Pete Frates, who helped inspire the multi-million dollar ALS Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising movement, dies at 34
Pete Frates, 34, was one of the most recognizable faces of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral sensation that swept the Internet in 2014 and raised more than $115 million for ALS research."Today Heaven received our angel: Peter Frates," his family announced in a statement released by Boston College. He was 34 years old and died peacefully"after a heroic battle with ALS," the statement said.
The challenge raised $115 million during a two-month period in 2014, according to the ALS Association.Frates gained celebrity"We have never seen anything like this in the history of the disease," said Barbara Newhouse, president and CEO of the ALS Association, in August 2014.Countless celebrities around the world took part in the challenge, and in the process, Frates became somewhat of a celebrity himself.
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Pete Frates, Inspiration for The Ice Bucket Challenge, Dies at 34Pete Frates, the inspiration behind 2014’s wildly successful ALS movement, the Ice Bucket Challenge, died on Monday. He was 34. The historic Ice Bucket campaign raised over $115 million to c…
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Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34BREAKING: Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped inspire the ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, has died at age 34.
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'Ice Bucket Challenge' Inspiration Pete Frates Has Died Of ALSThe Beverly native was a star athlete, first at St. John's Prep and then at Boston College. But Frates made his greatest impact after ALS began to cripple his body.
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