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Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is not a crime". [2]
Karen Ann Quinlan (March 29, 1954 – June 11, 1985) was an American woman who became an important figure in the history of the right to die controversy in the United States.
Invented by Jack Kevorkian, who used this device and called it a "Thanatron" or death machine after the Greek daemon, Thanatos. It worked by pushing a button to deliver the euthanizing drugs mechanically through an IV. It had three canisters mounted on a metal frame. Each bottle had a syringe that connected to a single IV line in the person's arm.
Assisted suicide in the United States was brought to public attention in the 1990s with the highly publicized case of Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Kevorkian assisted over 40 people in dying by suicide in Michigan. [12] His first public assisted suicide was in 1990, of Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 1989.
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Jack Kevorkian, 83, American physician and right to die activist. Died of pulmonary thrombosis. [35] Bhajan Lal, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1979–1985; 1991–1996). Died of cardiac arrest. [36] Peter Murphy, 88, Irish television presenter . [37] Sammy Ofer, 89, Israeli businessman. Died after a long illness. [38]
Not Dead Yet protested against assisted suicide legislation and figures advocating for the right to die movement, such as pathologist and euthanasia proponent Jack Kevorkian. Coleman co-authored amicus briefs in court cases and testified before the U.S. Congress four times, presenting arguments about the systemic inequalities faced by people ...
Part 3, Kevorkian's choice at the Wayback Machine (archived January 18, 2005) Part 4, Trickery and bluster at the Wayback Machine (archived December 16, 2004) Part 5, 'The play is the thing' at the Wayback Machine (archived January 16, 2005) Part 6, Price of fame at the Wayback Machine (archived December 16, 2004) You Don't Know Jack – IMDB