What Happemed To Archie Battersbee?

Archie Battersbee, 12, passes away after life support is turned off

Archie Battersbee has been fighting to remain on life support for weeks

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He suffered from significant brain damage in April

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However, medical professionals and courts claimed that Battersbee was "brain stem dead"

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And all further attempts to save his life were "futile."

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Four months after being discovered comatose at home, he passed away just after noon on Saturday

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Peter Battersbee and Hollie Dance, his parents, speculate that he might have been participating in a social media challenge at the time

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