Jack Kevorkian

Jack Kevorkian
Kevorkian in 1996
Born	Murad Jacob Kevorkian[1] (1928-05-26)May 26, 1928 Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Died	June 3, 2011(2011-06-03) (aged 83) Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.
Education	University of Michigan
Occupation	Pathologist
Years active	1952–2011
Medical career
Institutions	Henry Ford Hospital Michigan Medicine
Sub-specialties	Euthanasia medicine

Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime".^[2] Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was convicted of murder in 1999 and was often portrayed in the media with the name of "Dr. Death".^[3]

In 1998, Kevorkian was arrested and tried for his role in the voluntary euthanasia of a man named Thomas Youk who had Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS. He was convicted of second-degree murder and served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence. He was released on parole on June 1, 2007, on condition he would not offer advice about, participate in, or be present at the act of any type of euthanasia to any other person, nor that he promote or talk about the procedure of assisted suicide.^[4]