However, over the course of his parents' battle to secure for him a radical, untested therapy in the U.S., his plight, and the dedication of Yates and her husband Chris Gard, became well known — it even attracted the attention of President Trump and Pope Francis. The judge said the move would “inevitably result in Charlie’s death within a short period of time thereafter.”

Parents of Charlie Gard end legal fight to bring terminally ill baby to U.S.

Gard suffered from a rare genetic condition called mitochondrial depletion syndrome and was unable to breath on his own. But Great Ormond Street Hospital disagreed and a legal fight erupted because in Britain, unlike is typically the case in the U.S., it is the courts not the patient or family who decide how to proceed when there is a dispute about medical treatment. Image copyright EPA Image caption Chris Gard and Connie Yates fought a five-month legal battle on behalf of their son

On Thursday, Ms Yates said the couple had been denied their "final wish" to have more time with him after a High Court judge ruled that he would be moved to a hospice and have his life support withdrawn soon after. Charlie's mother, Connie Yates, confirmed his death to British media: "Our beautiful little boy has gone, we are so proud of you Charlie," she said, according to the BBC.
Charlie Gard, an infant with a rare genetic condition known as mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, dies at the age of 11 months.