Olympic star Mary Lou Retton ‘fighting for her life’ in ICU, daughter says
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- Gymnastics legend unable to breathe on her own, daughter says
- Retton, 55, won five medals at 1984 Summer Olympics in LA
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton is fighting for her life" in an intensive care unit, according to her daughter.
Retton has been diagnosed with a very rare form of pneumonia" and has been in the ICU at an undisclosed hospital for more than a week not able to breathe on her own", McKenna Kelley said in an Instagram story posted on Tuesday afternoon.
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