when she died
She's clinically dead for sure, but probably not information theoretic dead. I'd rather use the latter definition.
Anyway, she did successfully raised her odds, so that looks like good news.
By "probably not" do you mean that her odds of being information-theoretically dead are less than 50%? Where would you put them?
Kim Suozzi was a neuroscience student with brain cancer who wanted to be cryonically preserved but lacked the funds. She appealed to reddit and a foundation was set up, called the Society for Venturism. Enough money was raised, and when she died on the January 17th, she was preserved by Alcor.
I wasn't sure if I should post about this, but I was glad to see that enough money was raised and it was discussed on LessWrong here, here, and here.
Source
Edit: It looks like Alcor actually worked with her to lower the costs, and waived some of the fees.
Edit 2: The Society for Venturism has been around for a while, and wasn't set up just for her.