Chuck Potthast, the father of 90 Day Fiancé star Elizabeth Castravet, has died from brain cancer at 64.
Potthast had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable form of brain cancer.
“Two weeks ago, tragedy struck our family and it has left us completely shattered,” Castravet announced in an Instagram post. “My sweet, loving, and caring dad went to heaven. We’re trying to figure out how to navigate our lives and move forward without him.”
Castravet’s sister Becky, who also appeared on the hit reality show, also honored her father in a post.
“Two weeks ago on this day my world became distorted into a place I don’t understand,” she said. “My father Chuck went home to be with The Lord. The pain is still more than I can bare so this is all I can write.”
The Castravet family asked the public for privacy “during this extremely difficult time.”
In September, Potthast shared a health update on the social media page of 90 Day Fiancé.
“My surgery was supposed to be about three to four hours long to fix hernias from my previous cancer operations,” he said. “My surgery ended up being eight hours long. But the benefit is I have a flat stomach now, which is cool.”
The TLC show documented Castravet’s online relationship with her fiancé, Andrei Castravet, before they met in person in Dublin.
The couple got married in 2017 and have since started their family with daughter Eleanor, 6, and son Winston, 3.
Potthast’s battle with cancer was referenced on the show when it delved into Castravet’s estrangement from her three sisters and three brothers.
“The Lord didn’t save my life to see my family fractured like this,” he said. Potthast later urged his family to go to therapy, saying, “I want this fixed.”
When asked about her relationship with her siblings, Castravet said to Us Weekly, “I have my own family.”
The star shared she is “only speaking with [her] dad and Becky, and sometimes [her] mom.”
