Aug 30, 2009 11:30 pm US/Eastern
Terri Schiavo's Father, 71, Dies
FLORIDA (CBS 3) ―
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Terri Schiavo's father, who made headlines in a right-to-die fight, has died.
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Terri Schiavo's father, who made headlines in a right-to-die fight, has died.
Robert Schindler, 71, died from heart failure in Florida.
Terri Schiavo experience cardiac arrest in 1990, resulting in extensive brain damage, which left her in a vegetative state.
In 2005 a judge ruled in favor of Schiavo's husband, who had her feed tube removed.
Schindler and his family are Montgomery County natives. His funeral will be held in Southampton on Friday.
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