Co-founder of viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge dies at 37

Quinn, a co-founder of the viral ice bucket challenge, died Sunday, Nov 22, 2020, at the age of 37. — The ALS Association via AP

YONKERS, New York: A co-founder of the social media ALS ice bucket challenge, which has raised more than US$200mil (RM818.10mil) worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research, died Sunday at the age of 37, according to the ALS Association.

Pat Quinn was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in 2013, a month after his 30th birthday, the organisation said in a statement announcing his death.