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Tuesday, 21 May, 2002, 16:48 GMT 17:48 UK
Diane Pretty's supporters invited to funeral
Diane Pretty fought a long legal battle
Supporters of Diane Pretty's right-to-die campaign are being invited to attend her funeral in Luton on Thursday.
Her husband of 23 years, Brian, said: "Anybody who has met Diane and wishes to pay their final respects is more than welcome." The motor-neurone-disease sufferer died at a hospice near her Luton home after losing a protracted court battle to enable her husband to help her end her life. She feared the choking and asphyxia often caused by her disease.
The 43-year-old started having breathing difficulties three days after she lost her battle in the European Court of Human Rights. She died after slipping into a coma following 10 days of severe breathing difficulties caused by the advanced state of her condition. Mr Pretty, who was at his wife's bedside when she died, said: "Diane had to go through the one thing she had foreseen and was afraid of - and there was nothing I could do to help." On her website, the mother-of-two had written: "I want to have a quick death without suffering, at home surrounded by my family so that I can say goodbye to them." Supporters wishing to attend the funeral can contact the Voluntary Euthanasia Society for more details by e-mailing tamora@ves.org.uk. |
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