Passing with dignity and on your own terms? Sign me up (when the time comes). I know a provider who does these. Death is often a very sad thing, but in the medical field transitioning to providing this service as comfort, rather than simply preserving life of any definition, it can be a loving, even more celebratory event.

She put it simply, “would you want your last words to be ‘I love you,’ or ‘I can’t breathe’?” You can be a vegetable in a hospital bed, or you can be in your favorite chair at home, listening to your favorite music, with friends and family by your side. I know which option I’d take if I am fortunate to get to choose.

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It’s fitting that Ralph Johnstone and Laura Bach’s romance played out like the lyrics of a rock and roll song — maybe a power ballad.

Bach also had other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome, that caused chronic pain, created dietary restrictions and reduced her quality of life.

I didn’t know what the acronym meant, but when we started talking about it I said, ‘yes, I know about this,’" said Johnstone’s daughter, Erin Legg.

The couple’s children and grandchildren gathered at the house on the chosen morning — a Tuesday, the first sunny day after the August long weekend.

They created a booking agency and management company, setting up shop in a second-floor space on Broadway, the first of three locations they used in the then-sleepy retail district.

"We used to do things like put huge stacks with Altec speakers right out on the sidewalk and blast rock and roll.

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