AFL great dies using voluntary assisted laws to die

The player and coach of the Australian Football League (AFL), Robert Wals, died at the age of 74 after using voluntary assisted laws to die.

Walls – a legend of Carleton’s football club – won three premieres with the team as a player and one as a coach, and later became a media figure and reason.

He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, in 2023.

His family told the local media that he had died, surrounded by his children, in his apartment, who ignored the AFL home in Victoria, the cricket site in Melbourne.

Victoria’s condition introduced voluntary assisted laws for dying in 2019 that allow a person in the late stages of advanced disease to end their lives using medicines with the approval of two doctors.

In a statement, the Walk family said he died on Thursday morning, local time, “after 14 years as a league player, 16 years as a coach, 25 years as a commentator and a lifetime as a self -proclaimed” fan “.

“After fighting cancer for more than two years, Robert did it on his way and chose to end a battle that saw him spend more than 250 nights in hospital in the last two years,” the statement continued.

In a publication by X, Carleton FC paid tribute to the sports icon, describing it as “one of the great servants of our game.”

The walls played more than 200 matches for Carleton FC, winning premieres in 1968, 1970 and 1972.

His coaching career includes a 1987 victory for Carleton, as well as the leadership of Brisbane the Lions and Richmond Tigers. He retired in 1997 and became a famous AFL commentator.

The wife of the walls Erin died of cancer in 2006. He survived from his three children and partner Julie, according to local media.