Biggest Loser’s Daniel Wright dead at 30 – star passes away after two-year cancer battle
DANIEL Wright, a contestant on The Biggest Loser has died at the age of 30.
The much-loved season seven star who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia died on Sunday morning after falling seriously ill.
He leaves behind his devastated wife Rebecca who married Daniel after meeting him on the weight-loss show.
Days before his death she took to Facebook to ask friends and family to pray for him after he began vomiting blood.
Daniel, who was from Iowa needed an endoscopy to establish where the internal bleeding was coming from, which Rebecca said “comes with complications”.
She said: “I will let you know when they will be doing the procedure as soon as I know. He is much more alert today but still quite foggy.
“Once that’s all finished they’re going to be switching him back to the CVVHD or continuous dialysis because he’s so weak and we need to get him to make that urine!!
His faith has never faded, even in the darkest of times. I am honored to have known him!
Courtney Crozier Respess
“Man alive this is insane & alone seems impossible but with God all things are possible. Thank you for your prayers & well wish I adore you all!”
The 30-year-old was plagued with severe headaches, extreme fatigue and was barely able to walk before he was diagnosed.
In a bid to control his cancer he had 26 blood transfusions, platelet transfusions and chemotherapy.
His devastated friend and co-star Courtney Crozier Respess confirmed the sad news in a Facebook post, writing: “I am so so heartbroken to hear about Daniel Wright this morning. He has fought so hard during his battle with cancer & more. This man is one of the kindest people I have ever met & is a true difference maker in this world!
His faith has never faded, even in the darkest of times. I am honored to have known him!!!”
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She added: “Please keep him & his beautiful, amazing, and beyond strong wife Rebecca Wright in your prayers today as he is being called to heaven. Rebecca will need all of us to lift her up now & for the months & years to come.”
When Daniel first appeared on the American show in 2009 he weighed 312lbs (22 stone) aged just 20.
Unbelievably, he shed a total of 142lbs – nearly half his body weight – by the finale.
After meeting the love of his life on the show and supporting one another, the pair married three years later in 2012.
On Valentines Day this year he paid tribute to Rebecca, thanking her for “holding him up”.
He wrote: “I am so thankful for you. You have held me up through every single inch of this and I adore you. I love you!”
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