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| Brittany Maynard, as promised, ends her life at 29 | Brittany Maynard, as promised, ends her life at 29 |
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| Brittany Maynard, the terminally-ill 29-year-old who spent her final days advocating death-with-dignity laws, took lethal drugs prescribed by her physician on Saturday and died “as she intended — peacefully in her bedroom, in the arms of her loved ones,” a spokesperson said. | |
| Maynard, who was diagnosed earlier this year with a stage 4 malignant brain tumor, said last month that she planned to die Nov. 1 with help from her doctor. | |
| People reported that she took her life after posting a goodbye message on social media. | People reported that she took her life after posting a goodbye message on social media. |
| “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more,” she wrote in a Facebook post. | “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this terrible brain cancer that has taken so much from me … but would have taken so much more,” she wrote in a Facebook post. |
| Friends and family members began posting messages about her death Sunday, according to the Oregonian. | Friends and family members began posting messages about her death Sunday, according to the Oregonian. |
| Earlier this year, Maynard and her husband, Dan Diaz, moved from California to Oregon, one of five states with legal protections for terminally-ill patients who want to end their lives. She soon became an advocate for death-with-dignity laws. She launched her own campaign with Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit advocacy organization for the terminally ill. | Earlier this year, Maynard and her husband, Dan Diaz, moved from California to Oregon, one of five states with legal protections for terminally-ill patients who want to end their lives. She soon became an advocate for death-with-dignity laws. She launched her own campaign with Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit advocacy organization for the terminally ill. |
| Maynard first told reporters she planned to die Nov. 1, but in a video released last week, she said she might do it another day. “It doesn’t seem like the right time … right now,” she said in the video. | Maynard first told reporters she planned to die Nov. 1, but in a video released last week, she said she might do it another day. “It doesn’t seem like the right time … right now,” she said in the video. |
| “If Nov. 2 comes along and I’ve passed, I hope my family is still proud of me and the choices I made,” she said. “And if Nov. 2 comes along and I’m still alive, I know that we’ll just still be moving forward as a family, like, out of love for each other and that that decision will come later.” | “If Nov. 2 comes along and I’ve passed, I hope my family is still proud of me and the choices I made,” she said. “And if Nov. 2 comes along and I’m still alive, I know that we’ll just still be moving forward as a family, like, out of love for each other and that that decision will come later.” |
| Since Oregon enacted the law in 1997, more than 750 people have used it to die. The median age of those who took their lives is 71. Only six were younger than 35, like Maynard. | Since Oregon enacted the law in 1997, more than 750 people have used it to die. The median age of those who took their lives is 71. Only six were younger than 35, like Maynard. |