'Esther Rantzen and other dying people have a right to say when and how they go'
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Esther’s has been a life well-lived, she deserves the same for her death
Carole Malone in the Daily Express
Esther Rantzen and all other terminally ill people "have a right to say when and how they go", says Carole Malone in the Daily Express, after the television presenter, who has Stage 4 lung cancer, revealed she has signed up for Dignitas. No one should have to suffer a "long, painful and undignified death", and "we must salute this powerhouse of a woman" for using the "time she has left" to campaign for assisted dying in the UK.
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