David Goodall, Australia's oldest scientist, ends his own life aged 104

Goodall ate fish and chips and cheesecake and listened to Beethoven ’s Ninth Symphony in final hoursAustralia ’s oldest scientist, David Goodall, has ended his own life at a clinic in Switzerland, surrounded by family and while listening to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.The British-born 104-year-old professor was forced to travel on aone-way ticket from his home in Western Australia to Switzerland where liberal assisted dying laws allowed him to end his life legally, in contrast to Australia where it remains forbidden.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 10, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Philip Oltermann in Berlin and agencies Tags: Assisted dying Australia news Switzerland Science Europe World news Source Type: news