Diane Pretty

Diane Pretty

female, deceased (2002)
British, euthanasia, Death from motor neurone disease, motorneuronedisease, European Court of Human Rights, Director of Public Prosecutions
Diane Pretty (November 15, 1958 - May 11, 2002) was a British woman from Luton, Bedfordshire, who became the focus of a debate about assisted dying...
Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire

male, deceased (1992)
Roman Catholic, World War II, Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, The Leonard Cheshire Foundation, Old Stoic, Old Dragon…Death from motor neurone disease, motorneuronedisease
Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO and Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a British RAF pilot du...
Neil Cherry

Neil Cherry

male, deceased (2003)
Death from motor neurone disease, electromagnetic radiation, meteorology, canterbury, environmental science, motorneuronedisease
Neil Cherry (29 September 1946 - 24 May 2003) was a New Zealand environmental scientist. Cherry specialised most recently in the effects of...
Jill Tweedie

Jill Tweedie

female, deceased (1993)
Eating Child, feminism, Feminist, British, journalist, motorneuronedisease
Jill Sheila Tweedie (22 May 1932 - 12 November 1993) was an influential feminist, writer and broadcaster. She is mainly remembered for her column...
Richard Morgan

Richard Morgan

male, deceased (2006)
Death from motor neurone disease, The Sullivans, soap opera, television actor, actor, silver city…motorneuronedisease
Richard Morgan (b. Hobart, Tasmania, 12 August 1958, d. 23 December 2006) was an Australian actor. He was most famous for playing the long-running...
Krzysztof Nowak

Krzysztof Nowak

male, deceased (2005)
Poland international footballer, VfL Wolfsburg player, soccer, motorneuronedisease, Legia Warszawa player, polish…Footballers who died from motor neurone disease
Krzysztof Nowak (September 27, 1975 - May 26, 2005) was a Polish football (soccer) player, best known for his stint with the VfL Wolfsburg team....
Peter Crill

Peter Crill

male, deceased (2005)
Former Jersey politician, Death from motor neurone disease, Old Victorian, German-occupied, Bailiff, KBE…motorneuronedisease
Sir Peter Leslie Crill KBE (February 1, 1925 – October 3, 2005) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1986 to 1995. As a young man, he was one of the few pe...
Berwyn Jones

Berwyn Jones

male, deceased (2007)
Ron Jones, david jones, athlete, motorneuronedisease, St Helens RFC, rugby league player
Berwyn Jones (1940 - 2007), a winger for Wakefield Trinity, Bradford Northern, St Helens and Great Britain, was known as one of the fastest men to...

Norman Kay

male, deceased (2001)
doctor who, composer, British, Television composer, Death from motor neurone disease, motorneuronedisease
Norman Kay was a British composer. Kay is most famous for his work on "Doctor Who". He provided incidental music for the very first serial, "An...
Steven Gey

Steven Gey

male
Cases and Materials on Religion and the State, Charcot, neurodegenerative disease, Florida State University College of Law, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Florida State University faculty…motorneuronedisease
Considered one of the country's leading scholars on religious liberties and free speech, Professor Gey is author of the casebook, Cases and...