Friday, June 3, 2011

The 83 years old Jack Kevorkian is Dead in Detroit

Detroit,May,3: The 83 years old  Jack Kevorkian, an American doctor who is known as “Dr. Death”  work to legalize physician-assisted suicide died on Friday at Detroit he was born in Pontiac, Michigan and His father was Levon.

Dr. Death spent his time for the legalization of euthanasia in the country. He spent eight years in prison and was held many time for supporting more than 130 people to commit  the suicide between 1990 and 2000, carbon monoxide and using injections, his infamous suicide device, made from scraps for $30. Those he aided had terminal conditions such as multiple sclerosis, ALS and malignant brain tumors.

One of his greatest victories was when, in March of 1996, a US Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled that mentally competent, terminally ill adults have a constitutional right to die with the aid of medical experts and family members. It was the first federal endorsement of its kind.

But ultimately, Dr. Kevorkian’s impact was not in the American legal system, but in raising public awareness about euthanasia and the suffering of the terminally ill.

In the nientees when he was in spotlight, he had notoriously tried to get big publicity to draw  more attention to his cause.  He also taped one of his patient’s deaths and gave the video to the CBS News television show “60 Minutes” for broadcast. During his pack period, his  was constantly  seen on television and in newspapers, and he happily agreed to a barrage of media interviews so he could share his views. His crusade and antics were documented in a 2010 HBO film, in which Al Pacino portrayed him as a passionate, but intolerably single-minded crusader.

But despite his full efforts, he was, for the most part, a lone soldier, with an abrasive personality that lived alone in a small apartment in Michigan. Though he was the most well known figure in fighting for euthanasia’s legalization, the legislative results of his efforts were largely unsuccessful, if not counterproductive.

“He was involved in this because he thought it was right, and whatever anyone wants to say about him, I think that’s the truth,” said Arthur Caplan, a professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. “He didn’t do it for the money, he didn’t do it for the publicity, he wasn’t living a luxurious life – he wanted change.”

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