A public memorial will be held in Perth for Australia’s oldest scientist David Goodall, who died in Switzerland from assisted suicide aged 104.
- WAtoday
Professor Goodall took his own life on May 10 at a clinic near Basel after spending his last days patiently and openly explaining his decision to a huge media throng from around the world.
He did not have a terminal illness but said his quality of life had deteriorated.
“Even up to, say, the age of 90 I was enjoying life. But not now,” Prof Goodall told the ABC before he left Australia.
Philip Nitschke, founder of pro…