On November 14 in Basel, a very famous TV news reporter, who is known as Betty Rollin, passed away at the age of 87 in Switzerland. She actually wrote about how she was dealing with her illness. According to the reports, she decided and chose to end her own life by seeking help.
Betty Rollin, a well-known TV reporter who wrote honestly about dealing with sickness, has died. She was 87 years old. She chose to end her own life with help from a service called Pegasos.
Betty’s death was announced and confirmed by one of her very dear friends, known as Ellen Marson. She mentioned that Betty was recently going through a very tough health condition; she was bearing pain from arthritis and stomach issues. She also said that Betty was already very broken from the loss of his husband, Harold Edwards, who died last year.
How did Betty Died?
According to the available information, Betty died by taking her own life as she was in too much pain. She couldn’t hold all this pain any longer, so she decided to take such a step.
Ms Marsom mentioned this in an email that,
” Betty recently told a few close friends she was going to do this,”
She further mentioned that
True to form, she was resolute in her decision; Betty made it clear she did not want to hear our objections to her plan.”
Betty’s Book: First, You Cry
Betty became a lot more popular when she wrote an extraordinary and specific book named First, You Cry” in 1976. This book was very close to her heart as in that book she penned about talking about getting diagnosed with breast cancer. In that book, she also stated how she went through the surgery of getting her breasts removed. The purpose of that book was to let people realize how important it is to get your cancer diagnosed at a very early stage. Through this book, a lot of people talked about and discovered breast cancer. Later, she wrote another book named Last Wish” in 1985. The purpose of writing this book was to explain how, as a daughter, she helped her mother to end her own life and escape from this pain, as her mother was a patient with ovarian cancer. Eventually, both these written books got noticed and were turned into TV movies.
The details regarding Betty Rollin’s funeral arrangements and memorial services are not available for now. There is a vast community waiting for these details to become available so that they can come together and pay the tributes.
About Betty Rollin
Betty Rollin was born on January 3, 1936, in New York City. At first, when she started working, she initiated being an actor but then shifted to being a journalist. She worked for Look magazine, and later, she joined NBC News and ABC News. Her task was to report on significant events. She was very much committed to her work; she had a fantastic skill in storytelling. When her mother passed away in 1983, she started to cover the challenging topics. Because of that, she even won an award for covering Native American struggles on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Betty Rollin has left a legacy that will be continued, and of course, her written books are always going to remind us of those bitter life struggles she went through.
Amelia Warner
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