TV station defends plan to show man's suicide

Mr Ewert explains his decision to visit the assisted suicide clinic earlier in the documentary, The Suicide Tourist

LONDON - A British television channel said Wednesday it was planning to broadcast the death of an American man at a Swiss euthanasia clinic.The death of 59-year-old Craig Ewert in 2006 is due to be shown Wednesday during a documentary on the Sky Real Lives channel. Ewert had degenerative motor neuron disease and died at a clinic in Zurich...

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Why I want people to watch my husband's death

The harrowing moment a retired university professor dies in an 'assisted suicide' will be shown on television tonight. Craig Ewert, 59, is filmed turning off his ventilator and taking a lethal dose of drugs washed down with apple juice. Just minutes before his death, Mary, his wife of 37 years asks him: 'Can I give you a big kiss?'

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