Morgan Spurlock, ‘Super Size Me’ Director, dies at 53

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, known for "Super Size Me," died at 53 in New York from cancer complications.
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[@ljaaraica3372]

RIP, I watched all of this guy's documentary's. I am also in mourning, my father just died of cancer in Jan of this year.

[@mortalclown3812]

I'm sorry for your loss. Extra angels on your path.

[@peter-ek3uh]

Condolences friend. I hope your fathers final journey was packed with bright lights color warmth and the open arms of the lord. And beautiful music.❤

[@kryptosuperdoggaming]

I’ve remembered watching Super Size Me in both Middle School and High School in gym/Health class. We were always taught how we should never get fat or obese.

[@famouscriminals18]

Now it’s the opposite

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

​@@famouscriminals18no it's not. It's not like health classes aren't being offered at school. Pfft

[@BeeRumblin13]

Or be an alcoholic like Morgan. It was a mostly fake docu.

[@MannyL-g3m]

Rest in Peace Sir.

[@vjcodec]

Icon of the early 2000’s everyone was talking about this movie.

[@TheNecessaryEvil]

He never released his food log from the “documentary”. 🤷🏿

[@robert5726]

and yet America is fatter than ever

[@celebritychat496]

Not anymore thanks to inflation

[@capoislamort100]

And Dumber too!!

[@connorcincinnati]

Goes to show that cancer don’t care how healthy you are or how rich you are or how smart you are. Live life the way you enjoy it, even if you eat fast food and are fat , cause you never know

[@elizabethr4107]

All of this

[@connorcincinnati]

@jessicasmith5728 While I agree eating McDonald’s super size every day is not healthy most people never did. It doesn’t take an expert to know drinking until your liver is damaged by 30 years old is just as bad. He should have made a film about excessive alcohol and liver damage, maybe they would make booze bottles smaller.

[@tedcomet3121]

He was an alcoholic that died of liver cancer

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

​@@connorcincinnatiyeah I'm actually surprised he did a Super Size me Chicken documentary but I understood why he didn't feel like doing another 30 day unhealthy challenge.

[@bobcaygeon975]

His documentary was not completely truthful. He had existing diseases from alcoholism.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

He self financed a film that made it to Sundance and he made millions. Wha have you done?

[@gosselinluke]

Alcoholism is a AA term. Might want to use chronic heavy, drinking or alcohol abuse disorder.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

​@@Pluralofvinylisvinylsyeah plus people are acting thats all he was drinking. No he also drank Super size sized Coca cola an other soda which obviously unhealthy too.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld plus, they established a baseline of his health. If he was a true alcoholic, despite popular belief, they’re actually usually thin, so I’m guessing his weight gain was from the McDonald’s, the meal he usually would have replaced with a beer.

[@octoman511]

I'll be having a big Mac in his memory

[@Jonathanest90s]

Same here

[@therealjayseh]

I'll take a Big Mac a quarter pounder a 20 piece nugget and two large fries.

[@JulioLopez-xz5kx]

I just had a Big Mac meal and two McChickens.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Time to get Super sized then. 😅

[@somnuswaltz5586]

Rest in peace. 51 is way too young, he was practically a little kid 🙏

[@davidwong4821]

Rip Morgan. Thanks for Super Size Me.

[@duewhit310]

Freaks me out He truly took one for the team

[@coloradohikertrash9958]

He lied about pretty much everything though. He blamed the damage to his liver on fast food when in reality it was from decades of chronic alcohol abuse. What credibility does he have left after that?

[@duewhit310]

@@coloradohikertrash9958 do you work for (or own) fast food company?

[@davidkruse4030]

@@thomasanstaett1732no we are referring the the fact he was in fact an alcoholic. What about the guy in his own documentary that eats McDonald’s everyday and it mostly healthy?

[@davidkruse4030]

@@duewhit310go and look up alcohol withdrawal symptoms and then watch the scene were he eats the double quarter pounder

[@benjamindavis2037]

Can we get Super Size back now?

[@carrollbrown5683]

U trying to win troll of the year with that comment?

[@grannypb1]

I wish they would reveal what kind of cancer because I think the doctors warned him of liver problems. Does anyone remember that?

[@westlisbon6307]

I'm sure he was hang stalked and targeted by the corporations

[@leonoza7]

yes cos he was an alcolhic before , during and after the movie .. Morgan was a fraud in more than one way ..

[@Badfinger4]

Nah, he had liver problems and the doctors were surprised and said they had never seen eating fast food mess up someone’s liver like it did with him. It turns out he was drinking the whole time he made the documentary and it was likely the alcohol that caused his liver problems. There are lots of KZbin videos you can watch about him that call out Super Size Me as kind of a big sham

[@derrickket087]

One month of McDonald’s didn’t cause his cancer. He definitely had a lot of other unhealthy habits.

[@ranfli-op1146]

@@Badfinger4 If true about the drinking, It pretty much kills credibility for the documentary. Did Mcdonalds Sue? He pretty much tarnished their reputation.

[@themangomanjuice]

Very unfortunate to hear, I enjoyed watching Super Size Me as a child in the 2000’s. Rest in peace.

[@R1GAMBLER]

SAFE & EFFECTIVE NO REFUNDS.

[@daburn2013]

RIP 😭😔

[@frankmiranda707]

Very shocked that he died. He was an inspiration ever since super size me came out. Learning to eat healthy and watch what we eat. I didn’t know he was very sick. RIP Morgan Spurlock

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I knew he may have been sick from the documentary espicially since he actually vomitted in the filming of it but with another deadly disease? Nah thats tough.

[@jabbermocky4520]

I haven't eaten any deep fried or fast food for over 20 years. In my lifetime, which so far is significantly longer than Morgan's was, I have consumed very little junk food at all. My family history includes high blood pressure and Diabetes but my own health stats remain very good, probably because I never developed a taste for cheap and fast garbage food. Grateful that Morgan did his important documentary film work. So sad that he passed away at only 53.

[@LordAmalthea]

And you’re vaccinated, right?

[@dmitch1991]

This man was ahead of his time, he came before the tide pod challenge...

[@jestexgarcia3601]

I remember watching this in the early 2000's. RIP man. He did bring to light America's obesity problems & health concerns. Not surprising he passed away early only eating McDonald's for 30 days straight. My condolences for his family and friends.

[@stevenedwards8353]

RIP to the man who was responsible for making fast food less fun over the years. Regardless of the fact I didn't like what his work did, cancer is a terrible way to go

[@derrickket087]

You needed a documentary to inform you that fast food is bad for your health? I wish I could obtain your level of ignorance.

[@ranfli-op1146]

@@derrickket087 someone said, he was drinking alcohol heavily while filming. So that kinda was BS of him to put it all on Mcdonalds. I could eat mcdonalds no problem.

[@vjcodec]

@@ranfli-op1146enough people drink heavily…

[@stevenedwards8353]

@@derrickket087 Hell no. In fact, I'm in the "it's fast food - you know what you're getting into the moment you start ordering it" camp. But Super Size Me probably ended up pressuring McDonalds and other fast foods into reducing food portions (enabling some of the current shrinkflation rampant especially in the fast food industry), changing some ingredients out, and focusing on stupid crap like putting apple slices in meals that really didn't need to be done.

[@rodericksutton2983]

@@ranfli-op1146 Don't be a goofy

[@jillianohalloran]

He had a very good but short lived doc series as well

[@maicidiecagem]

R.I.P Morgan. I am from Brazil and this documentary "Super Size Me" was very succesful here. I whatched many times.

[@herrprepper2070]

All the people who never had the brains, skill, or courage to do anything… now form a circle and complain about the guy.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

Yeah, it’s sickening. And it does take courage to invest tens of thousands of dollars of your own money into a film.

[@tylere.8436]

Complained that he lied in his famous documentary? Yeah, how trivial, omitting excessive alcohol consumption while putting all the blame on McDonald's.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

@@tylere.8436 are you simping for corporate fast food? 😂

[@tylere.8436]

@Pluralofvinylisvinyls No, I actually detest fast food, but I loathe liars even more. No one was a hero in that documentary. -_-

[@RescueAlwaysOfficial]

Condolences to his family.

[@primordial-zeitgeist]

His work has helped, God bless him 🙏R.I.P.

[@tedcomet3121]

His lies "helped"

[@chris1995-l8w]

I remember watching that movie back in middle school and boy it really teach me to eat healthy foods but it’s sad that he’s gone

[@XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX]

He was working on his newest documentary; "Super Vax Me"

[@winkieblink7625]

Very sad. Too young.

[@steelstreet79]

He was everywhere in 2003. I can't even believe I went to go watch his first movie!

[@boredstudent]

I definitely remember Morgan Spurlock from Super Size Me but he had a series called 30 Days. He or someone else would conduct some kind of experiment for 30 days.

[@laurabartoletti6412]

🥀 Morgan Spurlock

[@lukeGGlee]

glyphosates aka herbicides not necessarily fast food itself is what truly causes cancer or mutations in the cells

[@sandrasharby8405]

So young!

[@aydantheyoutubeking]

Rip Morgan my man 5th grade we watched this 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@WiIdbiII]

Jeez , that's terrible. I enjoyed his work.

[@mikeg8768]

Yup super size was played every year in school

[@canyonproductions7683]

Legend Rest in Peace

[@jaydavis7122]

My condolences to his family I enjoyed watching his fast food shows . Very young age to die .

[@stankormy5717]

Super Size Me was an innovative documentary!

[@VanishEclipse4867]

I actually watched another documentary video from him once for a college class called the Greatest Movie Ever Sold. Check it out as it provides incite to how a lot of marketing and movies work such as for example Tony Stark's cheeseburger from Burger King.

[@alanmcgivern797]

Is it possible his supersize me experiment contributed to his downfall😢

[@nashshaffer6235]

He was on a Hangover II documentary and was hilarious

[@JennieJohnson-xx9tc]

RIP to Morgan Spurlock

[@PassionataDance]

He was mostly vegan

[@LordAmalthea]

lol I was looking for this

[@Skelevon_gaming]

RIP i watched his movie supersize me in teen health at school

[@CharlesMichaelSidwell]

What KIND of cancer did he die from? Why don't they mention that?

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Liver cancer possibly.

[@brianjones9392]

He lied. He was a liar.

[@emiliobello2538]

I was shocked Can’t believe this

[@andreasantoni6896]

And I also remember 30 Days on FX with Morgan Spurlock. My favourites were Islam, the LGBTQ+ community, and gun ownership.

[@thcenterprisellc112]

I watched him in high school health class

[@quarstrongforce]

One way to prevent prostate cancer is take Zn supplements , the other way is empty the prostate glan every day.

[@johnfearn4186]

He changed the menu at McDonalds whether they like to admit it or not.

[@GreatgunYu]

He might have changed the menu but their loopholes, like ordering multiple orders of fries or asking a big family size meals.

[@e.t.2230]

I blame McDonald’s 💯

[@danielschmitt1935]

Apparently, one month of McDonalds shortened his life.

[@tylere.8436]

Actually that was his alcoholism. Fast food probably didn't help his overall health, but he wasn't honest about his alcoholism.

[@JanetSinclair-dc6xm]

He ate vegan for much longer than one month so it was probably being a vegan that killed him. Or maybe it was the 40 years of being an alcoholic.

[@Stan_in_Shelton_WA]

I'm sure nobody would blame a vegan diet. That was his method of "purifying" his body after the 28 days of fast food. Let's avoid talking about the Warburg effect, cancer and carbohydrates.

[@italishgirl5601]

Way too young…

[@peter-ek3uh]

I enjoyed his movie it was not that surprising to me how bad for us the food is! It's insane that, just a few days ago, I was wondering where he was. And how he was doing. I have a coffee and sausage McMuffin almost every day for ten years or longer. I cook my own eggs and bring them and save about $2.50 every day! And this guy is never far from my thoughts. I am 60 now. It was probably micro plastics in his cells that made the cancer. But I am no professional so I only speculate. I can only wish him well on his journey and thank him because, he probably saved someone's life. They saw his film and changed their diet. He tried to leave behind a better world. Perhaps he did in some ways.❤❤❤

[@peter-ek3uh]

I am writing this from McDs!!!!

[@SublethalCat]

I would think his alcoholism was much more likely a cause than microplastics... He omitted the fact that he was drinking alcohol during the 30-day experiment.

[@peter-ek3uh]

@@SublethalCat ok it makes sense.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

Of *course* fast food is bad for your health. So is alcohol, which be drank copious amounts of. His alcoholism skewed the results of his “experiment” for personal gain. The guy was a fraud.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Don't tell me you're also gonna defend Mcdonald's.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

@stanford-nf4jk I neither said nor implied such thing. My point, which is about alcoholism, went *WAY* over your head. Have a good day. ✌️

[@edsalinas9996]

Why am I NOT surprised.

[@RyanBoo-k8s]

Omg I can’t believe this. I’ve watched supersize me at least 3 times.

[@sammavacaist]

So...did the McDonalds give him the cancer?

[@enriquerodriguezjr4466]

Let's hope McDonald's didn't killed him!

[@anthonymatute6057]

R.I.P

[@BAB00215]

Rip to the king of McDonald’s

[@mikedescoteaux2840]

ive seen him on tv. he was good at what he did. hadnt seen supersize me. but, the image with all the fries in his mouth i'll never foget. i may just watch suprsize me. lot's of good comments below. lastly, no bad jokes. let the guy RIP for petes sake. his family and friends still live and dont need to read garbage remarks made on here

[@christorres4558]

Now we finally know what eating McDonald's for 30 days straight will do to your body.

[@WNHTCT]

They'll be using "Supersize Me" in Health classes for the next hundred years.

[@coloradohikertrash9958]

Hopefully not. The entire movie was based on a lie.He was pretty much a lifetime alcoholic (started drinking at 13) and blamed his health problems on Mcdonalds. He even tried to say his liver damage was from fast food when in reality it was Sclerosis from Alcohol abuse. Not saying it's a bad thing to try and help people set better habits but the way he went about was sleazy af

[@GreatgunYu]

Schools show the documentary all the time but same time serves process cancerous food in lunch that are as bad or even worse than the fast food of McDonald’s.

[@twist58]

He died? 😮 First heard of Morgan Spurlock in my first year of college back in 2005. My colleagues and I began to rethink ourselves about McDonalds after seeing that documentary of his. Since then, I’ve undergone a personal health change in the last year alone. I was 214 lbs in 2023, but then in 2024. I lost 28 lbs in a year with daily jogging an hour a day five days a week. 🏃 I won’t go back to those old habits again. Thanks for sharing your experience, Spurlock man. Peace. You’re one of my influences in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

[@Eric-lx8hp]

He indirectly so many from the super sizing

[@NameThatSong1]

He cost the fast-food industry a lot of money.

[@normanskillings9492]

It’s not so much the McDonalds.. as it was the fact that he was force feeding himself while being completely sedentary. I could get six pack abs and maintain an excellent body weight and my numbers will be great eating nothing but fast food, if I stay around 2500 calories and exercise every day. Not only that, but they also have food options that aren’t necessarily deep fried.. just to be fair here.. regardless though, condolences to his family and I’m sorry to hear he passed away with so many years ahead of him still.

[@TonyAmore-dp9kx]

very tragic news

[@friendofthenight2076]

RIP

[@galeocean4182]

Awww. Sad news.

[@Nefus1988]

He probably got the cancer from his alcoholism

[@JamusChristus]

That's not how cancer works

[@lugv5500]

@@JamusChristusit could be a possibility bc alcohol eats ur liver

[@hokiesuz]

So sad.

[@AnthonyCG100]

Turbo cancer gets another vajjine victim

[@dominicaliotti5729]

Fries are good

[@tylere.8436]

Nothing beats Chic Fil A waffle fries though. McDonald's fries used to be great, but they changed and are mid now.

[@adaka9623]

Eating McDonald’s everyday is not good for you

[@lamaarporter300]

The McDonald’s is carcinogenic got him good damn RIP Hamburglar

[@myownprivateglasgow280]

Smells like Suicide....

[@deadrift886]

Says cancer. Reading is hard

[@samsam-tt3bk]

But why I considered him an intellectual

[@FernandoGarciaFerreira]

No le mató la comida chatarra pero ha muerto de un cáncer 😪. La vida es extraña tíos.

[@skyewhite2801]

Forget McDonald’s. Big chicken got him

[@oscarsmith6519]

Longer. That’s funny. He should had eaten more cheese burgers.

[@jamesmcconnell2473]

McDonald's won ?

[@udarpavarota396]

It had the opposite effect on me. After watching his documentary I went to McDonald's and ordered a big Mac and fries with a large Coke. Mmm 😋 Here's to you, Spurlock 🍔🍟🥤. We only live once.

[@ssvd91]

Died of the suddenly. A lot of that going around lately.

[@BruceGlover-zw1ik]

McDonald's executives are giving each other hi5s

[@BoffaDeezMrBojangles]

McDonalds curse

[@beauxdomineauxcormier414]

Young

[@vitigaymer1053]

VAXXED

[@roberte.howard2739]

Ironic that there's men the same age that eat nothing but ultra processed fast food and will outlive him by decades. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@GreatgunYu]

He was a closet alcoholic for years. He was heavily drinking while recording the supersize me documentary. He blamed the heath problems at McDonald’s but truth is fast food to don’t cause liver damages like he did.

[@Curiamacabre]

He was a liar and a fraud.

[@rafaelquinones222]

It was that 30 day diet, beeb eating thar crap my whole life. They got get u as kid for your body adapt & learn how process junk food

[@e.c-s8611]

He died - wonder if eating mcd's contributed to the long term effects.

[@capoislamort100]

No need to wonder about that, you already know the answer.

[@shawmou3493]

Where’s David I’m Annoyed You’re Here Like Seriously!

[@drumtwo4seven]

RIP 🙏 LATE EFFECTS OF MC DONALD'S