Jacqueline Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns, died after contracting COVID-19. The team made the heartbreaking announcement on Twitter.
"The Towns family is heartbroken by the untimely passing of Jacqueline Towns, due to complications as a result of COVID-19. Jackie, as she was affectionately known among family and friends, has been battling the virus for more than a month when she succumbed on April 13th," the team said in a statement.
"Jackie was many things to many people - a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. The matriarch of the Towns family, she was an incredible source of strength; a fiery, caring, ad extremely loving person, who touched everyone she met. Her passion was palpable and her energy will never be replaced," the statement continued.
Towns announced that his mother had contracted the virus and had been placed in a medically-induced coma in mid-March. His father, Karl Towns Sr., also contracted the virus but has made a full recovery.
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