In the book Rita Lee: Another Autobiography, the singer describes her last years of life in the fight against lung cancer
Rita Lee would have considered euthanasia upon discovering lung cancer. is what it reveals Rita Lee: another biography, book launched this Monday (22), in which the singer, who died on the 8th, narrates the last two years of her life, in addition to her battle with the disease. In an excerpt from the work, she declares:
“I am totally in favor of euthanasia. Dying with dignity is necessary.”
In the excerpt, the singer tells how the news of the disease, received in 2021, reminded her of the death of her mother, a victim of cancer, decades earlier. According to the bookRita would have faced the impact between panic attacks.
“I counted [ao chefe da área de oncologia do hospital] of the trauma that remained in me for having seen my mother suffer after having these two procedures done when she had cancer.”
According to the singer, it was necessary to calm her down so that they could consider the options to fight lung cancer – and the combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, previously tried by her mother – would be a source of terror for her. In a conversation with the doctor, she would have explained the option for a “dignified, painless, quick and conscious” death:
“I told him [ao médico] that my life had been wonderful and, that for me he took the ‘midnight tea’ to go from this for better. That they would let me make a dignified, painless, quick and conscious passage; I wanted to be attentive so that I could start my journey again in another dimension. I am fully in favor of euthanasia. Dying with dignity is necessary.”
According to her account, it was thanks to her husband Roberto de Carvalho and the children Antonio, John It is Bob Lee, who encouraged her to face the disease.
“The love of the Carvalho/Lee boys made me choose to accept the treatment, because, if it were up to me, goodbye cruel world in peace.”
Source: Rollingstone
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