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Brittany Maynard Sent Email to Supporter Hours Before Death

  • ABC News, Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:34 PM

Brittany Maynard, the cancer patient who fought for the right to end her life with dignity last month, responded to an email just hours before she died. The email was a response to a note sent from her supporter Barbara Mancini of Philadelphia. Mancini, didn't expect to hear back from Maynard, but sent her a note thanking her for her bravery. Mancini, herself faced prosecution, after helping her terminally ill father with an assisted suicide. "Stories like yours and mine put human faces on a controversial topic that many politicians are happy to sweep under the rug," Maynard wrote in one of her final emails. "I wish I could have had the pleasure of meeting you in person."

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