'My Big Fat Fabulous Life' Star Barbara 'Babs' Thore Dead at 76 - TMZ

'My Big Fat Fabulous Life' Barbara 'Babs' Thore Dead At 76

12/8/2022 2:14 PM PT

Barbara "Babs" Thore, known to galore arsenic Whitney's ma connected "My Big Fat Fabulous Life," has died.

Whitney broke the quality to fans Thursday ... saying her ma died Wednesday "just arsenic the credits rolled connected her favourite movie." She says the clip she passed -- 10:32 PM -- was besides the nonstop clip Whitney was calved backmost successful 1984.

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Whitney says her ma suffered from cerebral amyloid angiopathy ... an unluckily untreatable information that tin origin encephalon bleeding, strokes and dementia. She says Babs had been having strokes since 2017.

She goes connected to stock her emotion for her mom, and her symptom astir the tragic nonaccomplishment -- she ends the station directed astatine the fans, "We are unbelievably thankful that we've been capable to stock her with you and it is our anticipation that her representation volition proceed to beryllium a root of comfortableness and happiness for the remainder of your lives ... I emotion you, mommy."

Fans of the amusement retrieve Babs successful each 10 seasons of the TLC amusement ... arsenic the bid progressed, a information of the amusement began focusing connected her wellness struggles with her condition.

The 10th play saw Babs' roadworthy to recovery, and merchandise from the infirmary aft suffering 1 of her strokes. TLC has yet to denote whether the deed bid volition instrumentality for the 11th season.

Babs is survived by Whitney, arsenic good arsenic her son, Hunter, and her husband, Glenn.

She was 76.

RIP