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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Caroline Davies

‘She didn’t want that pain’: Paola Marra’s brother despairs of Lords block on assisted dying bill

Paola Marra pictured weeks before her death in 2024
Paola Marra, pictured weeks before her death in 2024, had terminal breast and bowel cancer. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Two years after Paola Marra, on the eve of her death, appealed to politicians to change the law on assisted dying, the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill is stuck in the House of Lords. For her brother, the second anniversary of her death will be spent protesting outside parliament.

Marra died aged 53 on 20 March 2024. She documented her solo journey from north London to Dignitas in Switzerland in photographs and a short film by the photographer Rankin, released posthumously, as well as in a powerful interview with the Guardian.

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