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BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated family handout file photo of Charlie Gard. Hospital bosses say staff are likely to spend days planning the withdrawal of life-support treatment from the terminally ill baby at the centre of a high-profile legal battle. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday June 29, 2017. Chris Gard and Connie Yates, who are in their 30s and come from Bedfont, west London, wanted their 10-month-old son Charlie Gard, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, to undergo a therapy trial in the US. See PA story HEALTH Charlie. Photo credit should read: Family handout/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder. Image Credit: AP

LONDON: Charlie Gard, a British baby who became the subject of a bitter dispute between his parents and doctors over whether he should be taken to the United States for experimental treatment, has died, the Daily Mail newspaper's website said on Friday.

The 11-month-old baby suffered from an extremely rare genetic condition causing progressive brain damage and muscle weakness, and his parents' long struggle to save him drew an international outpouring of sympathy.