Mary Lou Retton Darling of the LA Olympics on donkdown warning

[ftpjesus]

Reported by her daughter is in ICU on a ventilator with severe bilateral Pneumonia. (Sounds pretty similar to what happened to me with Covid in 3/21). Anyway much like I was at the time it’s looking bad for her. She’s mid 50s so that’s going against her. No word on how she got so sick no mention of Covid but guess she didn’t get that Prevnar shot.

Going to sound weird given all the stories of these things going sideways but expect a GoFundMe for Retton. She has no medical insurance. So her bills have to be astronomical. Mine were well over 200k for my 10days in the ICU and close to a 1/2M when all was said and done for my near month stay prior to insurance which still paid almost 1/2 that and pretty sure the rest of it went to the Feds in DC since they were providing a lot of gap coverage between billing and insurance payments.

[desertrunner]

Is she vaxxed? That would explain it.

[tgull]

How does someone who made millions in endorsement deals in the 80s and public speaking in the 90s not have health insurance?

[Dan Druff]

How does someone who made millions in endorsement deals in the 80s and public speaking in the 90s not have health insurance?

Also looks like she's either broke or close to it.

Not only did she apparently not handle the money very well, but why isn't she still on the public speaking circuit? She could still command a pretty good fee for appearances and speeches, especially because a lot of today's upper management was part of her generation when she won the Olympics.

[Sanlmar]

How does someone who made millions in endorsement deals in the 80s and public speaking in the 90s not have health insurance?

Also looks like she's either broke or close to it.

Not only did she apparently not handle the money very well, but why isn't she still on the public speaking circuit? She could still command a pretty good fee for appearances and speeches, especially because a lot of today's upper management was part of her generation when she won the Olympics.

Can you track the GoFundMe?

I expect she will do fine with donors and I think that’s great. Well heeled people love the Olympics. LA 2028? Lotsa luck.

[desertrunner]

If she pulls through, hope see goes to OnlyFans.

[Sloppy Joe]

I think she came and spoke at my elementary school, or some other gymnastics bitch, not sure.

Came in doing some tumbling and then proceeded to talk about the Olympics, not doing drugs etc.

LOL America letting a gold medal sweetheart die of AIDS.

[Forum Wars]

Also looks like she's either broke or close to it.

Not only did she apparently not handle the money very well, but why isn't she still on the public speaking circuit? She could still command a pretty good fee for appearances and speeches, especially because a lot of today's upper management was part of her generation when she won the Olympics.

Can you track the GoFundMe?

I expect she will do fine with donors and I think that’s great. Well heeled people love the Olympics. LA 2028? Lotsa luck.

Family is not using GoFundMe. SpotFund is the deal. Personally never heard of this competitor. Over 6x oversubscribed!

https://www.spotfund.com/story/a2e05...2-ea579f7eaab7

[Texter]

Mary Lou is not broke nor close to it, her kids don’t want to pay those medical bills and reduce their inheritance.

Tour of her home last year.

https://www.homedit.com/mary-lou-ret...0square%20feet.

[Texter]

Probably believes in holistic medicine or some shit. She also has more than one house….so sell one to pay your bills or go beg.

Beg is certainly the easier way to go. Hopefully the family donates any left over to a worthy cause.

[Sloppy Joe]

Sure smells like GoFundMe fraud.

Surprised that we don't see more once beloved celebrities pulling a Chaps to get some cushion for that monthly nut.

[FRANKRIZZO]

She has beautiful teeth , hear she is getting better. Think she raised over 400 k on go fund me.

[BCR]

Mary Lou is not broke nor close to it, her kids don’t want to pay those medical bills and reduce their inheritance.

Tour of her home last year.

https://www.homedit.com/mary-lou-ret...0square%20feet.

What a hustle. $438k and now she’s making an amazing recovery. Shocker.

This makes Jami Lafay blush. Net worth estimated at $2 million and didn’t want to pay the $800 a month for insurance and gullible people bankroll her idiocy

[Ryback_feed_me_more]

Mary Lou is not broke nor close to it, her kids don’t want to pay those medical bills and reduce their inheritance.

Tour of her home last year.

https://www.homedit.com/mary-lou-ret...0square%20feet.

What a hustle. $438k and now she’s making an amazing recovery. Shocker.

This makes Jami Lafay blush. Net worth estimated at $2 million and didn’t want to pay the $800 a month for insurance and gullible people bankroll her idiocy

Not sure where your buying insurance. I know gainfully employed people paying $300 a paycheck through their employer so around $600 a month for their portion as an employee if they had to pay Cobra due to seperation voluntary or forced, it would be like 2-3x that.

[Dan Druff]

Mary Lou is not broke nor close to it, her kids don’t want to pay those medical bills and reduce their inheritance.

Tour of her home last year.

https://www.homedit.com/mary-lou-ret...0square%20feet.

What a hustle. $438k and now she’s making an amazing recovery. Shocker.

This makes Jami Lafay blush. Net worth estimated at $2 million and didn’t want to pay the $800 a month for insurance and gullible people bankroll her idiocy

You're not kidding. Jami kicking herself right now for not getting into gymnastics in the early 90s.

[tgull]

Mary Lou is not broke nor close to it, her kids don’t want to pay those medical bills and reduce their inheritance.

Tour of her home last year.

https://www.homedit.com/mary-lou-ret...0square%20feet.

What a hustle. $438k and now she’s making an amazing recovery. Shocker.

This makes Jami Lafay blush. Net worth estimated at $2 million and didn’t want to pay the $800 a month for insurance and gullible people bankroll her idiocy

It truly is idiotic she did not have insurance, and that people are actually funding her idiocy. I know for a 100% fact these ex-Olympians can make bank on the speaking circuit. About 15 years ago I was at a conference where Mike Eurozione was a keynote speaker. He gave a fairly average speech talking about the 1980 Hockey Team as captain. There were about 500 people in the audience and I'd guestimate 350 had no idea who he was. I later found out he was paid $20,000 and a first class ticket and a hotel suite. Point is dea Mary-Lou has had plenty of speaking opportunities over the years, if she wanted speaking gigs she could get them. My guess is she is either lazy or has addiction issues. She is fucking creepy with that manufactured smile. Regardless, there are plenty of corporations that would pay her to give a motivational speech just to play the opening sequence on an overhead projector of her vaulting to the gold while walking on the stage waving. It's the same bullshit when Eurozione walked on stage with him scoring the game winning goal, audience ate it up even though most had no idea about the 1980 Olympics.

[Texter]

She also has a company called MLR Entertainment, not sure what she does with that.

[splitthis]

Something isn’t right with her situation. Gonna be on the today show tomorrow, they did a clip, she is on oxygen and looks like shit.

Lifelong athlete, non smoker, mid 50’s.

Rare pneumonia, gotta go with the AIDS.

[desertrunner]

Stop getting the vax.

[Texter]

Over $450k but they won’t say what they are doing with it….greasy.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...t/72132567007/