"Dutch Ex-PM and Wife Choose Duo Euthanasia, Die Hand in Hand"

Former Dutch prime minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie, both 93, died by euthanasia together, reflecting a growing trend of "duo euthanasia" in the Netherlands. Van Agt, a Catholic, and his wife, who had been married for 70 years, passed away hand in hand, with Van Agt never fully recovering from a 2019 brain haemorrhage. Euthanasia and assisted suicide have been legal in the Netherlands since 2002, and while duo euthanasia remains rare, interest in it is growing, although it is subject to strict individual requirements.