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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Patrick Quinn</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1983-02-10</span>)</span>February 10, 1983<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 22, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-11-22)</span> (aged 37)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Yonkers, New York</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">ALS activism; <a href="/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge" title="Ice Bucket Challenge">Ice Bucket Challenge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jennifer Flynn (divorced)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Patrick Quinn</b> (February 10, 1983 – November 22, 2020) was an American <a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</a> (ALS) activist who helped generate awareness and raise more than US$220 million for medical research through the <a href="/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge" title="Ice Bucket Challenge">Ice Bucket Challenge</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Viral_phenomenon" title="Viral phenomenon">viral</a> <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Quinn_(ALS_activist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quinn was born on February 10, 1983, in <a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a>, to Rosemary and Patrick Quinn Sr. He went to <a href="/wiki/Iona_University" title="Iona University">Iona College</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Rochelle,_New_York" title="New Rochelle, New York">New Rochelle, New York</a>, where he was part of the rugby team.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was diagnosed with the <a href="/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis</a> disease (also known as <a href="/wiki/Motor_neuron_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor neuron disease">motor neuron disease</a> and in the U.S. as <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>'s disease) on March 8, 2013, a month after his 30th birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ALS_advocacy">ALS advocacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Quinn_(ALS_activist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: ALS advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with fellow ALS activist and captain of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_baseball" title="Boston College Eagles baseball">Boston College baseball team</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Frates" title="Pete Frates">Peter Frates</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quinn helped draw attention to ALS by co-creating the <a href="/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge" title="Ice Bucket Challenge">Ice Bucket Challenge</a>, a video enabled fundraiser, that went viral and helped generate more than $220m for medical research for the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The challenge went <a href="/wiki/Viral_video" title="Viral video">viral</a> in 2014, when celebrities and common people all across the world filmed short-form videos of themselves dumping buckets of ice water on their heads, committing to donations for ALS research, and asking others to do the same.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign had over 20 million videos being created and shared with celebrities including former President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Justin_Bieber" title="Justin Bieber">Justin Bieber</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-justin_bieber_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-justin_bieber-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The campaign started in Florida with golfer Chris Kennedy, who took the challenge to cheer a family member with ALS; the news soon reached Quinn and Frates, who took up promoting the challenge on social media.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Quinn and Frates undertook the challenge in support of the Cambridge, MA, based <a href="/wiki/ALS_Therapy_Development_Institute" title="ALS Therapy Development Institute">ALS Therapy Development Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing in their book, <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge:_Pete_Frates_and_the_Fight_Against_ALS" title="Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS">Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS</a></i>, authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge note that Frates went on to become Quinn's mentor, drawn by his "determination, grit, drive, and passion" and also the kinship from the fact that both were much younger than the average ALS patient.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quinn continued his advocacy after the challenge through his foundation "Quinn for the Win," to generate awareness of the disease and raise funds for research.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to speak in forums raising awareness and conducted the challenge annually every August, in Yonkers, NY, called "Every August Until the Cure".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was honored by the <a href="/wiki/ALS_Association" title="ALS Association">ALS Association</a> with the "ALS Heroes" award in 2015, for his "significant positive impact" on the fight against ALS.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also nominated along with Frates for <a href="/wiki/TIME_Magazine_Person_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="TIME Magazine Person of the Year">TIME Magazine's Person of the Year</a> for his role in raising awareness for the disease and promoting research.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a statement, the <a href="/wiki/ALS_Association" title="ALS Association">ALS Association</a>, acknowledging Quinn's efforts, went on to say, "The Ice Bucket challenge dramatically accelerated the fight against ALS, leading to new research discoveries, expansion of care for people with ALS, and greater investment by the government in ALS research.”<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking of his specific role, the ALS Association said, "Pat changed the trajectory of the fight against ALS forever. He inspired millions to get involved and care about people who are living with ALS."<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frates had died of the disease a year earlier at the age of 34.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Quinn_(ALS_activist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quinn married Jennifer Flynn, his girlfriend at the time of his diagnosis with ALS, in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The union later ended in a divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Quinn died on November 22, 2020, at the St. John's Riverside Hospital in <a href="/wiki/Yonkers,_New_York" title="Yonkers, New York">Yonkers, New York</a>, after suffering from ALS for seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was 37 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span 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