Death with dignity advocate Brittany Maynard ends her life

Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with incurable brain cancer who became an advocate for death with dignity laws in the last weeks of her life, died Saturday, according to a spokesperson. Maynard was surrounded by family when she took lethal medication prescribed by a doctor, as she had planned, said Sean Crowley of the group Compassion & Choices. She teamed with the group after being diagnosed with a lethal form of cancer earlier this year.