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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Casey Cooper-Fiske

Joanna Lumley ‘wouldn’t mind’ assisted dying if she reached a ‘miserable’ state

Actress Dame Joanna Lumley has said she “wouldn’t mind” undergoing assisted dying if she reached a “miserable” state where she was unable to talk or eat without help.

The 79-year-old said she supported the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which was backed by MPs in the Commons last month, that would allow terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.

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