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Miriam Margolyes Reflects on Health and Assisted Dying

8/23/2025

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Miriam Margolyes, 84, expresses regrets about not caring for her health better.
She contemplates assisted dying if her health deteriorates, wishing to be with her partner in Italy.
Margolyes describes her partner, Heather Sutherland, as "remarkable" and hopes to live together until death.
She has openly discussed her mobility issues due to spinal stenosis.

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Story summary

Miriam Margolyes, 84, expresses regrets about not caring for her health better.
She contemplates assisted dying if her health deteriorates, wishing to be with her partner in Italy.
Margolyes describes her partner, Heather Sutherland, as "remarkable" and hopes to live together until death.
She has openly discussed her mobility issues due to spinal stenosis.