Australian centenarian commits assisted suicide in Switzerland
9 years agoAustralian scientist David Goodall attends a press conference flanked by Exit International founder and director and a doctor on May 9, 2018, on the eve of his assisted suicide in Basel. A 104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall, resentful that he was forced overseas to die, gave a press conference along side Gall and Exit International founder and director Dr. Philiip Nitschke in Switzerland a day before he is due to end his life. Goodall does not have a terminal illness but says his quality of life has deteriorated and that he wants to die. Goodall, who according to Exit International attempted but failed to commit suicide on his own earlier this year, secured a fast-track appointment with assisted dying foundation Eternal Spirit in Basel. / AFP PHOTO / SEBASTIEN BOZON
A 104-year-old Australian scientist on Thursday committed assisted suicide in Switzerland where he went to die after his home country denied him the right to seek help in taking his own life.