SIR Terry Pratchett has spoken out in support of assisted suicide saying he hopes he ‘can jump before he is pushed.’ The best selling author, who lives in Broad Chalke, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2007.
He gave his views following last week’s landmark decision by the Court of Appeal which ruled the Director of Public Prosecutions must give guidance on whether the husband of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy would be prosecuted if he helps her travel to a clinic in Switzerland to die.
Sir Terry, best known for his Discworld fantasy books, asked society to establish whether it should have a policy of life at any cost.
The author, who was knighted in the 2009 New Year Honours, said in an article in the Mail on Sunday: “I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod.
“Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, if wet, in the library.”
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