Dries van Agt was born on 2 February 1931 in Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was married to Eugenie Krekelberg. He died on 5 February 2024 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
While holding each other's hand, he and his wife, Eugenie, decided to end their lives together via euthanasia on February 5, 2024. The couple had been suffering from a myriad of health complications for years.