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Barbara Barrie Cause of Death: What We Know About the ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Breaking Away’ Star’s Passing at 95
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Barbara Barrie Cause of Death: What We Know About the ‘Barney Miller’ and ‘Breaking Away’ Star’s Passing at 95

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Barbara Barrie, the Oscar-nominated actress who played Barney’s wife on “Barney Miller” and the mom in “Breaking Away,” died Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 95.

Her daughter, Jane Harnick, confirmed her death to The New York Times, according to Playbill .

What Was Barbara Barrie’s Cause of Death?

Barrie had been given a terminal cancer diagnosis, and her death was “chosen and medically assisted,” her daughter told the Times. The family hasn’t said what kind of cancer it was.

It wasn’t the first time she’d dealt with cancer. She was treated for rectal cancer in 1994 and ended up with a colostomy, then wrote two books about it, “Second Act” and “Don’t Die of Embarrassment.” In 2014, she said she had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease with no cure.

“It’s not the end of the world.…

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