Terri Schiavo's Heartbreaking Death.

SCHIAVO, Terri, 1963-2005; SCHIAVO, Michael

This is an article about the death of Terri Schiavo and the conflict between her family and husband On March 31, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed and 15 years after she slipped into a limbo that would divide her family and the country, Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo died. It was the end her husband, Michael, insisted she had wanted--but one opposed by her family to the end. The night before she died, Terri was visited by her father, Robert Sr., as well as her siblings Suzanne Vitadamo and Bobby Schindler. Michael's lawyer George Felos says Terri's death was serene. Michael was with his wife when she died at 9:05 a.m. Along with Terri's brother and sister, the Schindlers spent the next hour with the body. Leaving the hospice, Michael went into hiding, in part because of the death threats. Michael Schiavo's decision to have Terri's body cremated April 2 has left the family, who had wanted a Catholic burial in Florida, seething. INSET: THE BATTLE GOES ON.