Nancy Crick - Her Death

Her Death

Nancy died after drinking a 100ml solution of the drug, Nembutal. She was surrounded by twenty-one family and friends. One of the reasons why so many people were present at her death was to frustrate any prosecutor who might be tempted to lay charges against the observers for assisting with her suicide. Nancy felt strongly that she did not want to die alone. She resented the legal risk that her children might face should they have sat with her when she died. To protect them, Nancy invited supporters from the voluntary euthanasia group, Exit International, to be with her.

The support network "Nancy's Friends" was established by Exit International in 2005 in her memory. Nancy's Friends is a network of trained volunteers who provide support and friendship to people considering their end of life decisions.

Nancy is buried alongside her husband, James, in the Pimpama Uniting church cemetery at the Gold Coast.

The story of her death was covered extensively in Killing Me Softly: Voluntary Euthanasia and the Road to the Peaceful Pill by P. Nitschke & F Stewart, Penguin, Sydney, 2005).