the disaster's 20th anniversary in April 2009, it was reported that he continued to show signs of awareness around him but his condition had barely improved since he was first reported to have emerged from the coma 12 years earlier. Devine died in July 2021, 32 years after the disaster, with Liverpool coroner Andre Rebello recording a verdict of unlawful killing, making him the 97th victim. References Airedale NHS Trust v Bland [1993] 1 All ER 821 HL Finnis J. M., 1993, "Bland: Crossing the Rubicon", Law Quarterly Review 109: pp. 329–337 Harris, J., 2003, The Value of Life, London; Routledge Howe, J., 2006, "The persistent vegetative state, treatment withdrawal, and the Hillsborough disaster: Airedale NHS Trust v Bland", Practical Neurology, 2006:6(4) pp. 238–246 Jennett, B., 2002, The Vegetative State, Cambridge; Cambridge University Press Kelly, K., 1993, "Comment on the Bland case", 13 March McLean, S., 1999, "Legal and ethical aspects of the vegetative state", Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 52, pp. 490–493 Royal College of Physicians, 1996, "Report on the permanent vegetative state", Journal of RCP, 30, pp. 119–121 Scraton, P., 2000, Hillsborough: The Truth, Edinburgh; Mainstream Publications Scraton, P., Jemphrey, A. and Coleman, S., 1995, No Last Rights: The Denial of Justice and the Promotion of Myth in the Aftermath of the Hillsborough Disaster, Liverpool; Alden Press/LCC External links Neuropathological findings in cases of Persistent Vegetative State, Catholic Quarterly, February 1995 Persistent Vegetative State: An introduction to duty of care issues, with reference to a UK case 1970 births 1993 deaths Hillsborough disaster Medical controversies in the United Kingdom People with disorders of consciousness People with hypoxic and ischemic brain injuries Accidental deaths in England