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If her appetite to continue living remains intact after almost a century of existence,
Line Renaud
admitted to not being afraid of dying in the portrait of the week of “Sept à deux”.
Her priority is not to suffer, and she has made the subject of the end of life her last political fight.
Questioned by Audrey Crespo-Mara, she spoke about the details of her last wishes this Sunday, February 4.
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“When I wake up, you won't believe me, I'm happy that it's gray, that it's nice. One more morning and I’m here
,” rejoices Line Renaud.
On the other hand, she does not want these awakenings to happen at any cost.
“Under no circumstances do I want to suffer.
If I have to suffer, I want to leave right away.
This is my ultimate freedom: to choose my death.
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The actress also explains that she wants to have the opportunity to decide when she leaves.
“We chose our life, we must be able to choose our death.
Besides, it will come.
I’m sure, I spoke to Macron about it, it’s on the way
,” declares the vice-president of Sidaction.
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“I want to die here”
And in fact, she would have supported, with the President of the Republic, the need for a law.
“I told him that there was no point in extending it.
When there is nothing more to be done, when medicine agrees, why prolong the suffering?
I don't want that.
A relentlessness, I don't want.
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In her work co-written with David Lelait-helo, the 95-year-old woman affirms that it is easier than one might think to obtain lethal products.
The one who planned to die at home, in her house in La Jonchère, says:
“I will not move from here.
It’s very clear, I want to stay here, be in my bed, in my room with the lovely view of Paris and die here
. ”
The singer of
My cabin in Canada
also declares that after her death, her house will be sold and the sum of the sale will be donated to science through the Line Renaud-Loulou Gasté Endowment Fund.
“
I know I've had a long journey, I don't want to do it too long
,” she said, smiling, before adding:
that would tire me out.
[...] It’s natural for me, I know the days are approaching.”
Line Renaud seems to have planned everything about his death, to the point of having visualized the scene in his head.
“I see myself at home, with the people who have always been around me, my closest friends, my friend David Lelait who knows me better than I do.
But what bothers me a lot is that I still have things to do.
[...] I planned everything, from departure from here to arrival in Saint-Sulpice.
Even the guest list, everything is organized.
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