Brittany Maynard 's widower has described their final moments together in an interview with Oprah Winfrey . Dan Diaz was lying in the bed beside his 29-year-old wife when she drank medication to end her life last month . Having been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer just six months before , Maynard became the face of America 's Right To Die campaign after moving from California to Oregon and setting a date for her own death . Now , her widower is continuing that battle calling for all states to approve legislation that supports life-ending options for people with terminal illnesses . SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO . 'It was peaceful and loving ' : Dan Diaz has spoken to Oprah about his final moments with Brittany Maynard . Passed away : Diaz 's wife controversially chose to end her life with lethal medication last month . Campaign : Maynard documented her final six months and fought for relaxed laws on the right to die . Launching his campaign , Diaz met with Oprah and explained how Maynard chose seven of her closest friends and relatives - and their dogs Bella and Charlie - to stand around the bed in her final moments . 'The mood in the house was very peaceful , very loving , ' he said in an interview that will be screened on Sunday . Glassy-eyed , he said each person recited a memory to her before she said her own goodbyes . 'She actually wrote on Facebook a message to her friends and said `` I love you '' to everyone , to me . 'The medication , we brought it in . She was ready . ' Love : The couple married in California but later moved to Oregon where Maynard could end her life . Memories : Diaz said Maynard got seven friends and relatives to each tell her a memory . Diaz is continuing the campaign that Maynard started as he lobbies for new legislation . Maynard 's two dogs were in the bed with them when she drank the lethal medicine , Diaz said . Then , she drank the lethal cocktail prescribed by her doctor . 'Within five minutes , she fell asleep . It was very peaceful . ' It comes after Debbie Ziegler , Brittany Maynard 's mom , wrote an article for DailyMail.com describing the moment she watched her only daughter die . 'Brittany , my beautiful , brave girl , had passed away purposefully and peacefully just as she planned . Death had been kind , graceful even , and spared Brittany a great deal of physical pain and mental anguish . 'It was a good death . ' A mother 's tears : Debbie Ziegler , Maynard 's mother , is also campaigning to change laws . Joining Diaz in the campaign for euthanasia , she added : 'But what does a good death look like in America : the land of death phobia ? Americans do not like to talk about death . Some say a good death is a natural death , but they often mean dying “ in their sleep. ” . 'Modern medicine has made death seem like a medical failure instead of the natural end of life . The death of a 29-year-old is unthinkable . All of life looms ahead , full of promise . 'We found ourselves as a family : choosing between no more treatment and death – or a treatment plan that felt like torture and then death anyway only a few months later . ' Oregon voters approved the Death with Dignity Act in 1994 , but opponents persuaded a federal judge to issue an injunction temporarily blocking the law . Voters in November 1997 overwhelmingly reaffirmed the nation 's first aid-in-dying law and it 's been in place ever since . According to state statistics compiled through Dec. 31 , 2013 : . — People who have used the law since late 1997 : 752 ( 396 men , 356 women ) — People younger than 35 who have used the law : 6 . — Median age of the deceased : 71 . — Percentage of the deceased who were white : 97 . — Percentage who had at least some college : 72 . — Percentage of patients who informed relatives of their decision : 94 . — Percentage of patients who died at a home : 95 percent . — Median minutes between ingestion of lethal drug and unconsciousness : 5 . — Median minutes between ingestion and death : 25 . — Number of terminally ill people who have moved to Oregon to die : unknown .
Dan Diaz , widower of Oregon , is campaigning for Right To Die . He tells Oprah in interview on Sunday of moment she passed away . Seven loved-ones told a memory each then she drank the lethal medicine .