{"id":101245,"date":"2025-08-29T16:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101245\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:52:07","slug":"1000lb-sisters-star-dies-aged-just-37-as-devastated-slaton-family-speaks-out-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/101245\/","title":{"rendered":"1000lb Sisters star dies aged just 37 as devastated Slaton family speaks out | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1000lb Sisters<\/a> family is mourning another profound loss as Katie Slaton, cousin to reality stars Amy and Tammy Slaton<\/a>, has passed away at the age of 37 following a battle with stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma, an aggressive and rare form of stomach cancer.<\/p>\n

Katie, who made multiple appearances on the hit TLC show, including a memorable moment in Season 5 after Tammy\u2019s release from a weight-loss facility, died earlier this week. The news was confirmed by her cousin and castmate Amanda Halterman, who shared a heartfelt tribute on Instagram<\/a>. “It [is] with a completely crushed heart and spirit that I have to post this,” Amanda wrote.<\/p>\n

“My little cousin went to sit at the feet of Jesus yesterday. She was a force to be reckoned with and showed love that was accepting and given freely. She was the life of the party and my best friend.”<\/p>\n

Amanda urged followers to pray for the family, writing: “Please pray for my aunt, uncle and cousins, but mostly for the babies and for Natalie to be strong,\u201d she added, referring to Katie\u2019s longtime partner, Natalie Gerrick Bailie.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease pray for everyone whom loves her. Thank you all who has come out and supported her.”<\/p>\n

Fans flooded the post with condolences, with one commenting, “Deepest sympathy & condolences goes out to you Amanda, your family, & friend,\u201d while another added, \u201cGodspeed to your cousin. My heart goes out to all of you.”<\/p>\n

Although Tammy, 39, and Amy, 37, have not issued public statements<\/a>, Tammy had previously voiced support for Katie\u2019s cancer battle.<\/p>\n

In January, she shared a GoFundMe link to help with medical expenses, writing: “Y\u2019all, I\u2019m so sorry to be asking a big favour like this, but if anyone can help, even if it’s a dollar, it would help my cousin out so much.”<\/p>\n

“She has been on my show, but this is something new. Our family just found out about her having cancer,” Tammy continued. “Even if you can’t donate, all I ask is for you to pray\u2026 anything and everything is greatly appreciated not only by her, but myself and my siblings.”<\/p>\n

Bailie had kept loved ones updated on Katie\u2019s condition earlier in the year, sharing via Facebook that her partner had started chemotherapy.<\/p>\n

“We are so thankful that her symptoms are improving,\u201d she wrote in February. “We could not get through this without you! Thank you everyone for the thoughts and prayers!”<\/p>\n

Katie\u2019s death comes just over a year after Tammy\u2019s husband, Caleb Willingham, died in July 2023 at age 40 due to complications from super morbid obesity.<\/a><\/p>\n

Though the couple was separated at the time, Tammy called Caleb her “sweet angel” and thanked him “for showing me real love and happiness.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 1000lb Sisters family is mourning another profound loss as Katie Slaton, cousin to reality stars Amy and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49387,49383,49390,49385,96,49389,59,49388,49386,49384,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-101245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-1000-lb-sisters","tag-1000lb-sisters","tag-amanda-halterman","tag-amy-slaton","tag-entertainment","tag-gastric-adenocarcinoma","tag-gb","tag-katie-slaton","tag-tammy-slaton","tag-tlc","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}