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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafisin Paris

Jean-Luc Godard chose to end life through assisted dying, lawyer confirms

Jean-Luc Godard at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2013.
Jean-Luc Godard at an awards ceremony in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 2013. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA

Jean-Luc Godard, the maverick French-Swiss director who revolutionised post-war cinema in Europe, died by assisted dying, his lawyer has confirmed.

The medical report on the death of the 91-year-old director said he had chosen to end his life. He “had recourse to legal assistance in Switzerland for a voluntary departure” because he was “stricken with ‘multiple incapacitating illnesses’”, Godard’s legal council, Patrick Jeanneret, told AFP.

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