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Interesting story in NYT of J. Bruce Llewellyn, son of immigrants who succeeded in his quest for the American Dream. His final years turned into a battle between his wife, who said she was honoring his wishes, and his friends, who said they were honoring his wishes when they became his guardians and fought her in court.
Story found here (may require free registration with NYT): Fighting Over the Living Will of J. Bruce Llewellyn - NYTimes.com...when he began losing weight and the guardians authorized a feeding tube, his wife strenuously objected. She cited his living will, which explicitly barred tubes and other artificial life-prolonging measures. “What happened to, ‘First, do no harm’?” she wrote angrily to one doctor...She told Dr. Griffo to stop telling her husband that he was healthy enough to go home. But, as she wrote later, Dr. Griffo replied each time, “What about what Bruce wants?”
Mr. Llewellyn, meanwhile, complained to friends that he felt trapped in the nursing home.
His daughter Lisa, from a prior marriage, who is an advertising executive, recalled one visit with her sister, Alexandra, a former television reporter who is married to the writer Tom Clancy. Their father leaned over and said repeatedly, “Get me out of here,” Lisa said.
“He was as clear as a bell about that,” she said.