A Holocaust survivor who went on to become a successful actress and educator has died alongside her husband in Switzerland.

Ruth Posner and her husband Michael posthumously revealed to friends and family on on Sept. 23 that they had chosen to end their lives through assisted suicide, also known as Voluntary Assisted Dying. The Times published the announcement, only noting the couple passed away in an unnamed medical clinic in Switzerland.

Ruth was 96, and Michael was 97. They cited their declining health as the reason for the choice, affirming that this was a mutual decision they made of sound mind.

“So sorry not to have mentioned it but when you receive this email we will have ‘shuffled off this mortal coil,'” the couple’s email read. “The decision was mutual and without any outside pr

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