to the ambulance in relay fashion. One team inside the house would pass her through the doorway to another team on the outside, who would pass her to another team inside the ambulance, where she would ride on the floor. Death Yager died in Flint on July 18, 1994. A short time before her death, Yager's latest boyfriend, Larry Maxwell, who was characterized by her family as being "an opportunist who courted media attention for money-making possibilities," married her friend, Felicia White. Maxwell had said that the only donation in Yager's name he ever received was for $20, although numerous talk shows, newspapers, radio stations, and other national and international media are reported to have offered her cash and other gifts in exchange for interviews, pictures, etc. Dietary educator Richard Simmons was quoted as saying that he was "angry that Yager's story was actively peddled to tabloid and television media by Maxwell and others." Yager's death certificate lists kidney failure as the cause of death, with morbid obesity and multiple organ failure as contributing causes. Yager was buried privately, with about 90 friends and family members attending memorial services. See also List of the heaviest people Obesity References 1960 births 1994 deaths Deaths from kidney failure Obesity in the United States People from Genesee County, Michigan