Marieke Koopman was destined for music. Growing up in a musical household, Marieke was always surrounded by musicians, music, and creativity. “Even as a kid I was always singing, wherever I was!” As a ...
PARALYMPIAN Marieke Vervoort was a Belgian wheelchair racer who suffered from an incurable degenerative disease. She ended her life at the age of 40 through euthanasia on October 22, 2019. Marieke was ...
PARALYMPIAN Marieke Vervoort has ended her life through euthanasia at the age of 40 after battling a degenerative muscle disease. The Belgian wheelchair sprinter, who won gold at the London 2012 games ...
Marieke Vervoort, whose long-planned euthanasia was ultimately still more than a year away, weeps to read a farewell letter from a friend during a hospitalization in Diest, Belgium, Jan. 9, 2018.
Champagne flutes were hastily unpacked from boxes, filled to their brims and passed around the room. Dozens of people stood around inside Marieke Vervoort’s cramped apartment, unsure of what to say or ...
PARALYMPIAN Marieke Vervoort has ended her life through euthanasia at the age of 40 after battling a degenerative muscle disease. The Belgian wheelchair sprinter, who won gold at the London 2012 games ...