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Dr. Peter Goodwin, 83; championed law allowing ‘death with dignity’

Peter Goodwin, a physician who campaigned for an Oregon law that allows patients with terminal conditions to end their lives, died Sunday after using lethal chemicals obtained under the initiative he championed. He was 83.

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