Pat Quinn, a co-founder of the social media “Ice Bucket Challenge,” died Sunday at the age of 37, the ALS Association has confirmed. The challenge involved people posting videos of themselves having icewater dumped on their heads, then naming someone else to do the same over social media. The ALS Association said Quinn "knew it was the key to raising ALS awareness," calling it "the greatest social media campaign in history." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPOn the fifth anniversary of the challenge, Quinn, who was from Yonkers, N.Y., addressed a crowd in Boston. "Nobody knew the Ice Bucket Challenge would become a worldwide phenomenon, but we united as one because that is what it takes to change a disease like ALS," he said.

Source: Fox News November 23, 2020 03:11 UTC