Australia’s oldest scientist, David Goodall, has ended his own life at a clinic in Switzerland, surrounded by family and while listening to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. In his final hours, Goodall enjoyed his favourite dinner: fish and chips and cheesecake. To end his own life, Goodall had to turn a wheel that allowed a lethal infusion to flow into his bloodstream through a cannula on his arm. “At my age, or less than my age, one wants to be free to choose the death when the death is at an appropriate time,” Goodall said. “People like Dr Goodall make a decision based on nothing more than they’ve decided there’s nothing more to live for.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 11:33 UTC