Robert Buchel of TLC's 'My 600
Robert Buchel
Robert Buchel  of Forked River walks with  his  fiancee  Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester  on TLC's âMy 600-Lb Life.â (Photo: TLC)
Robert Buchel  star of TLCâs My 600-lb Life  died Nov. 15 from a heart attack while filming the series at a hospital in Houston.
His death was announced by TLC after the Wednesday episode.  Buchel  was 41.
 His  fiancÃ©e  Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester  N.J.  addressed viewers in an epilogue following Wednesday's episode.
â He  told me  âI donât think Iâll make it through the night. I love you and I always will 'â Lemanski said. âI lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.â
In a November Facebook posting after  Buchel  passed away  Lemanski said the two were going to "get married in Walt Disney World and have our own Disney Fairy Tale Wedding. We were going to start a family. We were going to grow old together."
"To carry all this weight is physically draining  mentally  emotionally taxing " said  Buchel  on the episode. "It's not a pain or life Iâd wish on anyone because I can't do anything. I canât do anything for anyone â especially myself so I am completely dependent on my fiancÃ©e."
In a statement  TLC said: "TLC was deeply saddened by the loss of  Robert . We are grateful to  his  family who were gracious enough to let us continue to share  his  brave story with our viewers. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time."
Each episode of My 600-lb Life follows the life of a morbidly obese person as they attempt to lose weight and change their lifestyle under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan. The series debuted in 2012 and  Buchel  is the first person to pass away on the series.
A GoFundMe was launched on Lemanski's behalf to help defray costs accumulated in the care of  Buchel .
"The only consolation I have right now is that we were together and that his last words of peace to me were how he felt about me and how I felt about him " said Lemanski about  Buchel . "And when he did pass  he was not alone. I was there holding his hand."
[TGT] of Forked River walks with   [TGT]   fiancee  Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester  on TLC's âMy 600-Lb Life.â (Photo: TLC)
 [TGT] star of TLCâs My 600-lb Life  died Nov. 15 from a heart attack while filming the series at a hospital in Houston.
His death was announced by TLC after the Wednesday episode.   [TGT] was 41.
  [TGT]   fiancÃ©e  Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester  N.J.  addressed viewers in an epilogue following Wednesday's episode.
â He  told me  âI donât think Iâll make it through the night. I love you and I always will 'â Lemanski said. âI lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.â
In a November Facebook posting after   [TGT] passed away  Lemanski said the two were going to "get married in Walt Disney World and have our own Disney Fairy Tale Wedding. We were going to start a family. We were going to grow old together."
"To carry all this weight is physically draining  mentally  emotionally taxing " said  Buchel  on the episode. "It's not a pain or life Iâd wish on anyone because I can't do anything. I canât do anything for anyone â especially myself so I am completely dependent on my fiancÃ©e."
In a statement  TLC said: "TLC was deeply saddened by the loss of  Robert . We are grateful to  his  family who were gracious enough to let us continue to share  his  brave story with our viewers. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time."
Each episode of My 600-lb Life follows the life of a morbidly obese person as they attempt to lose weight and change their lifestyle under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan. The series debuted in 2012 and  Buchel  is the first person to pass away on the series.
A GoFundMe was launched on Lemanski's behalf to help defray costs accumulated in the care of  Buchel .
"The only consolation I have right now is that we were together and that his last words of peace to me were how he felt about me and how I felt about him " said Lemanski about  Buchel . "And when he did pass  he was not alone. I was there holding his hand."