Little People Big World Death: Who Died From The Family?

Little People, Big World is an American reality television series that premiered on March 4, 2006, and airs on TLC. The series chronicles the lives of the six-member Roloff family farm near Portland, Oregon.

Many of the episodes focus on the parents, Matt and Amy, and one of their children, Zach who has dwarfism. On August 26, 2010, TLC announced that the sixth season would be the last for the show.

Who Died From The Family?

Matt Roloff was born in 1961 to Ron and Peggy Roloff. Although his parents are of average height, Matt Roloff was born with diastrophic dysplasia, degenerative dwarfism that caused him to have more than a dozen operations when he was a young child. Roloff has several siblings, including a brother named Josh Roloff.

Josh was born two years after Matt, and just like his older brother, he suffered from a variety of health issues from the time that he was born.

Born with a severe heart malformation, one that also affected his lungs, Josh wasn’t expected to live past one day old. Roloff defied the odds and survived his traumatic birth, going home from the hospital when he was 2 weeks old. Matt’s brother would live to see maturity although tragedy would ultimately strike before the young man would reach his 40s.