Posted on 05/15/2025 7:34:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Walls was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer in 2023
Aussie rules legend Robert Walls has died aged 74 after using voluntary assisted dying laws.
Walls won three premiership titles with Carlton Football Club as a player and a coach.
He was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, named acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, in 2023.
The Age reports that Walls decided not to go through another round of chemotherapy after being told he had months to live earlier this year.
“Having battled cancer for more than two years, Robert did it his way and chose to end a fight that had seen him spend more than 250 nights in hospital during the past two years.
“His son David, speaking on behalf of sister Rebecca and brother Daniel, confirmed the Carlton, Fitzroy and Brisbane great and grandfather to seven had passed away peacefully in his unit overlooking the MCG.
“Having spent the last couple of weeks tidying up his affairs and catching up with family and close friends, he chose that over more and more hospital visits for treatment.
“His massive contribution to football at Carlton, Fitzroy, Brisbane and Richmond will be celebrated at the MCG in coming weeks.”
In a post on X, Carlton FC described Walls as “one of our game's great servants".
Walls wife Erin died of cancer in 2006.
Voluntary assisted dying for the terminally ill or those with a condition that is causing intolerable suffering is legal in most Australian states, after being introduced first in Victoria in 2019.
Doctors can prescribe medication for self-administration or administer them where required.
Ping
His choice
Bless him.
Your friend did not get the government and other people involved.
It’s sad that we live in a society that is so devoid of empathy that we want to eliminate people who are no longer useful, and have a government program to blame it on them.
I have no idea what that means.
The person chose this.
He went out to a pit on his farm, with two guns in case one didn’t work.
At the time, he had no other choice.
But every suicide ‘involves other people’. I think you mean that it didn’t involve a law, or funds.
It effects other people. I mean, enlisting the aid of a doctor or some other person.
I think you mean it ‘affects’ other people.
If you are in hospice with cancer, the very drugs they give you to relieve you of the pain eventually kill you due to the necessary escalation of dose needed.
Get back to me when you are in the throes of that situation.
Reports to VAERS - onset of Acute lymphocytic leukaemia, which is an alternate diagnostic term for lymphoblastic leukemia, reported after vaccination
Vaccine SAME DAY Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total 3 days COVID-19 10 5 4 3 22 Polio 2 1 0 3 HPV 2 0 0 2 Haemophilus 2 0 0 2 Tetanus 1 1 0 2 Pneumonia 1 0 0 1 Pertussis 1 1 0 2 Influenza 1 1 0 2 Hepatitis B 1 1 1 0 3 Hepatitis A 1 0 0 1 Diphtheria 1 1 0 2 Measles 0 2 0 2 Mumps 0 2 0 2 Rubella 0 2 0 2 Varicella 0 1 0 1 Rotavirus 0 0 1 0 1 Shingles 0 0 1 0 1 The following table is all instances of this diagnosis reported to VAERS following vaccination from the early 90's to the most recent 4/25/25 database update.
While there is life, there is hope....................
“Get back to me when you are in the throes of that situation.”
I never see sanctimonious purists pontificating from a position of being personally in that situation.
Well, I don’t mean to call anyone ‘sanctimonious’ in this regard; but actual experience often causes us to change previous opinions arrived at more or less ‘theoretically’.
“Well, I don’t mean to call anyone ‘sanctimonious’ in this regard; but actual experience often causes us to change previous opinions arrived at more or less ‘theoretically’.”
I agree. I only refer to those as sanctimonious who have expressed their less-than-fully-informed opinions that way.
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