(Gray News) - Barbara Barrie, known for her 1979 role in "Breaking Away," died Wednesday by medically assisted suicide, according to her daughter in a statement to The New York Times.

Barrie had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and died in her New York City home, according to her daughter, Jane Harwick.

Barrie's agent, Gary Gersh, said her passing was "medically assisted in accordance with the New York State Medical Aid in Dying Law," according to USA Today.