Amber Eggers, a reality TV star from We TV's "Love After Lockup," has died at the age of 41 after being hospitalized in Atlanta with acute liver failure. Doctors were unable to keep her heart beating and she passed away after being admitted several days ago for feeling unwell. Amber appeared on the show's second season in 2019, where she documented her relationship with Vincent Gonzalez while serving a prison sentence. Her mother has confirmed her death, and friends and cast members have expressed their condolences online.
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Amber Eggers, best known for appearing on We TV’s “Love After Lockup,” has died.
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The reality star, who appeared on the show’s second season in 2019, died Thursday after being hospitalized in Atlanta, her mother, Monica Eggers, told TMZ.
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Monica said her daughter had been admitted several days ago after she began feeling unwell.
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Doctors eventually could no longer keep her heart beating, and she ultimately died from acute liver failure.
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Page Six has reached out to AMC Global Media, the parent company of We TV, for comment.
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It doesn’t feel real, and I don’t think any words can make it feel real.
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Amber Eggers has lost her fight today and passed away,” the friend wrote in part alongside a photo of Eggers.
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“The doctors did everything they could, but in the end, her body just couldn’t keep fighting,” the friend added.
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“And if you knew Amber, you know she is a fighter.”
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The friend concluded, “She will be missed more than we can probably put into words.
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‘Love After Lockup’ viewers and cast alike love Amber very much.
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We laughed with her, worried about her and cheered her on through everything she faced.
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You are going to be missed. ❤️.”
In May 2025, Amber’s sister, Erin, launched a GoFundMe after Amber was hospitalized and put on a ventilator with severe pneumonia and a bacterial infection in her blood.
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Her condition became critical, and she was eventually placed on an ECMO machine, an advanced life-support system.
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“I’m reaching out today with an update and a heavy heart to ask for your help,” Erin wrote on the fundraising page, describing her sister as “one of the kindest and most big-hearted people you could ever meet.”
“Right now, she needs all of that strength for the fight of her life,” Erin added.
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Erin later shared that Amber had been moved out of the intensive care unit and started physical therapy “to be able to walk again.”
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No further updates were provided on the GoFundMe page.
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On “Love After Lockup,” viewers followed Amber’s relationship with Vincent Gonzalez, whom she began dating while serving a four-year prison sentence for drug trafficking, according to People.
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The pair got engaged during their time on the show, but ultimately called it quits after Amber was released from prison.
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Amber later made cameos in subsequent seasons of the franchise, which first premiered in 2018, as well as its spinoff, “Life After Lockup,” where she appeared alongside her former cellmate, Michelle “Puppy” Deaton.
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Conversation
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"Love After Lockup" star Amber Eggers (pictured above in an Instagram upload) died Thursday at age 41.
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Her mother, Monica Eggers, confirmed to TMZ that her daughter (pictured here on "Love After Lockup") died from acute liver failure at a hospital in Atlanta.
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Amber's friends confirmed her death and paid tribute to her on social media (one example of which is seen above).
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"It doesn't feel real, and I don't think any words can make it feel real," Amber's friend wrote in part on Instagram.
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(Amber is pictured here on "Love After Lockup.")
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You are going to be missed.
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❤️," Amber's friend concluded in the caption.
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(Amber is seen here in an Instagram post.)
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In May 2025, Amber was hospitalized with severe pneumonia and a bacterial infection in her bloodstream, prompting her sister, Erin, to launch a GoFundMe.
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After being on an advanced life-support machine, Amber (seen here in a selfie) was later moved out of the ICU and began physical therapy "to be able to walk again."
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Eggers' relationship with Vincent Gonzalez, whom she began dating while serving time for drug trafficking, was featured on Season 2 of "Love After Lockup."
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(Amber is pictured above on the We TV series.)
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