passing away

He describes seeing "undignified deaths" - people passing away on busy wards - and says the health system is not getting the basics right in end-of-life care.

“It’s a play that I’ve loved and has been on my mind, and the moment we looked into the rights, we heard of Athol passing away,” said McCraney of the playwright, who died last month.

The 28-year-old lost her parents in quick succession, with her father passing away from lung cancer last summer before her mother died four months later.

She remembers every one of her animals passing away from cancer and her neighbours getting ill from rare diseases.

Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other American president, passing away on Sunday at the age of 100.