{"id":5869,"date":"2020-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37\/"},"modified":"2020-11-23T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T14:41:52","slug":"ice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Bucket Challenge Activist Dies Age 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-bucket-challenge-activist-dies-age-37%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=5869&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An American man who helped drive the global phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 37, his team said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Quinn, from New York state, was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease, in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with great sadness that we must share the passing of Patrick early this morning,&#8221; his team wrote in a post in Quinn&#8217;s ALS advocacy Facebook group, &#8220;Quinn for the Win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will always remember him for his inspiration and courage in his tireless fight against ALS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quinn did not start the Ice Bucket Challenge, which took social media by storm in 2014, but he and his family and friends helped it become a global phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Millions took up the challenge, which involved dousing themselves with a bucket of ice cold water and posting the video online, before making a donation to medical research and daring others to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>A galaxy of celebrities, high-profile personalities and entire sports teams took part in the challenge, including Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Bill Gates and even former US president George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign has reportedly raised $220 million to fund research into ALS, whose sufferers&#8217; bodies slowly shut down as their nervous systems degenerate.<\/p>\n<p>The condition, officially known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease after a baseball player who died of it in 1941.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Frates, a former US college baseball player diagnosed with ALS who also inspired the ice bucket challenge, died last year at the age of 34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American man who helped drive the global phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 37, his team said Sunday. 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