‘Barney Miller’ actress Barbara Barrie dies after terminal cancer diagnosis

Oscar-nominated actress Barbara Barrie has died after receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis. She was 95 years old. Read more trending newsHer daughter, Jane Harnick, said her mother died at her Manhattan home and that her death was medically assisted, The New York Times reported.Barrie said she had been diagnosed in 2014 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. She also had been diagnosed with rectal cancer in 1994, the Los Angeles Times reported.The actress’s representatives told the Los Angeles Times that she advocated for New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act, which took effect in August.Barrie was born Barbara Berman in Chicago in 1931, but her family moved to Corpus Christi, Texas. She went to Del Mar College, majoring in journalism, but became interested in acting, People magazine reported. She eventually transferred to the University of Texas, where she earned drama awards, before moving to New York after graduation. She made her Broadway debut in “The Wooden Dish” in 1955 and went on