Dear friend,


Last week I wrote to you about my best mate Bob Cole, who ended his life at
Dignitas ten years ago. I promised him I’d fight until people in the UK have the
choice and dignity he was denied.


We’re now closer than ever. The assisted dying Bill will be debated in the House
of Lords on 12 September and this could be the breakthrough we’ve waited decades
for. But we can only seize this moment if we have the resources to keep up the
pressure.


If you haven’t yet had the chance, please will you join Dignity in Dying
[[link removed]] today as a member? Your support will help us make sure no one else has to
endure what Bob went through.



Yes, I'll become a member →
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Thank you for standing with me.


Best wishes,
Mick Murray




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From: Mick Murray
To: [email protected]
Subject: I made a promise to my best mate

Dear friend,

A week ago today marked ten years since my best mate Bob Cole ended his own life
at Dignitas. I haven’t stopped fighting for choice ever since.

Bob was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer caused by once
working as a carpenter’s apprentice. It’s an incurable cancer and can lead to a
very painful death. Sadly, he deteriorated very quickly. In his final months,
not even the strongest pain relief could control his suffering. I remember him
rocking in his chair, telling me, “It feels like my chest is on fire.”

Bob asked me to travel with him to Switzerland so he could die on his own terms.
The journey was long and painful, but in his final moments he was smiling,
listening to Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.

He should have been able to die in his own bed, in his own country.

I made Bob a promise - to keep fighting for compassion, choice, and dignity for
dying people here in the UK.

Now, we are closer to change than ever. The Assisted Dying Bill has passed its
key votes in the House of Commons and will be debated in the House of Lords on
12 September. This could be the breakthrough moment we’ve waited decades for -
but only if we have the resources to win.

That’s why I’m asking you, from the bottom of my heart: if you believe no one
should suffer as Bob did, please join Dignity in Dying today
[[link removed]] as a member. Your support will help us mobilise people across the country, put
pressure on Peers, and keep the fight for compassion alive until we win.




Yes, I'll become a member →
[[link removed]]



I can’t bring Bob back. But together, we can make sure that no one else has to
make that same painful journey abroad, in secret, just to have control at the
end of life.

Thank you for standing with me.

Best wishes,

Mick Murray



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