Terri Schiavo

About

Brain-damaged woman who entered a vegetative state following cardiac arrest and a subsequent coma. She became the focus of a legal battle over the issue of extended life support.

Before Fame

In her early adulthood, she settled in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she worked as an insurance agent.

Trivia

She went into cardiac arrest in February of 1990; her life support was not removed until 2005.

Family Life

Terri's parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, fought an extended legal battle with Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, in an attempt to keep their daughter on life support.

Associated With

Florida governor Jeb Bush intervened in the Schiavo case, mandating that Terri be reconnected to her feeding tube after the tube had been temporarily removed in 2003.