# Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614 "2017-07-06T15:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614/21 "2017-07-08T15:00:31Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > This is incorrect. He is currently in the hospita. He has been on the news here every morning for the past week. > [Despite death reports Pete Frates resting comfortably in hospital](http://www.fox25boston.com/news/despite-death-reports-pete-frates-resting-comfortably-in-hospital/548295662) Oh, well shit, color me surprised. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614/22 "2019-12-09T22:23:36Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > This is incorrect. He is currently in the hospita. He has been on the news here every morning for the past week. > [Despite death reports Pete Frates resting comfortably in hospital](http://www.fox25boston.com/news/despite-death-reports-pete-frates-resting-comfortably-in-hospital/548295662) Updating this thread Pete Frates has died: > [@](#): > > Pete Frates, the former Boston College baseball star whose battle with ALS inspired the viral Ice Bucket Challenge and raised millions for ALS research, died Monday at age 34. > > “Pete was an inspiration to so many people around the world who drew strength from his courage and resiliency,” his family wrote in a statement, released by Boston College. > **[Pete Frates, A Driving Force Behind The Viral Ice Bucket Challenge, Dies At 34](https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786423846/pete-frates-a-driving-force-behind-the-viral-ice-bucket-challenge-dies-at-34)** > > The former Boston College baseball star was diagnosed with ALS when he was 27. He turned a fundraising challenge into a national story and helped raise millions for ALS research. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614/23 "2019-12-09T23:25:59Z")
We have been donating annually to ALS foundation ever since my FIL died from it 53 years ago. Awful disease. Tony Judt who died from it in 2010 wrote (dictated actually) that aside from dying, one of the worst things was to have an itch that he could not scratch, especially in the middle of the night when his caregivers were asleep. But no, I didn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614/24 "2020-11-23T13:26:11Z")
> **[Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder Pat Quinn has died at age 37 after battle...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-bucket-challenge-co-founder-pat-quinn-dies-age-37-als/)** > > The ice bucket challenge took social media by storm in 2014, making Quinn a viral sensation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-ice-bucket-challenge-of-2014/790614.md?page=1)