‘My Big Fat Fabulous Life’s Whitney Way Thore Grieves Passing of Mother Barbara
My Big Fat Fabulous Life star Whitney Way Thore shared the news on social media that her 76-year-old mother Barbara had died.
The reality star revealed that Barbara had died from cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is an untreatable progressive condition that can cause brain bleeding. Thore posted the following tribute on Instagram:
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“My mother died last night just as the credits rolled on her favorite movie. Dad, Hunter, and I held her as she took her last breaths. It was 10:32pm, the same exact time she brought me into this world almost forty years ago,” Thore posted, with the video showing images of Thore, her brother Hunter, and father Glenn.
“My mother is our family’s greatest gift,” Thore continued. “We could never love, revere, or value another person more. If you’re reading this, you’re familiar with her magic: her southern charm, her hilarious sense of humor, her well-timed witty remarks, her beauty, and her ability to make everyone around her feel comfortable and cared for.”
“But what you can’t possibly understand is the extent of my mother’s love — what you may have witnessed and felt through a TV screen is a minute fraction that, even if multiplied by a million, wouldn’t come close to ‘real life,'” she added. “That’s how enormous, how generous, and how all-encompassing my mother’s love was. I am the luckiest person on the planet to have been hers for almost 39 years.”
Barbara had appeared on the reality series alongside her daughter since it premiered in 2015, and has appeared on every season of the show for the last ten seasons until the finale in October of this past year.
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So saddened by this news. The hard part of reality tv is that we don't really see to full picture. But, what a precious nugget we got to witness. Whitney, your momma seemed so unconditionally loving. You and your family honored and cared for her beyond measure. Cherish the sweet memories. Christmas will be hard but remember the love that even in death, cannot be broken. Cyber hugsto all of you. You are an inspiration
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So sorry for your loss. RIP Babbs!!!
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Dear Whitney, I wanted to send you a message before now but I know that it was too soon. Please accept my deepest condolences and love on your mother's passing. I know that your love for her and her's for you ran so deep. I lost my mother a few years ago and I can tell you, she is still here with me everyday. There's not a day that goes by that she is not with me. I know you were very close to your mother and she to you and that bond never breaks. My mom loved Flamingos and everytime I see one, I know she's here sending her love. I even had an experience while shopping and I was trying to make a decision and I said Mama if I should buy this send me one of your flamingos and I started walking, I went through the men's department and there on a hanger was a t-shirt with a bright pink flamingo. I smiled and knew it was her. Please be strong and think of her often, she's never truly gone.....She lives within you Always. Sending Love and Light, Linda.
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Whitney I'm so sorry for you and your family lost...I know some of what your going thru,I lost my mother from the COVID in 2020 I had just gotten out of the hospital one week before after ten days of COVID myself I pulled through but my mom was to weak to fight it off..I am praying for your strength and faith,knowing my mom is in no more pain and with god ,helps me to move on ,and I have my memories and she in my heart till the day god calls me home...loved her on the show ,reminded me of my mom so sweet and humble to all...god bless u all..love y'all keep god first,and it will be ok🙏❤️💐
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If Whitney cared about babs she wouldn't have put her through hell over the last few years.
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You can clearly see that Whitney adored her mom and dad! She would do anything for them, that they needed or wanted. She even had their bedroom moved downstairs, to make it easier on them. I don't think we have been watching the same show!!
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You're arshe. Plain and simple.
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