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Michael Schiavo was determined, brother says
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
His opponents included his wife’s parents — and the president of the United States. And in the end, Michael Schiavo prevailed. His wife, Terri, died this morning — nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was pulled.
Michael Schiavo’s older brother has said they were ”raised to never give up.” Scott Schiavo says his brother kept that in mind as he battled for years to allow his brain-damaged wife die, as he thought she would want.
Michael Schiavo said his wife told him she would never want to be kept alive artificially. Bob and Mary Schindler insisted she could get better.
His stance brought Schiavo criticism. On talk shows, the Internet and in protests in front of his own home, he was accused of greed, adultery and murder.
After his wife’s death, a Catholic priest advising the parents accused the husband of ”heartless cruelty” because Bob and Mary Schindler weren’t with their daughter when she died.
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