BREAKING NEWS ABC journalist Iain Finlay dies by euthanasia after long health battle with rare disorder
Former ABC journalist Iain Finlay has died by euthanasia aged 89 after a health battle with a rare disorder.
The reporter was suffering from amyloidosis - a disorder in which amyloid protein builds up in the organs.
He died on Tuesday at his home in the Tweed Valley, northern NSW, surrounded by his partner of 60 years, Trish Clark, and children Zara and Sean, the ABC reported.
Finlay told the publication on Monday, he began looking into euthanasia several years ago 'to help deal with things in a sensible way'.
'There is no doubt this is an effort to control aspects of dying, having it administered to you at a particular time when your family can be there,' he said before his death.
'It's going to be very traumatic for them, I suppose, even more than me.'
Finlay started his journalism career in 1956 by reporting for the United Press during the Melbourne Olympic Games.
He was the South-east Asia correspondent for the ABC and worked with This Day Tonight for eight years.
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