ALS fundraiser dies

New York: Patrick Quinn, whose personal battle with ALS helped power the Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising campaign, died yesterday aged 37, seven years after his diagnosis.

Quinn, who was born and grew up in Yonkers, New York, was cofounder of the campaign that raised more than $220 million for medical research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was diagnosed with ALS on March 8, 2013, according to his Facebook page.

The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media in 2014, when people around the world posted videos and photos of themselves dumping buckets of ice water on their heads. — Reuters