Mr. Brian Rix, actor and learning disabilities campaign has died at 92, said a Mencap charity spokesman. Mr Rix - the President of the Men...
Mr. Brian Rix, actor and learning disabilities campaign has died at 92, said a Mencap charity spokesman.
Mr Rix - the President of the Mencap charity of learning disability - was terminally ill and passionate for Parliament to change the law on euthanasia campaign.
He had previously opposed such a law, but said that his illness had left him in pain and constant discomfort and left him "like a beached whale."
Last week he revealed: "I just want to go" as he showed that he was bedridden and unable to sleep.
He said: "I am for two months to die or more, and that is a very, very long time."
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"I ran my business, and I'm ready to go, and I can do nothing else than to be thinking here:" Oh, my God, why am I still here? "
"You do not let me die, and that's all I want to do. I'm not afraid to die because they end this misery, pain and discomfort.
"I am always dizzy and foggy, but I can not sleep. Doctors and nurses do their best for me, but the best is not good enough, because what I want to die, and prevented the law, that they help me . "
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Mr Rix said he considered the possibility pulled Dignitas to travel in Switzerland, where he was able to avoid to end his life, but it felt to her children "would be unfair in a situation to grow they help me , to die. "
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal in the UK, with potentially euthanasia considered a murder or murder carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Assisted suicide carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison.
In September 2015, the Parliament rejected the bill Euthanasia by 330-118 votes.
Mr Rix entered the House of Lords in 1992 and has been affecting people with learning disabilities, a tireless fighter in the legislation.
Early in his life he was a well known actor of theater and cinema.
January Tregelles, disability managing the charity Mencap Learning, said: "We are deeply sad about the death of Mr Brian Rix thoughts of everyone in the movement Mencap are learning with his family, in hard time ..
"Mr Rix was a colleague and friend loved people with a learning disability and their families. Their passion, diligence and humor will be greatly missed. Their tireless campaign have done more to improve the lives of people with disabilities, as any other learning ,
"As the daughter of Lord Rix, Shelley, was born with a learning disability, he and his wife were told Elspet repudiate, and forget about it. So that the world began a search for more than 60 years to a better place for all to make who have a learning disability.
"He played a central role in most iconic moments for people with a learning disability in recent decades, working as a General, the President and later President of Mencap and also in the House of Lords, where he worked without a break in his 90 years.
"Its unique charm, personality and passion are growing invaluable for Mencap and the leading charity in the UK are learning disabilities, and with his death the love lost a dear friend."
