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Derek Humphry

Derek Humphry (born 29 April 1930) is a British and American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die. In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolved, he co-founded Final Exit Network. From 1988 to 1990, he was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies and is the current president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO).

He is the author of several related books, including ''Jean's Way'' (1978), ''The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia'' (1986), and ''Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying'' (1991). Provided by Wikipedia