Jack Kevorkian — embraced as a compassionate crusader and reviled as a murderous crank — died early this morning.
Known as Dr. Death even before launching his fierce advocacy and practice of assisted suicides, Kevorkian, 83, died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized with kidney and heart problems. ...
Since his first acknowledged assisted suicide in 1990, authorities had tried to rein in Kevorkian as the toll of his clients soared. He was charged four times with murder only to have three juries acquit him and one case collapse in mistrial.
That streak of courtroom triumphs ended with the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Waterford, who had Lou Gehrig's disease.
In a self-inflicted triple injury, Kevorkian videotaped himself injecting Youk, had it broadcast on "60 Minutes," and then acted as his own lawyer in the ensuing Oakland County murder trial.
Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder and drew a 10- to 25-year prison term at his 1999 sentencing. He was released in 2005 and discharged from parole in 2009. ...
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