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R.I.P., Dr. Death

Jun 3, 2011
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, crusading physician for the cause of assisted suicide, died Friday in a hospital in his home state of Michigan. It was, relatively speaking, a natural death for the 83-year-old, who had been suffering from heart and kidney troubles in recent weeks.

Kevorkian Sets Sights on Congress

Mar 25, 2008
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whose controversial work as a euthanasia advocate earned him both the nickname "Dr. Death" and time in the slammer, has a new crusade: to win a seat in Congress. Stranger things have been known to happen in American politics.