Judge won’t rule if ‘brain dead’ means ‘legally dead’ in case of Jewish man by from on 2018-11-14 21:10 (#42YT1) Doctors at Humber River Hospital in west-end Toronto declared Ouanounou, 25, brain dead in September 2017 after he had a severe asthma attack. The coroner then issued a death certificate, but the family went to court to challenge the certificate.