# Euthanasia of dementia patients

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**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasia-of-dementia-patients/978819 "2023-01-26T04:18:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euthanasia-of-dementia-patients/978819/71 "2023-01-30T12:39:01Z")

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I just saw this in the Celebrity Death Pool thread. I thought it might be a relevant point to share.

> [@2023 SDMB Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool/975831/477):
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> I’m not even sure this guy qualifies as a celebrity but I figured I’d pass this article along, if only for the gruesome detail that he died of six (!) self-inflicted wounds. Yikes.
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> [The only son of novelist Graham Greene, 85, killed himself in the grounds of his Devon home | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11686089/The-son-novelist-Graham-Greene-85-killed-grounds-Devon-home.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline)

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