Sue Rodriguez(1950-1994)
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Sue Rodriguez was a Canadian right-to-die advocate who suffered from
ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was diagnosed in 1992 and she was told
that she would live at most 3 more years. She appealed to the Supreme
Court of Canada to allow a doctor to assist her in committing suicide.
The court ruled 5-4 against her case. However, Rodriguez had an
anonymous doctor assist her in euthanising her. On February 12, 1994,
she died, aged 40 years.
