{"id":2767,"date":"2025-07-21T08:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:14:45","slug":"dame-joanna-lumley-considers-assisted-dying-if-shes-left-in-miserable-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/21\/dame-joanna-lumley-considers-assisted-dying-if-shes-left-in-miserable-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Dame Joanna Lumley considers assisted dying if she\u2019s left in \u2018miserable\u2019 state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dame Joanna Lumley has supported the assisted dying bill (Picture: Roberto Ricciuti\/Getty Images for University of St Andrews)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dame Joanna Lumley <\/a>has opened up about her thoughts when it comes to the assisted dying bill in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 79-year-old star has revealed in a new interview that she would consider voluntary euthanasia if she were unable to look after herself.<\/p>\n

‘People are terribly anxious about it and think one may be coerced (into voluntary euthanasia),’ she said when asked about the bill in an interview with Saga magazine.<\/p>\n

‘But I\u2019m saying this now when nobody\u2019s coercing me, don\u2019t let me turn into somebody who doesn\u2019t recognise the people I love most, where I\u2019m having a miserable time.’ <\/p>\n

She added that she felt that if she were unable to communicate or feed herself, it could be time to go.<\/p>\n

‘When I get to the stage where I can\u2019t speak and have to be fed, that won\u2019t be me any more, and that\u2019s when I wouldn\u2019t mind saying farewell.’<\/p>\n

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The actor has been working in the industry for decades (Picture: TV Times via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dame Joanna is still busy and working in TV and film (Picture: Justin Goff Photos\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Terminally Ill Adults (end of life) Bill \u2013 also known as the Assisted Dying Bill <\/a>was backed by MPs in the House of Commons last month.<\/p>\n

The bill would allow terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live, to apply for an assisted death.<\/p>\n

It would mean that those wishing to die with assisted dying would need to get approval from two doctors, and a panel of experts including a social worker, psychiatrist and senior legal figure.<\/p>\n

The House of Lords is set to debate and vote on the bill in the next stage of passing it.<\/p>\n

Dame Ester Rantzen, who has terminal cancer<\/a>, has been one of the high-profile backers of the new bill and has urged members of the House of Lords not to block the legislation.<\/p>\n

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The star has opened up about mortality (Picture: Darren Gerrish\/WireImage Getty Images for Ralph Lauren)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dame Joanna has now spoken<\/a> about her mortality before, saying that she doesn’t want to look back and feel she’s wasted her time.<\/p>\n

\u2018As you near the top of the hill, you suddenly think, \u201cGosh, there\u2019s not all that amount of time left\u201d,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018My time must be coming quite soon, and I don\u2019t want to have wasted a minute of being on this beautiful planet.\u2019<\/p>\n

Speaking to My Weekly<\/a>, she also urged young people to worry less, adding: \u2018I used to panic when I was young, but as I\u2019ve got older, I\u2019ve started literally to live day to day.<\/p>\n

\u2018With age, you work out what matters. I always knew that good stuff would come along when I was older. When I was 18, I longed to be 30. When I was 30, I longed to be 50. We mustn\u2019t be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.\u2019<\/p>\n

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