Jack Kevorkian

Kevorkian Suicide Machine, Paintings, Put On Auction Block

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

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NEW YORK — A suicide machine belonging to Dr. Jack Kevorkian was withdrawn Friday from an auction of the assisted-suicide advocate's possessions...

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Fight To The Death Over Jack Kevorkian's Art Erupts

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 12.20.2011

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Dr. Death's controversies won't die. Jack Kevorkian, the pathologist at the center of a legal storm for assisting terminally ill patients with comm...

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Jack Kevorkian's Estate, And Museum Fight For Dr. Death Art

AP | RODRIQUE NGOWI | Posted 12.19.2011

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BOSTON — The Armenian Library and Museum of America is refusing to surrender 17 paintings and other artwork by assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jac...

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'Dr. Death' Art, Belongings To Be Sold

AP | By JEFF KAROUB | Posted 11.30.2011

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DETROIT -- Paintings, writings and the iconic blue sweater of assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian are going up for auction, his attorney and clos...

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To Kevork Or Not To Kevork, That Is The Question

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 09.12.2011

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In the next 20 years, I imagine we will witness the options for end of life choice and control expand for those facing chronic or terminal illness, pain, meaninglessness and even boredom.

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Thanks To Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 08.17.2011

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I believe that he should actually be thanked because Dr. Kevorkian raised the awareness that we don't do dying well, particularly when people are suffering and in physical pain.

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Thank You, Dr. Kevorkian

Diane Dimond | Posted 08.14.2011

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My family didn't always have deep discussions but we talked openly about death -- thanks to Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

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The Choice To End All Choices

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 08.14.2011

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The dying deserve choices in everything from choice of care to choice of where to receive it. Whether to pray or sit quietly. Whether to have visitors. Whether to see a spiritual guide.

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Both Sides Now: Weiner Dem Headache -- Medicare GOP Migraine? Who Is Jon... Huntsman?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 06.12.2011

Ron Reagan and Kellyanne Conway debate whether pols or voters should decide Weiner's fate and whether Ryan's Medicare Plan could give Dems back the House?

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Reflections On Jack Kevorkian: Who Owns Death?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 08.04.2011

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There's something about assisted dying that still makes a lot of people squirm. With Dr. Kevorkian's death, I think it's time for us to take that bogeyman out of the closet.

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What Dr. Kevorkian Was Really Like

RoyalOak Patch | Judy Davids & Brittney Moody | Posted 08.04.2011

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The restaurants, shops and library that Kevorkian frequented say they will miss the quirky, understated gentleman who called Royal Oak home....

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PHOTOS: Art By The Late Dr. Jack Kevorkian

Posted 08.03.2011

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian is famous for his beliefs on physician-assisted suicide and his subsequent trial and incarceration. He is less known, however, for ...

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RIP Jack Kevorkian: Pioneer, Zealot, Dramatic Foil

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.03.2011

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His message was simple: in an increasingly mechanized and technological age, modern medicine is trapping many sick people in a life of suffering and torture that can be alleviated if they choose.

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Assisted Suicide Advocate Jack Kevorkian Dies At Age 83

The Huffington Post | Catherine Pearson | Posted 08.03.2011

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the controversial assisted suicide advocate, has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83. Kevorkian's attorney and fri...

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Jack Kevorkian Hospitalized With Kidney Problems

AP | Posted 07.19.2011

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ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- A lawyer says assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is in a Detroit-area hospital with pneumonia and kidney problems. Mayer (M...

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Suicide Dreams

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.17.2011

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I had the most incredible dream recently. It is rare for me to actually remember a dream. This one lasted for what seemed like hours, and I can still vividly recall details.

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Assisted Suicide: Jack Kevorkian's Legacy and Where We Stand Today

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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The suffering and loss of dignity that are so central to the Kevorkian/Levinson view of serious illness aren't inevitable. Although you'd never know it from this film, there are alternatives to Kevorkian's death machine.

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Kevorkian Tells Gupta 'Death With Dignity' Laws Don't Go Far Enough, Doctors Should Administer Life-Ending Drugs

Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian believes laws that allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives by taking prescribed lethal doses of medicine are wrong because t...

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Rick Died As He Requested: And I Was There

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

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The HBO special "You Don't Know Jack," with Al Pacino as Dr. Kevorkian, brings to mind my own experience with assisted suicide.

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You Still Won't Know Jack

Lewis M. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood is masterful at both humanizing and capturing our sympathies for brave revolutionaries, but Kevorkian is not one of those champions.

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A Nuanced Look at How We Die

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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As medical technology continues to improve, it is more and more absurd to insist that everyone suffering the end stages of terminal diseases must be kept alive regardless of their wishes.

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'Youth In Revolt': Will The Movie Live Up To The Book?

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Barbara Vancheri | Posted 05.25.2011

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[Cera] knows fans of the franchise may be buoyed and bothered by changes to the 500-page book. "I think they'll be hopefully delighted by the amount ...

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Sleepless Supernova: Propofol Lullabies In Neverland

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

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That an anesthesiologist could be on tour with Michael administering propofol is both baffling and repugnant. The King of Pop was effectively anaesthetized every night, while our profession was asleep at the wheel.

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"Mercy Killing": When Love & Law Conflict

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

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The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.

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Dr. Kevorkian: Michael Jackson "Got What He Wanted"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian defended Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray, who is the sole target of the investigation into the late pop star's death by inje...

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