Super Size Me star who exclusively dined on McDonald’s dies of cancer

The star of the fast food documentary Super Size Me has died of cancer at the age of 53.

Morgan Spurlock received an Oscar nomination for the 2004 film, in which he ate nothing but McDonald’s food for a month.

Spurlock died on Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued Friday by his family.

“It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” Craig Spurlock, who worked with him on several projects, said in the statement.

“Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.”

In his documentary Spurlock ate three meals a day, tasting everything on the fast-food chain’s menu at least once, and had to accept “supersize” portions when they were offered to him.

He also exercised less to match the average American’s physical activity. By the end of the film, Spurlock claimed that he gained almost two stone and developed depression and liver dysfunction.

“You’ve got to stop,” one doctor warned him during the filming. “Your liver is pâté.”

Made on a budget of just $65,000, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and provoked a public debate about the fast food industry.

McDonald’s dropped the “supersize” option from its menus in 2004 – but denied there was a connection with the documentary.

Spurlock leaves behind two sons, Laken and Kallen.