Pete Frates, face of ‘Ice Bucket Challenge,’ dies after battle with ALS

Nadine DeNinno
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:27:42 -0500

Pete Frates, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) advocate who helped found the Ice Bucket Challenge, has died after a seven-year battle with the progressive disease. He was 34. A spokesman for Boston College, where Frates was a baseball captain, announced the news of Frates’ death on Monday, CBS Boston reports. Frates was diagnosed with ALS...