Former Prime Minister Holland and his wife underwent euthanasia together at the age of 93. Catholic Dries Van Echt, who held the post between 1977 and 1982, and wife Eugenie were married for 70 years.
Their deaths are part of a growing trend in the Netherlands of so-called "couple euthanasia" Euthanasia has been legal in the country since 2002 for six situations, including "unbearable suffering, with no chance of relief" and "longstanding independent wish for death"