ALS Sufferer Betsy Davis holds lavish party for friends, family before ending her life without paying the bill for the party...

PHOTO: Amanda Friedland, left, adjusts her friend Betsy Davis' sash as she lays on a bed during her "Right To Die Party" July 24, 2016, in Ojai, Calif. In early July, Davis emailed her closest friends and family to invite them to a two-day celebration. The 41-year-old woman diagnosed with ALS, held the party to say goodbye before becoming one of the first California residents to take life-ending drugs under a new law that gave such an option to the terminally ill. 

In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: "These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness."

And just one rule: No crying in front of her.

The 41-year-old artist with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state's new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.

"For me and everyone who was invited, it was very challenging to consider, but there was no question that we would be there for her," said Niels Alpert, a cinematographer from New York City.

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