Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian May 26, 1928 - June 3, 2011
was an Armenian-American pathologist, right-to-die activist, painter, 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 famously said that "dying is not a crime. Beginning in 1999 Kevorkian served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence for second-degree murder. He was released on parole on June 1, 2007, on condition that he would not offer suicide advice to any other person. An oil painter and a jazz musician, Kevorkian marketed limited quantities of his visual and musical artwork to the public.
Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian
05-26-1928 - 06-03-2011
Kevorkian died on June 3, 2011, at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
A Personal Comment: I met Jack Kevorkian when he was running for Congress in 2008. He was a quiet man of small stature and demeanor. However, he was a giant for Patient's Rights. May Jack Rest in Peace.
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