Mary Lou Retton is the youngest of five siblings, and her four siblings are Ronnie Jr., Donnie, Jerry, and Shari Retton.

Ronnie Jr. is the eldest of the Retton siblings. He was born in 1956 and is a retired teacher.

Donnie was born in 1958 and is a retired coal miner.

Jerry was born in 1960 and is a retired police officer.

Shari was born in 1964 and is a retired nurse.

The American Olympic legend Mary Lou Retton made headlines in October 2023 when news surfaced that she was in the intensive care unit battling for her life, according to her daughter McKenna Kelley.

According to her daughter’s Instagram story on October 10, the five-time Olympic champion is suffering from “a rare form of pneumonia” and has spent more than a week in the ICU at an unnamed hospital “unable to breathe on her own.”

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