A hero dies... Tribute to "Dr. Death"

[Sane Less]

In this world where you find no dignity in life... in a world where thousands, if not millions, suffer long-term illnesses with no scope of treatment or quick death... but criminals can die peacefully... this person strived at least to give dignity in death to terminally-ill patients. And to imagine he was prosecuted... and sentenced to jail for 8 years (a real shame, imho).

A true hero. RIP.

"Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian, dies at 83



DETROIT (Reuters) – Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, known as "Dr. Death" for helping more than 100 people end their lives, died early on Friday at age 83, his lawyer said.

Kevorkian died at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he had been hospitalized for about two weeks with kidney and heart problems, said Mayer Morganroth, Kevorkian's attorney and friend.

The Detroit Free Press reported that Kevorkian, previously diagnosed with liver cancer, died from a blood clot that lodged in his heart.

Kevorkian, a pathologist, was focused on death and dying long before he ignited a polarizing national debate over assisted suicide by crisscrossing Michigan in a rusty Volkswagen van hauling a machine to help sick and suffering people end their lives.

Some viewed him as a hero who allowed the terminally ill to die with dignity, while his harshest critics reviled him as a cold-blooded killer who preyed on those suffering from chronic pain and depression. Most of his clients were middle-aged women.

"Dr. Jack Kevorkian was a rare human being," his longtime attorney Geoffrey Fieger told reporters on Friday. "It's a rare human being who can single-handedly take on an entire society by the scruff of its neck and force it to focus on the suffering of other human beings."

[Rakhi]

For a moment I thought you were talking about Rajnikant...

[Rakhi]

Are assisted suicides legal in States?

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by Rakhi

Are assisted suicides legal in States?

Nope... that's why he had to spend time in jail.

[echarcha]

Originally Posted by Rakhi

For a moment I thought you were talking about Rajnikant...

Rakhi tai .... I beg you .. please .... I am very emotional, sentimental and superstitious about Rajnikanth and all this ... please never never, never ever say this about Rajini sir .. please tai...

[katiehall]

Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian was a right to die activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is famous for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide. He claimed that he had assisted at least 130 patients and he famously said that "dying is not a crime".

The freedom to die is just as imperative as the freedom to live. As humans, we are born with rights that have been established by both the government and society. Laws may change throughout our lives, but they are all founded under the same principles to uphold morals as well as to protect the human race. We are all born in this world, and we all die in this world. In the past few decades a death with dignity movement has taken place in some parts of the world, and recently, Hawaii might have Death with Dignity law too. I believe that people have motley reactions about death with dignity acts which are being established around the philosophy of the right to die. However, no matter how one differs in opinion of the law, it is still a basis in which everyone must adhere.

Indeed, Mr. Kevorkian death leaves a mark in history. For his supporters, he will be remembered for he was a humane hero who courageously fought for the rights of suffering people.

[shruthi_ks]

Originally Posted by Sane Less

imho).

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