Britain’s heaviest man Jason Holton has died at the age of 33 just weeks before his 34th birthday.
Mr Holton’s mother Leisa, 55, announced that he died last Saturday at the Royal Surrey County Hospital after he was transferred to the facility.
A report from the coroner following his death stated that Mr Holton died from a combination of obesity and organ failure.
Mr Holton, who weighed around 50st had held the title of Britain’s heaviest man for nearly 10 years after Carl Thompson died in 2015 at the age of 33 when he weighed 65st.
Speaking to the Sun following his death, Ms Holton said: “He’s probably had about eight lives and I thought the doctors would be able to save him again, but sadly it wasn’t possible.
“He was put on kidney dialysis and an IV drip but his kidneys weren’t working. The doctor told Jason he’d pass away within a week as his organs were failing.”
She added that afterwards Mr Holton “started to go downhill” before passing away.
Mr Holton lived in a specially adapted flat fitted with reinforced furniture and in the latter half of his life had begun to experience breathing difficulties.
Mr Holton’s weight gain began when he was just a teenager when he was grieving the death of his father and he would later go on to consume up to 10,000 calories per day.
In 2020, he had to be craned out of his mother’s third-floor flat after he collapsed in an operation involving a 30-strong crew of firefighters and engineers.
Speaking to TalkTV last year, Mr Holton said the ordeal had been “terrifying” and “the most devastating time of my life”.
Mr Holton had highlighted how the weight loss drug Wegovy could be the answer to his problems after it was found he was too heavy to have a gastric band.
He said: “Make it a priority for people that really need it – that really need it. Not people that are just chubby or obese, because I don’t feel that’s the problem.”
