The article I read describes it as a “short battle,” so presumably he didn’t have it for long. Probably for the best for him not to have to drag it out, but still. Horrible news.
I mean death can be fairly predictable even without assisted dying.
He had the resources to have fully in-home hospice care and to have his family stay with him. The medical staff probably saw the monitors and gathered the family.
Of course this doesn’t prove it wasn’t assisted death, just an alternative possibility
I didn’t want to speculate out loud, but yeah I was wondering. I also live in a state that allows assisted dying. If the writing was on the wall and I knew I was about to start losing my faculties, I might choose that path to spare my loved ones having to watch me die one little piece at a time.
Not really, TV age and real-life age are different. Bald men who weren’t old were rare on TV, they still are really. 47 is also young to be that fully bald. So, that made it seem like he was 60+ on TNG. It has also meant that in the decades since then, he hasn’t really seemed to age much.
Damn. I knew he was old, but I didn’t know he was ill. Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia, apparently.
The article I read describes it as a “short battle,” so presumably he didn’t have it for long. Probably for the best for him not to have to drag it out, but still. Horrible news.
I’ve seen speculation that he chose to go out on his own terms.
Assisted dying is legal in California.
Multiple places reporting he died to “live music” surrounded by family.
Sounds planned
It’s the same thing Robin Williams had, so I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m glad he could go peacefully.
Yep, watched my Nan go through vascular dementia.
I get the diagnosis, i’m off to switzerland
Talked to a Swiss guy the other day about this very topic, it’s pretty hard to access if you’re not Swiss or very wealthy
Off a bridge it is then.
Send someone who campaigned against my right to go out on my own terms to clean my brains off of the pavement
Hopefully you can find better options domestically if the time comes. More and more places are legalizing it.
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I live in Oregon and it’s legal. We call it the “Death With Dignity Act”.
Where i am it’s illegal, but nitrogen is legal and I have access to duct tape.
I mean death can be fairly predictable even without assisted dying.
He had the resources to have fully in-home hospice care and to have his family stay with him. The medical staff probably saw the monitors and gathered the family.
Of course this doesn’t prove it wasn’t assisted death, just an alternative possibility
I didn’t want to speculate out loud, but yeah I was wondering. I also live in a state that allows assisted dying. If the writing was on the wall and I knew I was about to start losing my faculties, I might choose that path to spare my loved ones having to watch me die one little piece at a time.
I would be… less sad if this is the case. My only wish for him is that he was cognizant when he went.
I would hope you have to be for assisted dying
Exactly, yeah.
Well, Star Trek NG first aired in 1987, and there he already looked fucking old!
a lesson for the kiddos. you can look old and still have a very long time left. it’s called mid-life for a reason =)
As a middle-aged bald, I needed this.
Picard looked so old the first time I watched TNG. The second time he was much younger than I remembered. Seems to appear younger to me every rewatch
Wee baby Seamus
He was only 47 when TNG first aired.
Something only someone in their 50s+ would say
Not really, TV age and real-life age are different. Bald men who weren’t old were rare on TV, they still are really. 47 is also young to be that fully bald. So, that made it seem like he was 60+ on TNG. It has also meant that in the decades since then, he hasn’t really seemed to age much.
As someone who just turned 47, he looked way older than I do and feel.
Eerily similar to Imurodic Syndrome which Captain Picard suffered from at the end of TNG.
those don’t kill quick
assisted suicide maybe
Or 86. Which can kill surprisingly fast, although not when you think about it.
sure but i’d expect cancer or heart attack / stroke or pneumonia
those are what get you at 86