Ramón Sampedro

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Ramón Sampedro was a Spanish seaman and writer who became widely known for his decades-long legal battle for the right to end his life after being left quadriplegic by a diving accident.

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Ramón Sampedro canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf euthanasia activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
seaman ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocatedFor legalization of euthanasia ⓘ
right to die with dignity ⓘ
authorOf Cartas desde el infierno ⓘ
causeOfDeath suicide ⓘ
causeOfNotability campaign for euthanasia in Spain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-01-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-01-12 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Galician people ⓘ
familyName Sampedro ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
givenName Ramón ⓘ
inspiredWork film "Mar adentro" ⓘ
linked to: The Sea Inside
languagesSpoken Galician ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalCase Spanish right-to-die legal battle ⓘ
mannerOfDeath assisted suicide ⓘ
medicalCondition quadriplegia ⓘ
movement right-to-die movement ⓘ
name Ramón Sampedro ⓘ
nationality Spanish ⓘ
notableFor legal battle for the right to end his life ⓘ
notableWork Cartas desde el infierno ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
seaman ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth A Coruña ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
Porto do Son ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
placeOfDeath A Coruña ⓘ
Boiro ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
portrayedBy Javier Bardem ⓘ
positionHeld right-to-die advocate ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Galicia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
significantEvent diving accident that left him quadriplegic ⓘ
subjectOf Mar adentro ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Javier Bardem → portrayed → Ramón Sampedro ⓘ
The Sea Inside → mainCharacter → Ramón Sampedro ⓘ
Ramón Sampedro → name → Ramón Sampedro ⓘ
Mar adentro → mainCharacter → Ramón Sampedro ⓘ