Rene Kollo is prepared for assisted dying
NewsThe celebrated Heldentenor and German TV presenter turned 87 last week. He told an interviewer that he will not face the end of life as a nursing case.
‘I have a very good and nice doctor who will give me something, and then I would say goodbye and go.’
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Greatest Stolzing EVER!
He shall not suffer.
Hoping he is not suffering. He has established a secure legacy and may it bring him comfort.
So he wants the doctor to take responsibility for killing him?
Witnessing how Bayreuth has been run down must have caused him suffering.
Nice to read that the Rene Kollo is doing well. The linked article explicitly states that for Kollo there is no end in sight. The great singer discussed assisted dying as an eventuality.
“Obwohl für den ehemaligen „Ich lad mir gerne Gäste ein“-Moderator noch lange kein Ende in Sicht scheint, macht er sich bereits Gedanken um sein Ableben. Dabei kommt eine Sache für René Kollo nicht infrage: Ein Pflegefall zu werden. „Da würde ich freiwillig von dieser Erde gehen“, stellt er im Interview mit Meine Freizeit klar.”
He gave us the greatest Doctor Marianus on a Mahler 8 recording of all time.