35 years a journalist with the London Daily Mail, London Sunday Times and the Los Angeles Times. Author of 15 books in the UK and USA. Pro-euthanasia activist. Founder of the Hemlock Society,l980. Chief executive l980-1992. President, the Euthanasia Research and Guidance Organization (ERGO) 1993-2023   Advisor to the Final Exit Network. finalexitnetwork.org Author of the bestsellers 'Jean's Way' (l978) and 'Final Exit' (l991). Both books  in print in 2017. Also on KINDLE.   Published memoir 2017:  'Good Life, Good Death: The Memoir of a Right to Die Pioneer'  (Carrel Books New York, $35.00 USD)amazon   Amazon.com now lists all my books, from l972 to 2017, with their jackets, at this site:   http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B000AQ1V2K   The paperback format of "Final Exit: The Practicalities..." is currently ranked #7,495 out of over 8,000,000 Amazon books. (Sept.2013)  Is also on Kindle. Been in print, undated, for 25 years.    Final Exit,, Jean's Way and Good Life, Good Death are all on Kindle.   

1972 Martin Luther King memorial prize for the contribution of the book "Because They're Black' (Penguin)to racial harmony.


2000 Saba Medal for contribution to right-to-die issues worldwide.