What is Jacqueline Saburido?
'''Jacqueline Saburido''' (20 December 1978 – 20 April 2019) was a [[Venezuela]]n [[activist]]. She was a [[Burn (injury)|burns]] survivor who [[campaign]]ed against [[drunk driving]]. In September 1999, she was a [[victim]] of a [[car crash]] caused by a drunk driver in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. She had burns to more than 60% of her body because of the crash. Her [[finger]]s were [[amputate]]d. She also lost her [[hair]], [[ear]]s, [[nose]], [[lips]], left [[eyelid]] and much of her [[vision]]. After she recovered, she was the face of many drunk driving [[Advertising|ads]]. She also a [[wikt:guest|guest]] on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' twice. She also tried to become [[Britain]]'s first [[face]] [[Transplant (surgery)|transplant]] [[patient]]. Saburido was born in [[Caracas]]. She moved to [[Guatemala]] for [[cancer]] [[treatment]] in the 2010s. She died of cancer on 20 April 2019 in [[Guatemala City]]. She was 40.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20190422/jacqui-saburido-face-of-campaigns-against-drunken-driving-dies-at-40|title=Jacqui Saburido, the face of campaigns against drunken driving, dies at 40|work=Austin American-Statesman|date=22 April 2019|access-date=23 April 2019|author1=Schwartz, Jeremy|author2=Haurwitz, Ralph K. M.}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.facesofdrunkdriving.com/jacqui Faces of Drunk Driving] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716045946/http://facesofdrunkdriving.com/jacqui |date=2017-07-16 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saburido, Jacqueline}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Venezuelan activists]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer]] [[Category:People from Caracas]] {{Bio-stub}}