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Derek Humphry obituary: Right to die advocate and Hemlock Society founder

Derek Humphry, founder of the National Hemlock Society in 1980, died January 2, 2025, at age 94.

Without Derek’s publications, his attempts to change the law to allow aid in dying, and without the powerful national Hemlock Society, there arguably would be no right to die movement in the US. Read his obituary in the The Times: Click Here