"The lump that developed on his neck turned out to be throat cancer, which spread to his brain. When radiation didn't work, he underwent an experimental procedure that cut out part of his throat and tongue, leaving him unable to eat, drink or talk properly."
"At home to visit him, Auf der Maur picked up the landline to make a call and heard her father's voice on the line to a friend. He was saying he wanted to end his life, and he wanted help doing it."
"Two of her father's friends came to his house and morphine was put into his kiwi smoothie—one of the few things he was able to eat or drink. Auf der Maur arrived after he had taken it and watched until his eyes closed."
Melissa Auf der Maur, bassist for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, remained silent for 25 years about her father Nick Auf der Maur's death. Her father, a Montreal politician, activist, and columnist, developed throat cancer that spread to his brain. After experimental surgery left him unable to eat, drink, or speak properly, he expressed to a friend his desire to end his life. Auf der Maur learned of this through overhearing a phone conversation and chose to be present. Two of her father's friends administered morphine in a kiwi smoothie, and she remained with him until he died. She reveals this deeply personal experience in her memoir about her 1990s rock music career.
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