“As she was falling asleep, we all just said, ‘We love you.’
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And she said, ‘I love you too.’
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And those were her last words,” Barrie’s daughter, Jane Harnick, exclusively told Page Six Thursday.
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Jane was joined by her husband, Adam Freifeld, and her brother, Aaron Harnick, as they said their final goodbyes to the Oscar-nominated actress.
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The family confirmed the “Suddenly Susan” star ended her life with medical assistance at her Manhattan home on Wednesday.
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“She wanted it to be her path,” Jane said, explaining that her mother had long been a “huge advocate” for medical aid in dying.
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“For years and years her whole life before she was ever sick with any illness, she always used to say, ‘When my time comes, I just want to take something and go to sleep,'” Jane shared.
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“She just really believed that that was a human right.”
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that → believe → ?
Her final wishes, Jane said, were for her family to continue her advocacy in raising awareness about the cause.
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Barrie spent her final days finding comfort in the simple pleasures she had always cherished.
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“She was at home and would spend the mornings reading the New York Times, listening to [WQXR Radio], talking to us as though she were herself,” Jane said while getting choked up.
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“But the reality was, she was completely dependent on others to do anything, so it was surreal to see those two sides of her.”
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Last year, Barrie underwent hip replacement surgery so she could live out her final year without pain.
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“Some doctors wouldn’t do it.
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We found the one who would.
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And he was incredible,” Jane said.
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“[Barrie] wrote to him at the end of her life and said, ‘Thank you, you’ve made my last summer perfect.'
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Thanks to the surgery, Barrie was able to spend her last summer swimming in the ocean.
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“She loved the ocean more than anything, and she just went out on her own terms and it’s what she wanted,” Jane said.
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Her health took a sudden turn for the worse three weeks ago, when doctors discovered she had terminal cancer.
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“That’s really what did it …
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It really weakened her all over.
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She didn’t feel it, but it was taking its toll,” Jane said, adding that her mom was at peace with reaching the end of her life.
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“We were planning her death and her memorial at the same time and she was fine with it,” Jane continued.
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“She was weighing in on who should speak and what the music should be and she was really fine with that.
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She was ready to go.
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She knew 95 was old enough.”
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Barrie’s loved ones stood firmly by her side, wholeheartedly supporting her decision to end her life on her own terms.
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“She was 95, she had the most incredible life, she did everything she wanted to do, she had the family she wanted,” Jane said.
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“It was 100 percent her decision, and we all supported it.
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She’s an advocate for that right.”
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