On Thursday, Dannielle Brown announced that she has ended her hunger strike after 237 days. Brown made the announcement, in addition to saying she d created the Marquis Jaylen Brown Foundation in honor of her son, on her 50th birthday at Freedom Corner.
The Hill District site is where she began the protest aimed at getting answers about her son’s death at Duquesne University in 2018.
Brown said she ended her protest on the advice of doctors after she was hospitalized for malnutrition in February. A statement written by Dr. Alex Wagner at UPMC, who monitored her health during her strike, said she was admitted to the hospital with several complaints including severe migraines, vertigo, short-term memory loss and loss of consciousness.