Blur star's terminally ill ex-wife forced to travel to Dignitas alone to end own life
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBlur drummer Dave Rowntree has slammed the UK's 'psychopathic' laws on assisted death as he revealed that his terminally ill ex-wife ended her life alone in Switzerland earlier this year.
The 60-year-old voiced his frustration over existing legislation that leaves some people with terminal illnesses with the 'brutal' choice of wanting to end their lives, but being unable to legally request assistance from others.
His remarks come just weeks before a new bill proposing changes to the law on assisted dying in England and Wales is due to be published.
Rowntree married Paola Marra in 1994 but the pair divorced in the early 2000s, the Mirror reports. Despite their separation, Rowntree supported his ex-wife after she was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer and later made the decision to end her own life in Zurich, Switzerland. READ MORE: Police find body in search for missing man Marra, a Canadian, opted to fly out alone in March this year after facing several rounds of arduous treatment and surgeries.
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