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Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns opened up about his mother's death from COVID-19 complications and coping with the loss in a YouTube video titled "The Toughest Year of My Life."
An emotional Towns detailed how his mother, Jackie Cruz-Towns, was in a medically induced coma and placed on a ventilator while battling COVID-19. She later suffered a stroke, and Towns's father, Karl Sr., called him to break the news.
"He was just like, 'She's gone. She had a stroke during the night and she's gone.' I said, 'Has she taken a step back?