Within five minutes of taking a lethal sedative, Brittany Maynard was fast asleep and all of the pain from her struggle with cancer erased from her face. She died another thirty minutes later, leaving the world just how she planned - surrounded by her loving husband, family and friends. Dan Diaz, the widower of the 29-year-old who has become the face of the right-to-die movement, spoke out this week in interviews with People magazine and Meredith Vieira to describe his late wife's last moments on November 1 and how he plans to honor her memory. Scroll down for video
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Brittany Maynard' s widower Dan Diaz has broken his silence to speak about her doctor-assisted suicide on November 1
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His 29-year-old wife decided on the method after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor last year
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Maynard was approved for the lethal sedative in Oregon which she took at home, surrounded by her friends and family
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Her husband, 43, is now taking up her cause to get the right to die legalized in California
Diaz says his wife first read about the right-to-die in @placeholder shortly after she was diagnosed with brain cancer, telling her husband: 'Look, if things get bad, this is an option.'