Voluntary euthanasia advocate Rodney Syme admits helping man to die Voluntary euthanasia advocate Rodney Syme has admitted helping a terminally ill Tasmanian man to die. Rob Cordover died on June 22 at his Allens Rivulet home after a devastating nine-month battle with motor neurone disease. "He died . . . with my help, in the bosom of his family, by his own decision and his own hand," Dr Syme told a public meeting at Glenorchy on Friday.