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Very unhappy information out of Hollywood:
Katie Slaton, the cousin of 1000-Lb Sisters forged members Tammy and Amy Slaton, has handed away after a battle with stage 4 most cancers.
She was 37 years outdated.
Tammy and Amy’s sister, Amanda Halterman, confirmed the event through Instagram on Tuesday morning “with a totally crushed coronary heart and spirit,” she stated.
“My little cousin went to take a seat on the ft of Jesus yesterday,” Amanda captioned a photograph of herself with Katie.
“She was a power to be reckoned with and confirmed love that was accepting and given freely. She was the lifetime of the half[y] and my greatest pal.”
Neither Amy nor Tammy has but made any public remarks about this tragedy.
Each actuality stars, we consider, we fairly near their cousin, nevertheless.
Katie appeared on quite a few episodes of the household’s hit TLC present 1000-Lb. Sisters… most notably when Tammy was launched from rehab in Season 5.
In response to what we’ve been capable of collect, Katie leaves behind her longtime girlfriend, Natalie Gerrick Bailie; and the couple was based mostly within the Slaton household’s native Kentucky.
Primarily based on a just-published GoFundMe web page, Slaton was recognized with stage 4 most cancers earlier this yr.
She started chemotherapy in January, which led to enhancements, her girlfriend instructed buddies on Fb, as Natalie wrote on February 19:
“We’re so grateful that her signs are enhancing.”
Tammy and Amy Slaton, for his or her half, have anchored 1000-Lb Sisters since 2020; the present lately wrapped up its seventh season, with Tammy having made headlines of late for the next causes:
Again to Katie, nevertheless…
A number of months after her aforementioned analysis, Katie’s sickness took a flip for the more serious in latest days… and Amanda requested household, buddies and followers for prayers earlier than she misplaced her cousin.
“Please whisper a prayer for our household as we proceed to assist Katie Slaton, I’m so grateful to be allowed to face by your facet,” Halterman wrote on August 25.
Tammy beforehand stated goodbye to her husband, Caleb Willingham, in July 2023. when he was died on the younger age of 40 as a result of morbid weight problems.
“Relaxation in peace, candy angel. You’ll eternally be missed and beloved a lot,” Tammy wrote on the time. “Thanks, Caleb, for exhibiting me actual love and happiness.”