'Fighting for her life' with rare form of pneumonia, daughter says
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ZolotoyRetriever — 2 years ago(October 11, 2023 02:14 AM)
Mary Lou Retton, the first American woman to win all-around gymnastics gold at the Olympics, is "fighting for her life" with a serious illness, according to a fundraiser posted by her daughter.
McKenna Lane Kelley said her mother has "a very rare form of pneumonia" and is "not able to breathe on her own." She said Retton has been in the ICU for more than a week and is not insured but declined to go into further details.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will reportedly go to Retton's hospital bills.
Kelley is the second of Retton's four daughters and was a gymnast herself at LSU from 2016 to 2019…..
https://sports.yahoo.com/mary-lou-retton-fighting-for-her-life-with-rare-form-of-pneumonia-daughter-says-231113655.html -
DrakeStraw — 2 years ago(October 11, 2023 05:19 AM)
I hadn't heard it either, but I remembered her name when this came up in a crossword puzzle:
Q: First female athlete on a Wheaties box?
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Steve Lake — 2 years ago(October 26, 2023 02:14 AM)
Bacterial Pneumonia is rare. The only way to catch it is by having unprotected Anal sex with a Man old enough to be your Grandfather
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ZolotoyRetriever — 10 months ago(May 27, 2025 02:51 PM)
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI about 2 hours outside of Pittsburgh
https://www.yahoo.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-mary-lou-122053866.html
(At least she got over the pneumonia!)
