9 years ago
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Dead at noon: B.C. woman ends her life rather than suffer indignity of dementia
On Monday morning shortly before noon, Gillian Bennett dragged a foam mattress from her home on Bowen Island to one of her favourite spots on the grass, facing a craggy rock cliff, the place she had chosen to die. Bennett, who was 85 and in the early stages of dementia, chose to take her own life with a draught of good whiskey, a dose of Nembutal mixed with water and her husband of 60 years by her side.
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Her own terms, dignity, and support of her family. Respect.
This is how it should be.
We don't get to decide to come into this world, so we should get to decide how and when we leave it.
That makes sense to me.