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Terri Schiavo, 41, Dies at Florida Hospice

By Ari Shapiro
Published March 30, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST

Terri Schiavo dies 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. The brain-damaged woman had been in a persistent vegetative state since 1990 after her heart stopped. Her case sparked an unprecedented legal battle, with Congress, the White House and the federal courts weighing in on her case.

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Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.
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