Ramón Sampedro

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

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Domain

Arts and letters

Knowledge cost

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Influence

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Resistance

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What Wikipedia says

Ramón Sampedro Cameán (5 January 1943 – 12 January 1998) was a Spanish seaman and writer. Sampedro became a quadriplegic at the age of 25 (on 23 August 1968), following a diving accident, and fought for his right to assisted dying for the following 29 years.

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