Why Charcot’s disease, an incurable pathology, is at the heart of the end-of-life debate

His story illustrates how “current law is badly done”, according to the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (ADMD). Former journalist Charles Biétry, 79 years old and well known to sports fans, revealed this Friday, April 7 that he was suffering from Charcot’s disease and that he had organized his assisted suicide in Switzerland. “I registered, all the papers are signed,” he told the team.