‘Devoted and loving’ husband and wife committed themselves after she was diagnosed with motor neurone illness.
Since her limbs failed but her brain remained completely intact, Lynn Hunt said that she did not want to have her head attached to a chair.
Have her voice recorded and “sound like Stephen Hawking,” or be fed via a tube. On March 15 of this year, Mrs. Hunt, 77, and her diabetic husband, Ian Hunt, 81, were discovered dead in the bedroom of their Carnkie, Cornwall, house.
Although a post-mortem could not determine the cause of their deaths, a coroner determined that they died from an insulin overdose.
The pair said that a close friend would take care of their beloved dog and left a farewell message on their kitchen table, along with their wills and burial arrangements.
In January of this year, Mrs. Hunt received a diagnosis of motor neurone disease and was given a two to five year prognosis.
