[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the partner of Events Manager in politics and prose and i would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to click again. And a nonprofit like speedy levin. Your attendance is vital to us and we wouldnt be here without you, so we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. Im excited to introduce because it is no secret among my friends and coworkers how much i love and admire diane ream. Shes a native washingtonian who began her career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and dc icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, wife and of course the book you are all here for tonight, when my time comes, which addresses the urgent, hotly contested rights of the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and phys
[applause] good evening, everyone. Im the partner of Events Manager in politics and prose and i would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. I want to especially thank you for supporting an independent bookstore like politics and prose. [applause] get ready to click again. And a nonprofit like speedy levin. Your attendance is vital to us and we wouldnt be here without you, so we want you to know how much we appreciate you and your choices. Im excited to introduce because it is no secret among my friends and coworkers how much i love and admire diane ream. Shes a native washingtonian who began her career in 1973 as a volunteer and has grown into the producer, host and dc icon we all know today. Shes the author of several books including finding my voice, on my own, wife and of course the book you are all here for tonight, when my time comes, which addresses the urgent, hotly contested rights of the right to die movement. Through interviews with terminally ill patients and phys
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Doctors or priests or members of the clergy, what do you consider a good death. For myself, i would consider a good death as one that is peace ful, painless, quiet, perhaps having a party before hand; having lots of champagne. [laughter] having my husband, my children, my grandchildren, my dearest friends beside me hold ing hands; telling them each what they mean to me, that would be a good death. In order to make sure that you have autonomy in that process, in order to make sure that theres absolutely no mis take made about your desires, you recruited your grandson ben, tell us what you told them to do during the filming of the documentary which by the way will be shown on Public Television a year from now, that is in spring of 2021, ben was using his cell phone and i had asked my daughter, his mother for permission to do this, i dont do anything without asking my daughter. [laughter] for her permission if youve ever had the experience of dianne asking your permission to do anything w