"It's a relief, not sad," says nephew of Vincent Lambert Vincent Lambert's nephew, who had been in favour of stopping treatment which kept his uncle alive for years, tells media: "It's a relief. It's not sad." Vincent Lambert, who had been in a vegetative state for almost eleven years following a road accident in 2008, died on Thursday at the Reims University Hospital, eight days after his treatment was stopped. The case has nourished a debate in France on the rights of chronically ill patients and right-to-die legislation. SOUNDBITE