Through nearly 73 years of marriage, George and Shirley Brickenden did nearly everything together. On March 27, they died together at their Toronto retirement home, holding hands, surrounded by family. George, 95, and Shirley, 94, became one of the very few couples in Canada to have chosen — and to have been allowed — to die together with medical assistance. And they're the first such couple to speak publicly about it. The Brickendens describe themselves as a mostly private family, but George, Shirley and their family felt it was important to open the conversation about doctor-assisted death, speaking with the...