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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Devlin and agencies

Dignitas founder ends his own life through assisted death

Ludwig Minelli in 2009
Minelli founded the group in 1998, facing many legal challenges and making several successful appeals to the Swiss supreme court and ECHR. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The head of the Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has ended his life through an assisted death, the group has said.

Ludwig Minelli, who founded the group in 1998, died on Saturday, days before his 93rd birthday, Dignitas said. It added: “Right up to the end of his life, he continued to search for further ways to help people to exercise their right to freedom of choice and self-determination in their ‘final matters’ – and he often found them.”

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