He had flown to Basel from his home in Perth last week with the help of Exit International and entered an assisted-dying center on Monday. Lifecircle, which works with the Eternal Spirit, a foundation that facilitates assisted voluntary death, helped him navigate the process. On Wednesday, realizing that his case had ricocheted around the world and that responding to the outpouring of requests for interviews would have consumed all of his last few days, Mr. Goodall consented to one final news conference. (Only 40 Australians are known to have made the journey, according to Exit International, because of the length of the flight and the cost of the trip.) I send them my love and I’m glad that I had the opportunity of seeing most of them for the past week.”

Source: New York Times May 10, 2018 10:53 UTC