Sharon Ozbourne on Alzheimer’s and Euthenasia
Filed under: Celebrity kids, Celebrity parents
Dementia and mercy killing aren't conversations that come up at the dinner table every night, at least not at my house. Maybe that's because we usually eat apha getti on bar stools and my dinner companion is two. Anyway, they are real and impacting topics -- ones that we may all have to deal with one day. I certainly think about it a lot, more since my grandmother died a few years ago, without knowing the names of her children.
Sharon Ozbourne has an extremely matter-of-fact attitude about mental illness and death.
"If Ozzy or I ever got Alzheimer's, that's it - we'd be off (to an assisted suicide flat). We gathered the kids around the kitchen table, told them our wishes and they've all agreed to go with it. "
Apparently, Sharon's father had Alzheimer's and she doesn't want to go through it herself, nor put her kids through it. And I understand that. But that must be rough on their kids, even though they're adults -- to hear about their parents dying wishes. I know I hate hearing my parents talk about their own deaths, and I'm 32. What do you think, are death and final wishes something to be discussed with the whole family?
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