Matthew Shepard
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American student and murder victim
Why Is Matthew Shepard Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries received during the attack.
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