A 54-year-old British father dines with his loved ones. Just 16 hours later he took his own life at a Swiss clinic, with the reluctant blessing of his wife and three daughters
- Jeffrey Spector enjoyed a final meal with his family before assisted suicide
- 54-year-old travelled to Dignitas clinic in
Zurich with his wife and children
- Father-of-three feared inoperable tumour on his spine would paralyse him
- The successful businessman described suicide as his ‘
least worst option’
Surrounded by his smiling family and friends, he could be any father enjoying a meal out.
But 16 hours after this photograph was taken, 54-year-old Jeffrey Spector killed himself at a Swiss clinic, telling his heartbroken children: ‘I know I am going too early.’
The married father of three feared the inoperable tumour growing on his spine would leave him paralysed from the neck down at any moment.
Unable to contemplate a future trapped in his own body and dependent on others, the successful businessman described suicide as his ‘least worst option’.
Poignant: Businessman Jeffrey Spector (front right) shares a final meal in Switzerland with family and friends – including two of his daughters - just hours before he took his own life at a Dignitas assisted suicide clinic
Mr Spector said his family had urged him not to kill himself, but he travelled with his wife and children to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Zurich.
The family had a poignant last meal together before he took a fatal dose of barbiturates with his wife Elaine, 53, at his side.
Last night she and their three daughters said they were ‘in a state of all-consuming grief’, but added: ‘As a family we supported and respected Jeffrey’s decision 100 per cent.
Fr: the Mail
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