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The Hemlock Society (1980-2003)
In 1980, Humphry, his wife Ann Wickett Humphry (1942-1991), and Gerald A. Larue started the Hemlock Society (sometimes called the Hemlock Society USA) in order to advocate for terminally ill patients to have the right-to-die and access to assisted suicide. On 29 March 1975, Humphry's first wife, Jean, who was suffering from terminal breast cancer, committed suicide with Humphry at her side, by means of an intentional overdose. Humphry wrote a book, titled Jean's Way, which was published in the United States in 1979, about assisting her to commit suicide when she was ready by lacing a mug of coffee with Seconal and codeine, which she then drank. Following the success of the book, he