MINNEAPOLIS, MN - APRIL 11: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves hugs his parents, Karl and Jackie Towns after winning the game against the Denver Nuggets of the game on April 11, 2018 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
T ( (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) ) MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Monday that Jacqueline Cruz, the mother of star Karl-Anthony Towns, has died from complications due to Coronavirus.
Cruz was hospitalized in intensive care and placed on a ventilator in a medically-induced coma in recent weeks after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
Towns went to social media shortly after, and was emotional at times, over his mother’s health. Timberwolves officials say Cruz had been