A long time ago here at D.V. there was a conversation, and I mentioned this girl, Karen Ann Quinlan, but I couldn't recall her name and couldn't find anything about it so they just had to rely on my word that she, who at the time I had no name for, existed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Ann_Quinlan
She lived without life support, though "she was still fed by artificial nutrition".
I'm sure someone will remember this. So...there you go.
