Julie Casson's husband Nigel was diagnosed with incurable Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2007. He died in the Zurich clinic of Dignitas, the not-for-profit assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.
Julie, who shares her time between homes in York and Scarborough, has just published a memoir about the experience, titled Die Smiling, and is calling on the Government to change the law to allow assisted dying in the UK.
Her calls echo those of broadcaster and veteran campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen who wants MPs to be given the chance to debate and vote on the issue in Parliament.
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