Farewell to DJ Fabo in Milan Friday (2)

(ANSA) - Milan, March 6 - Italy will bid farewell in a Milan parish Friday to DJ Fabo, the blind and tetraplegic former DJ whose recent assisted suicide in a Swiss clinic rekindled debate on end-of-life issues like euthanasia and living wills, the right-to-die activist who helped him commit suicide, Marco Cappato, said Monday.
    "It won't be a Mass but a memorial in one of the areas of the parish (of Sant'Ildefonso)," said Radical Party member and Luca Coscioni Association Treasurer Cappato, who is risking up to 12 years in jail for his role in Fabo's death.
    Lower House whips said last week that the House may start examining a bill on living wills soon.
    Sources within the ruling coalition said the general debate on the bill may well start on March 13.
    Parliament's long failure to legislate on end-of-life issues was highlighted last week by the assisted suicides in Switzerland of Fabo, left blind and tetraplegic by a 2014 car crash, and of a cancer-suffering pensioner from Veneto.
    Cappato is under investigation in Milan for aiding the suicide last Monday of DJ Fabo.
    The investigation was opened after former MEP Cappato reported himself to Carabinieri police on Tuesday.
    The Radical Party member, who risks up to 12 years in jail, has said he hopes to face a trial as he bids to "get the State to assume its responsibilities".