Terri Schiavo Dead at 41
By: Administrative Account | Source: CNSNews.com
March 31, 2005 10:13AM EST

By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
March 31, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - After 14 days without food or water, Terri Schiavo died around 9:50 Thursday morning - shortly after her parents issued an emotional plea to be at her hospice bedside in her final moments of life.

Terri's husband and legal guardian, Michael Schiavo, denied the Schindler family's final request to be with Terri as she took her last breath.

But they saw her later: "Bobby, Suzanne, Mary and Bob are in there now at Terri's bedside. They were denied access at the moment of her death," said a family spokesman.

It was one of many requests denied the family in a two-week flurry of legal motions, all aimed at keeping Terri alive.

The case has galvanized national debate about end-of-life issues and constitutional issues involving the legislative and judicial branches.

The Schindler family will make a statement later today, Brother Paul O'Donnell told a somber crowd gathered outside the hospice.

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