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Terri Schiavo Dies in Florida Hospice

Published March 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST
Terri Schiavo in 1990, shortly have having a heart attack that led to her being in a persistent vegetative state. She died in 2005 at age 41 at the Pinellas Park hospice, where she lay for years while her husband and her parents fought a divisive, litigated right-to-die dispute.
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Terri Schiavo in 1990, shortly have having a heart attack that led to her being in a persistent vegetative state. She died in 2005 at age 41 at the Pinellas Park hospice, where she lay for years while her husband and her parents fought a divisive, litigated right-to-die dispute.

Terri Schiavo dies at her Florida hospice, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. The brain-damaged woman had been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 after her heart stopped. She was 41.

Her case sparked an unprecedented legal battle, with Congress, the White House and the federal courts weighing in on her case.

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