Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (/k??v?rki?n/; May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011), was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was often portrayed in the media as "Dr. Death", however, many consider him a hero, as his sacrifices helped set the platform for reform, with many states having since legalized physician-assisted suicide. He famously said, "dying is not a crime".In 1999, Kevorkian was arrested and tried for his direct role in a case of voluntary euthanasia. 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 nor participate or be present in the act of any type of suicide involving euthanasia, to any other person; as well as neither promote nor talk about the procedure of assisted suicide.As an oil painter and a jazz musician, Kevorkian marketed limited quantities of his visual and musical artwork to the public.
They must charge me; either they go or I go, that means they'll never convict me in a court of law.
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This is something I would want.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience. I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting it's responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
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Fact
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He moved to Long Beach, California in 1976 where he spent his time painting and writing and producing an unsuccessful film, about "Handel's Messiah." He was there for 12 years.
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In 1984, he supported a bill in California that would enable death row prisoners to donate their organs and die by anesthesia instead of poison gas or the electric chair.
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He is survived by his sister, Flora Kevorkian Holzheimer. His sister, Margo Kevorkian Janus, died in 1994.
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He was the middle child and only son of three children of Levon and Satenig Kevorkian, Armenian refugees.
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Of Armenian descent.
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Youth in Us
2005
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
2011
TV Special
Himself
Kevorkian
2010
Documentary
Larry King Live
2007-2010
TV Series
Himself
Real Time with Bill Maher
2010
TV Series
Himself
Right to Exit
2004
Documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself - Euthanasia Doctor (segment "Death by Doctor")
Calling Dr. Kevorkian: A Date with Dr. Death
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
TV Nation
1994
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Week
1991
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes
2001-2012
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Euthanasia Doctor (segment "Jack Kevorkian") / Himself (segment "Mike") / ...
Disorder in the Court 2: 20 More Outrageous Courtroom Moments
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
I Love the '90s
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Everyman
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011) as Himself
Kevorkian (2010) as Actor
Right to Exit (2004) as Himself
Calling Dr. Kevorkian: A Date with Dr. Death (1997) as Himself
$1.5 Million
