Dancing With the Stars pro Sasha Farber shared the message of hope he sent Mary Lou Retton amid her hospitalization with a rare form of pneumonia.
pro shared that he has been in touch with his former dance partner—who competed on the show in 2018—after her family said the formerin an article published Oct. 11, "and I reminded her that she needs to fight harder than ever, there is only ONE Mary Lou and that she has got this."' ongoing 32nd season, explained that he sent Mary Lou pictures from their past dances together and "she said this made her smile.
"It's going to be a day by day process," she said in a video, "and we hope that you guys will respect her boundaries as we want to keep the details between her and our family right now." Mary Lou made history at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by becoming the first American women to win gold in the individual all-around competition.
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