'Dr. Death' Jack Kevorkian Dead At 83
Posted on Jun 03, 2011 @ 08:45AM
by Radar Staff
Dr. Jack Kevorkian has died at 83, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The controversial doctor passed at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan on Friday, where he was staying for treatment for kidney and heart problems.
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“It was peaceful, he didn’t feel a thing,” his lawyer Mayer Morganroth told the Detroit Free Press.
Since 1990, Kevorkian had presided over an estimated 139 assisted suicides, earning him his macabre nickname.
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With a regular front page presence in the 90s, Kevorkian been charged with murder four times, and acquitted on three of them, with a mistrial declared in one of them. But in 1999, he was convicted of second degree murder in the death of Lou Gehrig’s patient Thomas Youk, spending eight years behind bars. His parole ended in 2009.
His news-making life was chronicled in HBO's film You Don’t Know Jack in which he was played by Al Pacino.
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Posted Sat, 06/04/2011 - 9:09am
A brave man that had the guts to help suffering people die with dignity in ways our idiotic law makers and religious figures wouldn't allow.
May he rest in peace.
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 11:48pm
A man ahead of his time. Time and technology will advance the acceptance of death with dignity. He will be remembered as a pioneer in this field.
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 6:32pm
Jack was a very brave man and I totally respect what he did...he never should have been put in Jail. Our society is sick the way we let people suffer.....we are more humane to our dogs and cats.
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 11:40am
After watching my sister die a hideous slow death after being taken off life support............I can't understand for the life of my why that is more humane than assisting people to die with dignity and without pain. I am haunted by what I saw.
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 11:39am
It's a strange thing, we allow our pets to die with dignity and to not suffer any longer, but we won't allow the same rights to humans. Hang around people who are dying in pain and it gives you a new perspective on how far we have to go.
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 10:53am
RIP Jack!
Posted Fri, 06/03/2011 - 10:34am