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Former Dutch prime minister and wife die ‘hand in hand’ in legal duo euthanasia
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February 11, 2024
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1:00Now PlayingFormer Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt has died by legal euthanasia, “hand in hand” with his wife Eugenie.
The couple, who were both 93, died Monday in his hometown of Nijmegen, The Rights Forum, a human rights organization Agt founded, announced Friday.
“He died together and hand in hand with his beloved wife Eugenie van Agt-Krekelberg, the support and support with whom he was together for more than seventy years, and whom he always continued to refer to as ‘my girl,'” the nonprofit said in a statement.
Both Agt and his wife had been suffering from deteriorating health for some time before they chose to die.
The former prime minister in 2019 suffered a brain hemorrhage while giving a speech at a commemoration event for Palestinians, a cause to which he dedicated the later decades of his life. He never fully recovered.
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