Sue Rodriguez

Sue Rodriguez was a Canadian right-to-die advocate who suffered from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She was diagnosed in 1992 and she was told that she would live at most 3 more years. She appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada to allow a doctor to assist her in committing suicide. The court ruled 5-4 against her case. However, Rodriguez had an anonymous doctor assist her in euthanising her. On February 12, 1994, she died, aged 40 years.