Suicide tourism have repeatedly criticized suicide assistance for foreigners, branding it "suicide tourism" ("Sterbetourismus" in German). In 2007, Dignitas launched an effort to gain legal permission for healthy foreigners, including married couples committed to suicide pacts, to end their lives in Switzerland. In July 2009, British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan died together at a suicide clinic outside Zürich "under circumstances of their own choosing." Sir Edward was not terminally ill, but his wife was diagnosed with rapidly developing cancer. In March 2010, the PBS Frontline TV program in the United States showed a documentary called "The Suicide Tourist"
Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar. Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond. His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding. Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1617 – January 1707) was an English baronet. Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the