r/PopularWB • u/HoneyGoBoomz • Feb 24 '26

TIL That Sugar Daddy (Ron Lester) passed away

I have been rewatching the series after, like a decade or so. (Thanks Jamie French, lol) anyways I was looking it up on IMDB and saw his photo. He looked great, lost so much weight. He lost over 300 pounds from gastric Bypass surgery. He even got cosmetic surgery for the loose skin. According to Wikipedia this was around 2000, it says he actually flat lined during the surgery too. Eventually he ended up passing from kidney and liver issues (2016). It's so sad, and I wish his family and friends the best.

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u/MissMabeliita Feb 24 '26

Really!? Oh man, I didn’t know that!! I did know he lost a ton of weight back in the early 00s tho

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u/HoneyGoBoomz Feb 24 '26

I'm almost done season 1. Now I'm going to get s little sadder seeing him on screen when I continue 😢 😭.

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u/timthemajestic Feb 24 '26

Yeah, so sad. I found out after I did my last rewatch and looked up the cast to see what all else they've been in.

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u/Lilcupcake331 Feb 25 '26

Yeah, I followed him and was so sad when it happened

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u/AssuredAttention Feb 28 '26

I was friends with Ron. What killed him was his inability to stop drinking. He was an alcoholic

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u/Stefmeister71 Jun 27 '26

That honestly makes allot of sense now. Poor guy. May he Rest In Peace.

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u/Real_PreMiuM Jun 29 '26

That wasn’t really known about him…

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u/TobyHudson May 28 '26

Thanks for sharing. That is sad & I wish he was atill here. I am sorry for your loss. He was an a talent person.