13:54 14/09/2022
The legendary director committed assisted suicide
New details are revealed about the death of legendary director Jean-Luc Godard. Foreign media report that the French director died of assisted suicide in Switzerland.
The legendary French-Swiss director's lawyer confirmed this morning that Godard chose to end his life at the age of 91 after a long battle with "multiple illnesses".
Godard died at his home in the Swiss town of Rolle, on Lake Geneva, his family said in a statement, adding that he would be cremated and there would be no formal ceremony.
While euthanasia in Switzerland is illegal because it involves an individual other than the patient taking an active role in their death, doctors can prescribe a cocktail of drugs which, if swallowed or injected via an intravenous drip, allow the patient to his life.
The French daily Liberation quoted a person close to the family as saying that "it was Godard's decision and it was important for him that people knew about it."
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