Lundgren reveals assisted suicide talks during cancer battle

Actor Dolph Lundgren has revealed in a new memoir that he discussed assisted suicide with his brother during cancer treatment, before later learning he had been misdiagnosed and reaching a cancer-free status. Lundgren, 68, known for roles in Rocky IV and Creed II, writes in Fights Worth Fighting Finding Strength in Struggle that he considered ending his life while deep into treatment. "When I was deep into the cancer treatments and thinking about the possibility of killing myself, my brother, Johan, was going to help me, because I didn't know what kind of condition I might be in once I made that decision," he wrote. He added that he could be in really bad shape by then and not capable of completing the suicide on his own, noting that countries in Europe, like Switzerland, permit legal suicide for people who are terminally ill, but that he still might have needed someone there to help him. Lundgren wrote that at this point he was depressed and had almost given up all hope. The discussions with his brother never progressed beyond talking about the possibility. Lundgren was initially diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2015 after doctors discovered a tumor.