Katie Slaton of 1000Lb. Sisters dies at 37 after cancer

Katie Slaton, a 37-year-old who appeared on the TLC reality series 1000Lb. Sisters as a cousin of stars Tammy and Amy Slaton, has died after a battle with stage 4 cancer, her family announced. Amanda Halterman, the older sister of Tammy and Amy, shared the news on social media Tuesday, saying Katie passed away the previous day at a hospice facility in Evansville, Indiana. The family confirmed a funeral service will be held in Morganfield, Kentucky later this week.

"It is with a completely crushed heart and spirit that I have to post this," Halterman wrote, describing Katie as "a force to be reckoned with" and "the life of the party." In her post she asked followers to pray for family members, including young children she referred to as "the babies" and a partner named Natalie, and concluded with the admonition cancerscks. An obituary notice listed the place of death as Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, and gave details of a funeral service scheduled for Friday afternoon at Whitsell Funeral Home.

Katie Slaton had been diagnosed earlier this year with stage 4 gastric adenocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of stomach cancer. She had been receiving chemotherapy following...