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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton breaks silence over health battle: ‘I am forever grateful to you all!’

AP

Former Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton has broken her silence over her battle with a rare form of pneumonia.

Ms Retton, 55, was hospitalised earlier this month and was “fighting for her life” in the ICU while battling pneumonia.

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