Current:Home > FinanceTrendPulse|Pregnant Athlete Tori Bowie Spoke About Her Excitement to Become a Mom Before Her Death -WealthSphere Pro
TrendPulse|Pregnant Athlete Tori Bowie Spoke About Her Excitement to Become a Mom Before Her Death
Chainkeen Exchange View
Date:2025-04-09 03:35:03
Tori Bowie's agent will never forget their final phone call.
In a new interview with NBC News,TrendPulse Kimberly Holland recalled how the athlete had expressed her excitement over becoming a mom just two weeks before her death.
Looking back at their call, Holland told the outlet Bowie, who was about eight months pregnant at the time, had purchased baby clothes and noted she was "looking forward to this new chapter in her life." As the rep put it, "I thought that conversation, overall, was a conversation of new beginnings."
Indeed, Holland said Bowie was "just so happy" during their talk. However, the agent told NBC News she had questioned whether the Olympian—who won three medals, including a gold, for the U.S. Team at the 2016 Rio Games—was taking care of herself, asking if she was eating enough and attending her appointments.
"I started to come off, I think, a little preachy, because she started to shut me down and she was like, 'Miss Kim, the baby is fine,'" Holland continued. "So that was my cue to leave it alone."
Holland said she offered to have Bowie stay with her at her home in Atlanta. However, she would later hear the heartbreaking news of the track star's death.
"We're devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away," a May 3 statement, posted by Holland's management company Icon Management, to Instagram read. "We've lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We're truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family, friends and everyone that loved her."
According to an autopsy report from Florida's Orange County Medical Examiner's office obtained by E! News, Bowie was found at home on May 2 and died of complications of childbirth. She was 32 years old. The medical examiner's office noted in another report that Bowie's stillborn baby girl died of "intrauterine fetal demise due to maternal condition."
Amid the news, Holland reflected on the mother Bowie was going to be.
"I think that that would have been one of the most luckiest babies ever," she told NBC News, "because she had so much love to give."
(E! and NBC News are both part of the NBCUniversal family).
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (61923)
Related
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia?
- Senate 2020: In the Perdue-Ossoff Senate Runoff, Support for Fossil Fuels Is the Dividing Line
- Suniva Solar Tariff Case Could Throttle a Thriving Industry
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Taylor Swift Kicks Off Pride Month With Onstage Tribute to Her Fans
- Extend Your Time Between Haircuts, Treat Split Ends and Get Long Locks With a Top-Rated $5 Hair Product
- How Al Pacino’s Pregnant Girlfriend Noor Alfallah Is Relaxing During 3rd Trimester
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- Q&A: Oceanographers Tell How the Pandemic Crimps Global Ocean and Climate Monitoring
Ranking
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- See Inside Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi's Engagement Party
- The Bachelorette: Meet the 25 Men Vying for Charity Lawson's Heart
- IRS whistleblower in Hunter Biden probe says he was stopped from pursuing investigative leads into dad or the big guy
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- Gender-affirming care for trans youth: Separating medical facts from misinformation
- After ex-NFL player Ryan Mallett's death at Florida beach, authorities release bodycam video and say no indication of rip current
- Texas appeals court rejects death row inmate Rodney Reed's claims of innocence
Recommendation
California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
International Day of Climate Action Spreads Across 179 Countries
Elon Musk: Tesla Could Help Puerto Rico Power Up Again with Solar Microgrids
Major Pipeline Delays Leave Canada’s Tar Sands Struggling
Meet first time Grammy nominee Charley Crockett
That ’70s Show Alum Danny Masterson Found Guilty of Rape
Texas appeals court rejects death row inmate Rodney Reed's claims of innocence
United Nations Chief Warns of a ‘Moment of Truth for People and Planet’