Maggie Steffens remembered her sister-in-law Lulu Conner as “a light” who “brought joy to everybody she was with and to everything she did.” Conner, 26, died in Paris during a visit to support Steffens at the 2024 Olympic Games. Reports described a medical emergency, but the family had not publicly disclosed a specific cause of death.
Who was Lulu Conner?
Conner was the younger sister of Bobby Conner, Maggie Steffens’s husband. She traveled to Paris to support Steffens during the 2024 Olympics, where Steffens was competing for the U.S. women’s water-polo team.
In a PEOPLE interview published July 29, 2024, Steffens described Conner as a traveler, an artist and a camp counselor. She also recalled that Conner made Flavor Flav-inspired clocks as gifts for water-polo families. These details and anecdotes were shared by Steffens in that interview, rather than presented as a separate public biography. Read the PEOPLE interview as republished by Yahoo.
What did Maggie Steffens say about her sister-in-law?
“Obviously it’s difficult to talk about, especially today, but Lulu was a light,” Steffens said in the PEOPLE interview. She added: “She was somebody that brought joy to everybody she was with and to everything she did.”
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Steffens also said, “And Lulu is here. She’s here [in Paris].” Her words connected Conner’s presence at the Games with the affection and influence Steffens described.
What is known about Conner’s death?
Reports said Conner died in Paris at age 26 after a medical emergency while visiting during the Olympics. Us Weekly reported that the family had not publicly disclosed a specific cause of death. No more specific cause is established by the available reporting, so it should not be inferred from the phrase “medical emergency.” Us Weekly’s July 29, 2024 report.
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How did Steffens pay tribute to Conner?
A PEOPLE report republished by Yahoo said Steffens shared a tribute on August 3, 2024, using the words “Live like Lu.” The report gave the dates in the tribute as 08.12.1997–07.24.2024. Read the tribute report as republished by Yahoo.
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