{"id":142258,"date":"2023-10-11T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142258"},"modified":"2023-10-11T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:21:00","slug":"mary-lou-retton-fundraiser-reaches-181k-in-donations-amid-medical-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/celebrities\/mary-lou-retton-fundraiser-reaches-181k-in-donations-amid-medical-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Lou Retton Fundraiser Reaches $181k In Donations Amid Medical Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The financial support is pouring in for Olympics legend Mary Lou Retton<\/strong> … with more than $181k in donations being collected as she battles a serious medical issue.<\/p>\n
As we previously reported, the gold medalist has been in the ICU fighting for her life<\/strong> as she deals with a “very rare form of pneumonia,” according to her daughter … and she is currently unable to breathe on her own.<\/p>\n
Considering 55-year-old MLR is uninsured, the family started a SpotFund<\/strong> page to help with medical bills … and shortly after the fundraiser went live, it shattered its goal of $50,000.<\/p>\n
In fact, the cause has raised more than triple the original goal as of Wednesday morning … and it only continues to rise.<\/p>\n
So far, more than 3,900 people have donated to Retton’s expenses … with many leaving words of support for the gymnast and her family.<\/p>\n
Retton is one of the most popular American Olympians from the ’80s … earning gold in the all-around, as well as a pair of silver and bronze medals, in 1984.<\/p>\n
Now, her fans throughout the country are pulling for her once again.<\/p>\n
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