Brittany Maynard made the controversial decision to end her own life after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and given six months to live. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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Maynard and her family moved to Oregon where she could legally end her life. She became the face of the right-to-die movement in the United States. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Maynard was open about her harrowing journey, writing articles about the decision to die on her own terms and posting emotional videos to raise awareness about death with dignity. She even told the world the exact date she had chosen to pass. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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\"I am not suicidal,\" she wrote in a blog post for CNN.com. \"I do not want to die. But I am dying. And I want to die on my own terms.\" Here, Maynard appears with her husband, Dan Diaz. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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She died on Nov. 1 after taking medication prescribed by her doctor. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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\"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love,\" she wrote in a Facebook post, according to People. \"Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness... the world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers... goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!\" (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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\"The mood in the house was very peaceful, very loving,\" Diaz told Oprah of his wife\'s final hours. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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Maynard and Diaz met in 2007. and were married in California\'s wine country in September 2012. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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Brittany and Dan with their dogs, Bella and Charlie, who were also by her side when she died. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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\"Brittany wanted to see legislation in all states, really, but in California in particular so that people wouldn\'t have to go through what we did,\" Diaz told Oprah. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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\"The one thing that does keep me going is working toward fulfilling the promise I made to her,\" Diaz told Oprah. (credit:COURTESY OF DAN DIAZ)
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Diaz speaks in support of proposed legislation allowing doctors to prescribe life ending medication to terminally ill patients during a news conference at the Capitol, Jan. 21, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Debbie Ziegler, Maynard\'s mother, speaks at the Sacramento news conference. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)