Leelah Alcorn’s Death – Cause and Date

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Born (Birthday) Nov 15, 1997

Death Date December 28, 2014

Age of Death 17 years

Cause of Death N/A

The Leelah Alcorn died at the age of 17. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Born Joshua Ryan Alcorn, this American transgender teen tragically committed suicide at the age of 17, explaining on her Tumblr blog that her act was partially an attempt to bring to light the lack of societal support for transgender people.

She and her three siblings grew up in a highly religious family in Ohio and attended Cincinnati’s Northeast Church of Christ. Her parents, Doug and Carla Alcorn, refused to accept her female transgender identity.