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July 13, 1984

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 13, 1984, Terry Wallis of Arkansas was injured in a car wreck and left comatose. He stayed in that coma for 19 years before he woke up in June of 2003. People in the year 2016 began wondering if there was a way for them… Continue reading →

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June 25, 1990

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1990 the Supreme Court ruled that family members could not end the lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives had previously made their wishes known. The Supreme Court also stated that a comatose person’s net worth would have no bearing in this decision and that a previously undisclosed written … Continue reading →

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