Derek Humphry

Derek Humphry
Derek Humphry in 2012
Born	(1930-04-29) 29 April 1930 (age 94) Bath, England
Occupation	Journalist author
Citizenship	United States
Notable awards	Martin Luther King Memorial Prize (1972) Saba Prize (2000)
Website
www.finalexit.org/about_derek_humphry.html

Derek Humphry (born 29 April 1930) is a British-born American journalist and author notable as a proponent of legal assisted suicide and the right to die. In 1980, he co-founded the Hemlock Society and, in 2004, after that organization dissolved, he co-founded Final Exit Network. From 1988 to 1990, he was president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies and is the current president of the Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO).^[1]

He is the author of several related books, including Jean's Way (1978), The Right to Die: Understanding Euthanasia (1986), and Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying (1991).

Since 1978, Derek Humphry has lived in the United States.