Nancy Cruzan was born on July 20, 1957.

Nancy Cruzan was born on July 20, 1957.

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Nancy Cruzan was a Missouri woman rendered "brain dead" by a car accident in 1983. Her father unsuccessfully petitioned all the way to the Supreme Court for her "right to die." It was not until her wishes not to be kept alive by machines was made known, was she allowed to die, eight years after her accident.

Rose Marie Cruzan has written:

'Practical parliamentary procedure' -- subject(s): Parliamentary practice