Dave Rowntree, 60, has spoken out for the first time about the death of his ex-wife - who was diagnosed with a terminal illness - as he slammed the UK's current laws on assisted dying. Earlier this year, Irish parliamentarians recommended that the Government allow assisted dying for people with incurable diseases and just six months to live.

Drummer Dave Rowntree has criticised 'psychopathic' laws on assisted death

Dave Rowntree, 60, has spoken publicly for the first time about the death of his ex-wife, who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, criticising the UK's current assisted dying laws.

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has slammed 'psychopathic' laws on assisted death, as he revealed how his terminally-ill ex-wife Paola Marra flew to Switzerland to end her life alone.