Lifestories: Families in Crisis — Season 1, Episode 15: Someone Had to Be Benny

Episode synopsis

This is the story of Benny Agrelo, a terminally ill 15-year-old who fought to live the remainder of his life on his own terms. Benny decided to stop taking the drugs that helped his body accept a transplanted liver because they produced a number of excruciating side effects. After convincing his mother to let him live his last months ""without hurting,"" Benny was taken from his family by court order--and had to go to court to fight for the right to determine his own fate.

About Lifestories: Families in Crisis

Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic
• E2A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story
• E3Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story
• E4Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling
• E5Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story
• E6No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story
• E7More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter
• E8Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story
• E9A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story
• E10Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story
• E11A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story
• E12Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict