• [object Object]@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    :(

    Of all the celebrity deaths, I think this one I feel the most. I won’t say I’m sad, Patrick Stewart lived an awesome life, and I’m glad to hear he didn’t have to battle Alzheimers or Lewy body Dementia for a long time.

    RIP to an amazing actor who played amazing roles, and who lived a full life that we should all strive for.

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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          11 days ago

          That was my first thought as well. You’re right, I think the statement said something like “a brief and poignant battle” and honestly the briefer the better.

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            11 days ago

            I think he went out on his own terms. Logically highly likely…he wasn’t ill for long, it doesn’t usually work that way with dementia. Poignant is an interesting word to use describing his battle.

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              10 days ago

              Truly hope so, if that was his will, tricky ground when will itself is compromised. As someone with that in my family and potentially my future, I would truly appreciate the mercy of an easy self directed end at a time of my choosing. We however do not live in an enlightened future and euthanizing the inconvenient is right up the nazi alley.