Derek Humphry
British and American journalist and author
Died when: 94 years 248 days (1136 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Derek Humphry (born 29 April 1930) was a British-born American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die.
In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolved, he co-founded Final Exit Network.From 1988 to 1990, he was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies and is the current president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO).
He is the author of several related books, including Jean's Way (1978), The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia (1986), and Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying (1991).
Since 1978, Derek Humphry has lived in the United States.
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