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Season Finale

Lifestories: Families in Crisis: Season 1

1x15 Someone Had to Be Benny

  • 1996-02-08T05:00:00Z on HBO
  • 30m
  • United States
  • English
This is the story of Benny Agrelo, a terminally ill 15-year-old who fought to live the remainder of his life on his own terms. Benny decided to stop taking the drugs that helped his body accept a transplanted liver because they produced a number of excruciating side effects. After convincing his mother to let him live his last months ""without hurting,"" Benny was taken from his family by court order--and had to go to court to fight for the right to determine his own fate.
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