Nobel Prize winner commits euthanasia at 95 De Duve was the second well-known Belgian to choose mercy killing after the death in 2008 of writer Hugo Claus. A Belgian university says that biochemist Christian de Duve, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1974, has died in an act of euthanasia. He was 95. His university, UCL in Louvain-la-Neuve, confirmed it was a case of euthanasia but did not disclose the method. Belgium was the second country in the world after The Netherlands to legalise euthanasia in 2002. It would be an exaggeration to say I'm not afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of what comes after because I'm not a believer. When I disappear I will disappear, there'll be nothing left," he told the Belgian daily Le Soir just a month ago. De Duve had decided to commit euthanasia after suffering a fall in his home but was awaiting the arrival of his son from the United States in early May in order to die surrounded by family. He left us serenely and refused to take anti-anxiety pills before the final injection. He left with a smile and a good-bye," his daughter Francoise told the newspaper. De Duve shared the Nobel Prize with two other scientists for their work and discoveries on the structural and functional organisation of the cell. Agencies