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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lucy Rock

‘Nobody speaks about this’: Diana Rigg made impassioned plea for assisted dying law before death

Diana Rigg photographed in 2019, the year before her death.
Diana Rigg photographed in 2019, the year before her death. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Diana Rigg made an impassioned case to legalise assisted dying in a message recorded shortly before her “truly awful” and “dehumanising” death from cancer three years ago.

The actor’s statement calling for a law that gives “human beings true agency over their own bodies at the end of life”, published today in the Observer, adds to the ongoing debate on assisted dying, with MPs expected to publish recommendations to the government within weeks.

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