Australian Scientist David Goodall, age 104, has died after choosing to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, a right-to-die organization says.

The praised ecologist and botanist, who was not terminally ill, said the decision had been driven by his deteriorating quality of life.

Mr. Goodall had flown from Australia for his assisted suicide, attracting the attention of people around the world.

In his final public appearance, he said the public interest had surprised him.

He told reporters yesterday “I no longer want to continue life,
“One wants to, at my age, even rather less than my age to be free to choose death when the death is at an appropriate time.”

He died “peacefully” at 12:30 in Basel, from an infusion drug, said the founder of Exit International, the group which helped him take his own life.

In his final minutes he was played Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s 9th symphony. Mr. Goodall’s last meal was his favorite, fish and chips and cheesecake.

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