Suicide advocate ‘Dr Death’ Kevorkian

ASSISTED suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as “Dr Death” for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early yesterday at the age of 83, his lawyer said.

Kevorkian died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he had been hospitalised for about two weeks with kidney and heart problems, said Mayer Morganroth, Kevorkian’s attorney and friend.

Kevorkian, a pathologist, was focused on death and dying long before he became a defiant advocate, crossing Michigan in the rusty Volkswagen van that carried his machine to help sick people end their lives.