MARY LOU RETTON: Opens Up About Her Illness
Closer US|January 29, 2024
"I mean when you face death in the eyes, I have so much to look forward to." Mary Lou Retton
MARY LOU RETTON: Opens Up About Her Illness

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is grateful to be alive after surviving a life-threatening bout of pneumonia last fall. “I am blessed to be here because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support,” Mary Lou, 55, told Today’s Hoda Kotb on Jan. 8.

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