‘Her death was tranquil’: why Eve is urging Victorian MPs to make access to voluntary assisted dying easier

Eve Crotty (left) with her mother, Marion, in July 2023. Marion died the following month, just shy of her 53rd birthday, using Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying scheme Photograph: Supplied by Eve Crotty

Eve Crotty describes her mum Marion’s death as peaceful and painless. They were on the couch in their family home, Crotty on one side, her dad on the other, singing Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon. It was a running joke in the family – when Crotty was little, she thought the lyrics were “socks on fire”.

“No teenager should ever have to lose a parent. It was an extremely sad moment that will live with me forever, but her death was tranquil,” Crotty, now 21, says.