Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83

BadMoon · 06-03-2011, 07:04 AM

RIP Doctor!

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who put assisted suicide on the world's medical ethics stage, died early Friday, according to a spokesman with Beaumont Hospital. He was 83.

The assisted-suicide advocate had been hospitalized in Michigan for pneumonia and a kidney-related ailment, his attorney has said.

The 83-year-old former pathologist had struggled with kidney problems for years and had checked into a hospital earlier this month for similar problems, his lawyer, Mayer Morganroth, told CNN last month. He checked back into Beaumont Hospital in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak on May 18 after suffering a relapse, Morganroth said.

devilof76 · 06-03-2011, 07:07 AM

RIP Jack.

You did a lot of people a lot of good. I hope you knew it, even if people who had no business imposing their opinion did not.

Shropt · 06-03-2011, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by devilof76

RIP Jack.

You did a lot of people a lot of good. I hope you knew it, even if people who had no business imposing their opinion did not.

devilof76 · 06-03-2011, 07:24 AM

It made me really angry the way he was treated (still does). The people he helped had made their choice, and no one besides them was in a position to decide when too much pain was enough. He gave them a way to do it and keep their dignity in tact. The man deserved a Nobel Prize, not imprisonment.

BadMoon · 06-03-2011, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by devilof76

It made me really angry the way he was treated (still does). The people he helped had made their choice, and no one besides them was in a position to decide when too much pain was enough. He gave them a way to do it and keep their dignity in tact. The man deserved a Nobel Prize, not imprisonment.

Agreed, however, I saw him in one interview on HBO and he wanted to go to prison. That was intentional on his part to bring the issue to the masses via the media. The man was a genius IMO.

devilof76 · 06-03-2011, 07:44 AM

That's interesting. My respect for the man is even greater now. Shows just how important it was to him. You don't see intergrity like that in public personas anymore.

galactiboy · 06-03-2011, 07:48 AM

Always respected him and the ***** it took to do what he did

BadMoon · 06-03-2011, 08:03 AM

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That's interesting. My respect for the man is even greater now. Shows just how important it was to him. You don't see intergrity like that in public personas anymore.

The whole documentary was really good. You can probably find it still on HBO or Ondemand. It's titled "Kevorkian".

The Ween · 06-03-2011, 08:11 AM

Agree with all that's said here.

RIP Jack!

OSCORP · 06-03-2011, 08:12 AM

"One of his missions was to warn mankind of "impending doom" that will come from the culture of overabundance."

"His second mission was to educate people about assisted suicide, and his belief that in states where assisted suicide has been legalized, it is not being done right. He believed that people shouldn't have to be terminal in order to qualify for help in ending their own lives"

"Kevorkian's third stated mission was to convince Americans that their rights are being infringed upon by bans on everything from smoking to assisted suicide."

Whatever the case, always thought this guy had a bit of a death fetish though.