Kemptville man blogging about medical assistance in dying passes away

An update now on a story CTV Ottawa covered in mid-March about a Kemptville man who was blogging about his medical assistance in dying.

Don Kent passed away on Friday, April 20^th.  He had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in January and began the process to arrange a peaceful and pain-free death through medical assistance in dying or MAID.  His wife Barbara says Don died in her arms, surrounded by his family, with his favorite Deep Purple song A Child in Time playing.