Former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie died hand in hand in a double euthanasia on Monday.
The 93-year-olds died “hand in hand” in Agut's hometown of Nijmegen, Rights Forum, a non-profit organization founded by the former Dutch prime minister, said on Friday. according to to the New York Post.
“He died hand in hand with his beloved wife Eugenie van Akt-Krekelberg, with whom he lived for more than 70 years and whom he always called 'my girl' and who supported him,” Rights Paper Forum mentioned in statement.
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Both Agut and his wife suffered from health problems before deciding to die, the newspaper reported. Agut suffered a brain hemorrhage while speaking at a memorial event for Palestinians in 2019, and has yet to fully recover. (Related: Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, who was a “very important figure'' in the Northern Ireland peace negotiations, has died)
Rights Forum director Jerad Jonkman told the station that the couple “cannot live without each other”. NOS About their decision to die together through euthanasia.
According to the report, dual euthanasia means that two people receive a lethal injection at the same time. Although this surgery is still rare in the Netherlands, it is gradually becoming more popular.
According to the paper, Agut served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1977 to 1982. He founded the Rights Forum in 2009, which promotes “a fair and sustainable Dutch-European policy on the Palestinian/Israeli issue.”
