Jack Kevorkian

Biography

Murad Jacob 'Jack' Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011), also known by the nickname "Dr. Death", 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". He said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. In the November 22, 1998, broadcast of CBS News' 60 Minutes, he allowed the airing of a videotape he made on September 17, 1998, which depicted the voluntary euthanasia of Thomas Youk, 52, who was in the final stages of Lou Gehrig's disease. After Yo…