Los Angeles, California: A young American woman
with terminal cancer has committed suicide,
following promises to do so that had triggered
shock and controversy over the right to die.
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old brain cancer
sufferer, made headlines earlier this month when a
video of her making her suicide threat went viral
and was seen by millions of Web users.
“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 message circulated widely on social
media.

“The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my
greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the
greatest givers. I even have a ring of support
around my bed as I type… Goodbye world. Spread
good energy. Pay it forward!”

In January, Maynard was given six months to live
and told her death would be painful because of
the aggressive nature of her cancer.

She had been trying for a first child with her
husband Dan Diaz at the time, but gave up due to
her disease.

Maynard and her husband, who had just married
when she began having severe headaches, moved
from their home in California to Oregon, one of a
handful of US states with a “right-to-die” law.

A doctor could therefore prescribe her the
medication she needs to end her own life,
surrounded by her family in the bedroom she
shares with her husband.

On Thursday, she had released a new video in
which she said she might temporarily delay her
appointment with a self administered cocktail of
potentially deadly drugs.

But the delay was a short one.

Her story has made headlines around the world,
and she was featured on the cover of last week’s
People magazine in the United States.

Maynard has in recent weeks and months been
working to tick off items on a “bucket list” of what
she wants to do before she dies — including
traveling to the Grand Canyon last week
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nawa o 4 all dis oyibo sef. they think they r smarta dan us...r dey?
in January ur doctor gave u six months 2 live but u lived beyond dat time couldn't she c dat it was God's grace dat was keeping ha all dis while & a miracle could happen n change all that?