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  • Brittany Maynard, advocate for 'death with dignity,' dies

    Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/02/health...html?hpt=hp_c2

    Brittany Maynard, advocate for 'death with dignity,' dies
    By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
    updated 7:32 AM EST, Mon November 3, 2014

    (CNN) -- Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain cancer, took medication to end her life under Oregon's "Death with Dignity Act," advocacy group Compassion & Choices said Sunday.

    "Brittany chose to make a well thought out and informed choice to Die With Dignity in the face of such a terrible, painful, and incurable illness," a post on her website said. "She moved to Oregon to pass away in a little yellow house she picked out in the beautiful city of Portland."...
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