Peter Fritz, the man who became the face of the Ice Bucket Challenge that made widespread popularity on social media in 2014, died in a campaign that raised millions of dollars in contributions to research related to a disease of the atrophic nervous system, at the age of 34, from his illness.
The Frits family said in a statement the day before yesterday that he had left among his family "after a heroic battle with atrophic lateral sclerosis (illness)".
The statement stated that Fritz "was determined to change the course of the disease, which has no cure or cure" by causing a strong commotion that is spreading widely.
It is noteworthy that the challenge that people around the world were posting videos of themselves on social media while pouring water mixed with snow on their heads, was aimed at collecting donations that go to a specialized charity to conduct research on this disease.
Indeed, this movement was able to raise $ 115 million within eight weeks during 2014, according to the ALS Association charity concerned with that research.
Celebrities around the world, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and actor Robert Downey, participated in the campaign.
Fritz, a former baseball player at Boston College, was diagnosed with ALS in 2012 after a match injury. This disease affects neurons in the brain and spinal cord.