A man who survived a deadly car crash and awoke from a 19-year coma nearly 20 years ago has died, according to an obituary last week. Terry Wayne Wallis, 57, died last week in Searcy, Arkansas, the obituary confirmed. It noted that Wallis “was in an automobile accident in 1984, just six weeks after the birth of his daughter, Amber,” which left him comatose for 19 years. But Wallis, in the summer of 2003, woke and started to speak, drawing international attention. “His mother and all of his family cared for him relentlessly during his coma and afterwards. His family would bring him home on alternate weekends for years. Doctors believe that this stimulation contributed to his awakening period,” the obituary said. When Wallis woke up, reports at the time claimed that he asked for a Pepsi. “He started out with ‘Mom,’ and then it was ‘Pepsi,’ and then it was …
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta