Jack Kevorkian: Jack Kevorkian Dead: Assisted Suicide Advocate Dies At Age 83: Jack Kevorkian, the controversial assisted suicide advocate, has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83.
Kevorkian's attorney and friend, Mayer Morganroth, told The Associated Press that he died early Friday morning at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where Kevorkian had been hospitalized for kidney and respiratory problems.
"He says nurses played classical music by Kevorkian's favorite, Johan Sebastian Bach, before he died," the AP reports.
An official cause of Kevorkian's death is not yet known.
Kevorkian, a proponent of "right-to-die" legislation, earned the nickname "Doctor Death" after a string of assisted suicides in the 1990s.
Kevorkian's attorney and friend, Mayer Morganroth, told The Associated Press that he died early Friday morning at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where Kevorkian had been hospitalized for kidney and respiratory problems.
"He says nurses played classical music by Kevorkian's favorite, Johan Sebastian Bach, before he died," the AP reports.
An official cause of Kevorkian's death is not yet known.
Kevorkian, a proponent of "right-to-die" legislation, earned the nickname "Doctor Death" after a string of assisted suicides in the 1990s.
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