@dailymail: A Brazilian influencer whose staggering 32-stone weight loss made him the star of a reality TV show has died aged 37 after piling on the pounds again following the loss of his dad and brother ahead of a new attempt to drop to just 15 stone without surgery or medicine. Gabriel Freitas, whose 70,000 Instagram fans were following his daily battle to shed his excess pounds, passed away following a heart attack on December 30 as he napped in bed although close friend Ricardo Gouvea only went public with his loss yesterday. He said: 'Gabriel died practically sleeping, he didn't suffer. He died trying. He fought to the end, he was very strong and I have a lot of respect for him. He was a very good person with a very good heart.' Gabriel made headlines in 2017 in his native Brazil after appearing on a Record TV programme called Programa do Gugu which featured a section titled 'Virou Outra Pessoa' that in English translates as 'Became Another Person.' Millions of viewers tuned into the amazing story of how he shed more than 30 stone with a more balanced diet and exercise after starting to put on weight as a teenager. In 2015 6ft 4ins Gabriel weighed just over 50 stone but in a year and a half with his amazing lifestyle transformation managed to drop to just 18 stone. Programme host Gugu Liberato congratulated him for 'going further than most people could imagine' as Gabriel showed off his handsome good looks thanks to his size transformation. The subsequent death of his father and brother led to his weight ballooning again and he was weighing in at nearly 60 stone just before he passed away as he embarked on his new health drive. Read more on Dailymail.com

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