"After fighting heroically for almost three years, Rob is now free of pain - a glimmer of tiny light in the wilderness', they wrote in a statement on social media."
"Why should you have to die in terrible, drawn-out pain? he told the Australian. When you've had this amazing life a life like I've had why should end-of-life be so horrific when there's an alternative?"
Rob Hirst, born in NSW in 1955, was drummer and founding member of Midnight Oil and died aged 70 after a diagnosis of stage three pancreatic cancer in 2023. He fought the disease for almost three years and died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Family requested donations to Pankind, Pancreatic Cancer Australia or Support Act. Hirst supported voluntary assisted dying and spoke publicly about preferring a less painful end. He co-wrote many of Midnight Oil's best-known songs and played in several other bands. He received his first drum kit after surgery for a benign leg tumour at age 12.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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