Date Deceased: 12-11-2006
Age at Death: 24
Cause of Death: Complications from spinal cord injury
Classmate City: San Antonio
Classmate State: TX
Classmate Country: USA

http://www.blackcollegewire.org/index.php?option=com_ywp_blog&task=view&id=4835 http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2006_4247094/courageous-fight-ends-prairie-view-cheerleader-die.html

"Her determination, her strength and her smile made Bethany Norwood a symbol of triumph over adversity to students and faculty at Prairie View A&M University. Even in death, her successful fight to earn a college degree after being paralyzed in a cheerleading accident became a beacon of hope for future generations of students."

"Bethany Norwood, a Judson High School graduate and former Prairie View A&M cheerleader who was paralyzed when her teammates failed to catch her after they tossed her in the air, has died, the Bexar County medical examiner's office said. She was 24. Norwood, a 2000 Judson graduate, was injured in January 2004 when she landed on her head, breaking her neck in six places. Doctors declared her paralyzed from the neck down. Amid criticism of her accident, the university banned cheerleading stunts for the remainder of the school year. Norwood was at Northeast Methodist Hospital when she died, likely because of complications from her injuries, officials said."