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09.12.2022 - 17:51 / perezhilton.com
Barbara ‘Babs’ Thore has died.
The lovable woman passed away Wednesday night according to her daughter, My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Way Thore. The younger Thore revealed her mother’s passing in an Instagram post Thursday afternoon. Immediately, thousands of fans delivered their well wishes and supportive messages from across the world. Babs was 76 years old.
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Babs, who starred alongside Whitney in all ten seasons of the hit TLC show, was a larger-than-life personality on air. And that’s how Whitney remembered her mother in Thursday’s touching memorial tribute. Whitney opened the sad announcement by noting how Babs died at the exact same time of day as when she brought her beloved daughter into the world:
So crushing…
In the reveal about her mother’s passing, Whitney also explained how Babs suffered from cerebral amyloid angiopathy. That untreatable condition causes brain bleeding. In later stages it can lead to strokes and dementia.
Babs had been having strokes since at least 2017, according to her grieving daughter:
Still, her mom’s cause of death is secondary to her incredible life.
Whitney’s memorial post focused on Babs’ sweet nature. Noting her mother’s lovable knack for making memorable reality TV moments with the Thore family, Whitney wrote about how her mom’s personality was even better in person:
Awww.
And the grieving young woman added more about the awful loss:
Our heart truly breaks here. So too do those of the show’s legion of loyal fans.
Whitney finished with a simple but poignant send-off:
What a terrible loss. It’s an incredibly sweet and well-written memorial tribute, for sure. But it’s also so heartbreaking, and such an awful
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