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Gabriella Walsh rests in a studio her close friend let her stay in rent free until she decided to end her life through medical aid on April 1, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She had just booked a flight for a three-month adventure in Spain when she discov

Gabriella feels around the tumors in her right breast after a shower at home in Santa Paula. The decision to die through medical aid gave her a profound peace — a final freedom that she hoped would one day be afforded to people in every state. “My l

Gabriella has her vitals taken by a nurse who managed her hospice care, Jack Barsegyan on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. They discuss the medicine Gabriella will ingest for her death and what sort of food she should eat the night before.

Elidia Elizarraraz a hairdresser down the street from where Gabriella lives, gives her a kiss while blowdrying her hair. Elizarraraz offered the service twice a week for a fifteen dollars which brought Gabriella to tears because tending to her own h

Gabriella Walsh sings with a group friends she’s had since high school: Collette Hillier, Linda Fey and Kathy Menzie, left to right, during a gathering on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. “I’ve lived a magical life,” Gabriella said. “What

A list Gabriella Walsh made details the many places she has lived over the course of her life. It was her 47th move when she moved into her last home she called her nido de algodon, her cotton nest. She was long guided by a spirit of wanderlust — a

Gabriella’s friend Rebecca Rincon consoles her while talking about the day she went in for a mammogram and and came out diagnosed with terminal cancer. Together they drank two bottles of prosecco, giggled and cried. Teasing Gabriella about the after

Gabriella Walsh takes her evening medicine and rubs cbd lotion on her legs on June 15, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She used a fentanyl patch, extra opioids—Norco—that she could take when needed, a blood pressure medication, Xanax, Ambien and Restoril.

Gabriella Walsh and her longtime friend Collette Hillier sit by the shore on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Ventura, CA. Earlier, Hillier sent Gabriella a text: “I’ve admired you and your courage but I’ve never admired you as much as I have this month.”

Gabriella has her last session with a therapist she has seen off and on since 2009 on Friday, July 1, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. “I just feel like time is moving really slowly,” She told her therapist. “I want it to be July 16.” The date she chose to

A photograph of Gabriella Walsh and her father was one of the last mementos she had on display in her home before dying through medical aid. Gabriella had many early experiences with death, including the death of her father when she was 7. She recal

Gabriella smiles as the closing credits of Where the Crawdad Sings play at a movie theater where she was joined by her dear friends on her last full day of life before dying through medical aid on July 15, 2022 in Oxnard, CA. Gabriella listened to a

Rudy Sanzana, a friend of more than 30 years hugs Gabriella one last time before she dies through medical aid on July 16, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. When Gabriella was diagnosed with terminal cancer she did not consider life extending treatments but r

Gabriella takes a fatal dose of medication prescribed through California’s death-with-dignity law with her death doula Jill Schock, right, feeding her spoonfuls of mango between sips on on July 16, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She died at 1:38 p.m. She

Gabriella Walsh rests in a studio her close friend let her stay in rent free until she decided to end her life through medical aid on April 1, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She had just booked a flight for a three-month adventure in Spain when she discov

Gabriella feels around the tumors in her right breast after a shower at home in Santa Paula. The decision to die through medical aid gave her a profound peace — a final freedom that she hoped would one day be afforded to people in every state. “My l

Gabriella has her vitals taken by a nurse who managed her hospice care, Jack Barsegyan on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. They discuss the medicine Gabriella will ingest for her death and what sort of food she should eat the night before.

Elidia Elizarraraz a hairdresser down the street from where Gabriella lives, gives her a kiss while blowdrying her hair. Elizarraraz offered the service twice a week for a fifteen dollars which brought Gabriella to tears because tending to her own h

Gabriella Walsh sings with a group friends she’s had since high school: Collette Hillier, Linda Fey and Kathy Menzie, left to right, during a gathering on Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. “I’ve lived a magical life,” Gabriella said. “What

A list Gabriella Walsh made details the many places she has lived over the course of her life. It was her 47th move when she moved into her last home she called her nido de algodon, her cotton nest. She was long guided by a spirit of wanderlust — a

Gabriella’s friend Rebecca Rincon consoles her while talking about the day she went in for a mammogram and and came out diagnosed with terminal cancer. Together they drank two bottles of prosecco, giggled and cried. Teasing Gabriella about the after

Gabriella Walsh takes her evening medicine and rubs cbd lotion on her legs on June 15, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She used a fentanyl patch, extra opioids—Norco—that she could take when needed, a blood pressure medication, Xanax, Ambien and Restoril.

Gabriella Walsh and her longtime friend Collette Hillier sit by the shore on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 in Ventura, CA. Earlier, Hillier sent Gabriella a text: “I’ve admired you and your courage but I’ve never admired you as much as I have this month.”

Gabriella has her last session with a therapist she has seen off and on since 2009 on Friday, July 1, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. “I just feel like time is moving really slowly,” She told her therapist. “I want it to be July 16.” The date she chose to

A photograph of Gabriella Walsh and her father was one of the last mementos she had on display in her home before dying through medical aid. Gabriella had many early experiences with death, including the death of her father when she was 7. She recal

Gabriella smiles as the closing credits of Where the Crawdad Sings play at a movie theater where she was joined by her dear friends on her last full day of life before dying through medical aid on July 15, 2022 in Oxnard, CA. Gabriella listened to a

Rudy Sanzana, a friend of more than 30 years hugs Gabriella one last time before she dies through medical aid on July 16, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. When Gabriella was diagnosed with terminal cancer she did not consider life extending treatments but r

Gabriella takes a fatal dose of medication prescribed through California’s death-with-dignity law with her death doula Jill Schock, right, feeding her spoonfuls of mango between sips on on July 16, 2022 in Santa Paula, CA. She died at 1:38 p.m. She

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