Australian scientist, 104, David Goodall ends his life in Switzerland by euthanasia

104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall has ended his life in Switzerland by euthanasia.

Goodall died at 10:39 GMT after receiving 15g of Nembutal, a barbiturate, via an injection which he slowly administered to himself.

Last night, he had fish and chips, his favorite meal, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony accompanied the former ecologist as he drifted into sleep on his death bed.

Goodall traveled to Switzerland because the nation's liberal assisted suicide laws let him commit suicide legally, in contrast to his home country Australia where it remains forbidden.

Australia has forbidden such practices, though the State of Victoria became the first to pass an euthanasia bill last November to allow terminally-ill patients to end their lives. It takes effect in June 2019.

Goodall was born in London in 1914 and moved in 1948 to Australia, where he was a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. An expert in arid shrublands, he also worked in Britain and held academic posts at universities in the United States.

(Source: Reuters)


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