Philip Gould had enjoyed a tremendously successful life as an advertising executive, British Labour Party strategist and Peer of the House of Lords. When esophogeal cancer returned and he was told by his doctors he had just weeks to live, his world shifted. "I was in a different place, a death zone, where there was such an intensity, such a power. And so, even though obviously I'd rather not be in this position, it is the most extraordinary time of my life, certainly the most important time of my life." This documentary captures those last days, and the ways in which Gould's clarity about his experience transformed a time of fear and sadness into one of love and affirmation for himself and his family.

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  • In his last days, Gould endeavored to share his experience with his daughters in a way that illuminated their understanding as much as his own.  Read Georgia Gould's ideas on a "good life and death".
  • Gould wrote about his illness and death in essays published by the Times of London and later collected in a book. Read excerpts.
  • Think about the ways you can help others approach their passing with the love and sense of meaning Philip Gould was able to find.

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