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Quinn and Frates recorded their own Ice Bucket videos and reached out to athletes, including Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons, to participate and raise awareness and donations.

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PHOTO: In this Sept. 16 2016, file photo, students attempt to break the world record for number of participants in an Ice Bucket Challenge at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.
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During the summer of 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge included several big-name supporters and donors including Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey and Meghan Markle. Quinn told ABC's \"Nightline\" in an interview last year that he was surprised by how fast the campaign grew around the world.

\"I am a huge basketball fan, so when people like Michael Jordan and Lebron James got involved, I lost it,\" he told \"Nightline.\"

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PHOTO: In this July 15, 2019, file photo, eleven-year-old Jahziyah Jones, with a crowd of others, pours a bucket of ice water over her head during an event to commemorate the five year anniversary of the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," in Boston.
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The campaign raised $220 million for ALS research and sparked a wave of studies and development into finding new treatments.

\"Pat fought ALS with positivity and bravery and inspired all around him. Those of us who knew him are devastated but grateful for all he did to advance the fight against ALS,\" the ALS Association said in a statement.

Frates died last year, and Senerchia died in 2017.

Quinn continued to conduct the challenge in the subsequent years, and he spoke around the country about the need for more awareness about the disease.

\"The Ice Bucket Challenge connected with a sweet left hook to the jaw of ALS and shook the disease up, but by no means is this fight over. We need to knock this disease out,\" he said at an event in Boston last year to mark the campaign's fifth anniversary.

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