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Barbara Thore Dies: ‘My Big Fat Fabulous Life’ Star Was 76

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Barbara “Babs” Thore, maybe best known as Whitney’s mom on TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life, died Wednesday, her daughter announced on Instagram.

She was 76. Whitney wrote that her mom died at 10:32 PM Wednesday, “just as the credits rolled on her favorite movie” and also the exact time Whitney was born nearly 40 years ago.

Whitney revealed her mom had been diagnosed with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, an untreatable progressive condition that can cause brain bleeding, strokes and dementia.

She began having strokes in 2017 and most recently suffered a stroke on November 13. “My mother is our family’s greatest gift,” Whitney wrote. “We could never love, revere, or value another person more.

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