‘Extreme Weight Loss’ Contestant Brandi Mallory’s Cause Of Death Revealed

By Samantha Nungesser @samjnungesser
Published Dec. 6, 2023, 9:38 a.m. ET

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More details surrounding Brandi Mallory‘s death have surfaced. According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report, the former Extreme Weight Loss contestant died of complications from obesity, per People.

Mallory’s death was ruled “natural,” with the report noting that there was “no evidence of significant recent injury” and no sign of foul play. While traces of marijuana and alcohol were found in her system, neither contributed to her death.

The television personality, who was only 40 years old, was last seen entering Chipotle on Nov. 8 via surveillance footage, according to the Atlanta Police Department report. After returning to her car with food, she never left the parking lot.

The next morning, a local deli owner noticed the car alone in the lot. However, he thought the woman inside the vehicle was simply asleep. It wasn’t until hours later when the car was still there and the woman “did not look alert, conscious or breathing” that he decided to call 911.

Mallory was best known for her 2014 appearance on Season 4 of Extreme Weight Loss, which sought to help contestants lose weight and make significant lifestyle changes. During her time on the ABC series, she went from 329 pounds to 178 pounds.

In the near-decade since appearing on Extreme Weight Loss, Mallory — who was a dance instructor — continued to share her fitness journey and beauty tips on social media. The show’s trainer and host Chris Powell remembered her as “a bright, shining light for everybody around her,” per People.

“That girl could dance. And she always brought that energy with everything that we were doing,” Powell told the outlet. “She really owned the body positivity movement. It was great because she was very open about her struggles with her weight and everything, but the fact that she would just get out there and she would just fully express herself, you could feel how free she was.”

He added, “And that in turn inspired so many other people to jump on board to accept and embrace and appreciate their bodies. I just loved it because she became a symbol for that for so many people.”