Champagne and Tears Then, As Her Children Look On, a Doctor Dies in Impeccably Planned Suicide
The Scotsman › January 25, 2006
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THE end, when it came at about 12.35pm yesterday, was apparently very peaceful. Dr Anne Turner had fallen asleep within five minutes of taking the cocktail of barbiturates. Her breathing slowed and half an hour later, she slipped quietly away.
Dr Turner had taken a conscious decision to end her own life. Suffering from the rare and incurable brain disease progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), she had come to the conclusion that she did not want to fade away in the same way that her husband Jack had done. She had tried to kill herself once before, and failed, and this time she wanted to make no mistake.See the full content of this document
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Champagne and Tears Then, As Her Children Look On, a Doctor Dies in Impeccably Planned Suicide
Yesterday, the day before her 67th birthday, accompanied by her family - son Edward, 39, and daughters Sophie, 41, and Jessica, 37, the retired doctor checked into a flat in Zurich run by the controversial Dignitas clinic.
Her children sat with her for the last couple of hours, chatted together, sang some songs and shared a f...See the full content of this document
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