Ann and Geoff Whaley,who were married 52 years. She put her emotions “in a box” when he told her he wanted to die­ BEN GURR FOR THE TIMESA retired accountant suffering from motor neurone disease released an open letter to MPs pleading for them to change the law on assisted dying as he ended his life today. Geoff Whaley, 80, travelled to Switzerland from the UK, where this morning he sipped a cup of water laced with lethal drugs at a Dignitas facility. He died peacefully in his wife’s arms and surrounded by his family. In an open letter released today and addressed to MPs Mr Whaley wrote: “By the time you read this, I will be dead.”He said that with the love and support of his family and friend “I have been able to fulfil my final wish: to be in control of my end, rather than endure the immense…

Source: The Times February 07, 2019 02:07 UTC