 40 year old talked to the camera about
01:29 getting an apple from the farmers market.
01:32 Got my apple, we finna check it out and we gonna see.
01:36 Is it loosey, what does the inside look like?
01:38 Is it sweeter?
01:39 What's the tea?
01:40 Hold on, first bite.
01:42 Mmm, it's not red.
01:46 It's supposed to be red on the inside.
01:52 According to her obituary, a memorial service is being held in her honor on November 19th.
01:58 Her fellow contestant, Kim Williams-Maxell penned an emotional tribute for her friend,
02:04 saying in part, "You truly made an impact on this world with your zest and your passion
02:09 for body positivity.
02:10 I'm blessed to have gotten to experience you in this world.
02:14 Love you so much, sis."