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Jack Kevorkian: 'Doctor Death' dies in US
Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr Death", for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged of 83, his lawyer has said.
Mayer Morganroth told the Associated Press news agency Kevorkian died on Friday at Michigan's Beaumont Hospital.
Kevorkian died after a blood clot from his leg broke free and lodged in his heart, the Detroit Free Press reported.
He was believed to have assisted in 130 suicides and was released from prison in 2007, after serving eight years.
The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Washington, says no one disputes that Jack Kevorkian prompted debate. Today, doctor-assisted suicide is legal in three American states.
Kevorkian had been in hospital since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems, said Mr Morganroth, who was also a friend of Kevorkian's.
He added that hospital staff played recordings of classical music for Kevorkian before he died.
'Doctor Death'
The controversial life and legacy of Jack Kevorkian
Jack Kevorkian: How he made controversial history
Jack Kevorkian, the controversial American doctor who claimed to have assisted more than 100 suicides, has died aged 83.
To his critics, he was Dr Death. To other detractors, Jack the Dripper.
Kevorkian was given plenty of nicknames after receiving international attention in the 1990s, throughout which he waged a defiant campaign to help people end their lives.
But to his supporters, he became the poster boy for legislative reform.
Both sides of the debate would agree that he provoked a national discussion, and doctor-assisted suicide is now legal in three American states.
"Kevorkian didn't seek out history, but he made history," was the conclusion of his attorney, Geoffrey Feiger.
Even the judge who put him behind bars, Jessica Cooper of Oakland County in Michigan, acknowledged as much.
BBC News
Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr Death", for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged of 83, his lawyer has said.
Mayer Morganroth told the Associated Press news agency Kevorkian died on Friday at Michigan's Beaumont Hospital.
Kevorkian died after a blood clot from his leg broke free and lodged in his heart, the Detroit Free Press reported.
He was believed to have assisted in 130 suicides and was released from prison in 2007, after serving eight years.
The BBC's Steve Kingstone, in Washington, says no one disputes that Jack Kevorkian prompted debate. Today, doctor-assisted suicide is legal in three American states.
Kevorkian had been in hospital since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems, said Mr Morganroth, who was also a friend of Kevorkian's.
He added that hospital staff played recordings of classical music for Kevorkian before he died.
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'Doctor Death'
The controversial life and legacy of Jack Kevorkian
Jack Kevorkian: How he made controversial history
Jack Kevorkian, the controversial American doctor who claimed to have assisted more than 100 suicides, has died aged 83.
To his critics, he was Dr Death. To other detractors, Jack the Dripper.
Kevorkian was given plenty of nicknames after receiving international attention in the 1990s, throughout which he waged a defiant campaign to help people end their lives.
But to his supporters, he became the poster boy for legislative reform.
Both sides of the debate would agree that he provoked a national discussion, and doctor-assisted suicide is now legal in three American states.
"Kevorkian didn't seek out history, but he made history," was the conclusion of his attorney, Geoffrey Feiger.
Even the judge who put him behind bars, Jessica Cooper of Oakland County in Michigan, acknowledged as much.
BBC News
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