Barbara Barrie, Oscar-nominated actor, dies with medical assistance at 95

Oscar-nominated actor Barbara Barrie died Wednesday at her New York City home with medical assistance.

Her agent, Gary Gersh, confirmed to NBC News in a statement Thursday that Barrie’s death was “medically assisted in accordance with the New York State Medical Aid in Dying law, of which she was a proponent and advocate.”

The law took effect on Aug. 5 and allows terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to obtain a self-administered prescription medication to end their lives.

Barrie’s daughter, Jane Harnick, said her mother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer but had always advocated “for the right to die on your own terms.”

“Her whole life, even before she was ill with anything, she always said, ‘When the time comes, I want to just take something and go to sleep.’ She used to talk about that,” Harnick said in a phone interview.

She said the law going into effect in August was perfect timing because her mother “did not want to get to the point of having us watch her suffer,” she said.

“She is just a huge proponent of the law and was so grateful to be able to do it her way,” Harnick…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health