Pat Quinn, co-founder of Ice Bucket Challenge, dead at 37 after losing ALS battle

Gabrielle Fonrouge
Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:55:05 -0500

The New York man who co-founded the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” died Sunday after a long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — the disease he tirelessly raised awareness for until he succumbed himself. Pat Quinn, a 37-year-old from Yonkers, was diagnosed with ALS in 2013 and soon after, created the social media challenge as a...