Will Pegg has died. He got to hear the finches sing for one last spring
Pegg was subject of The Current's 2017 documentary, One More Moment
Will Pegg, the subject of The Current's documentary One More Moment, died a medically assisted death Thursday evening, surrounded by his wife, friends and members of his spiritual community.
Pegg, a native of Victoria, B.C., was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer in January 2017. He became one of the first Canadians to say he wanted Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), after it was legalized in 2016.
"Having never died before, or at least not that I'm aware of, it's a bit hard to envision," he told The Current in 2017.
"But this whole process for me has been about trying to embrace wellness for the people around me," he said.
"Whatever it looks like, it would be without drama hopefully, without footprints left on their hearts."
In the original documentary, broadcast in December 2017, Pegg had said he feared he wouldn't hear the finches sing in spring again — but he did.
Pegg last spoke to The Current in July, when he said that his wife, Louise Takeda, had moved his bed into the bay window, which opens into the garden.
"Every moment, I'm laying with carrots, raspberries, blueberries ... hummingbirds and chickadees are buzzing around the feeders," he said.