While Prue Leith is best known for replacing Mary Berry on The Great British Bake-Off (GBBO), she also has a ton of experience in the television chef world. In fact, just before moving onto GBBO, she held a similar role as a judge on The Great British Menu, as well as appearing on several other cooking shows.
While Leith shares many similarities with her GBBO predecessor, one of the things they have in common is a tragic death in their lives. Berry had to cope with the death of her young son, while Leith watched her brother, David, suffer a painful death from bone cancer, according to The Telegraph. Disturbingly, due to English law, David's doctors weren't allowed to administer enough morphine for him to withstand the agony he was in. Ostensibly, the doctors said it was to keep him from becoming addicted, which is a bit odd for a terminal cancer patient.
In truth, their decision had more to do with Britain's strict laws on assisted death. If David's doctors administered extra morphine and David died, they could be held criminally liable. David died in 2012, and according to Leith, he suffered the whole time. David actually needed to refuse antibiotics and allow a pneumonia infection to kill him. Since her brother's ordeal, Leith has become a proponent for assisted dying, standing up for others who are made to suffer in similar circumstances and pressuring England's government to revise the law.
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