Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83

[BadMoon]

RIP Doctor!

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who put assisted suicide on the world's medical ethics stage, died early Friday, according to a spokesman with Beaumont Hospital. He was 83.

The assisted-suicide advocate had been hospitalized in Michigan for pneumonia and a kidney-related ailment, his attorney has said.

The 83-year-old former pathologist had struggled with kidney problems for years and had checked into a hospital earlier this month for similar problems, his lawyer, Mayer Morganroth, told CNN last month. He checked back into Beaumont Hospital in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak on May 18 after suffering a relapse, Morganroth said.

 

[devilof76]

RIP Jack.

You did a lot of people a lot of good. I hope you knew it, even if people who had no business imposing their opinion did not.

 

[Shropt]

RIP Jack.

You did a lot of people a lot of good. I hope you knew it, even if people who had no business imposing their opinion did not.

 

[devilof76]

It made me really angry the way he was treated (still does). The people he helped had made their choice, and no one besides them was in a position to decide when too much pain was enough. He gave them a way to do it and keep their dignity in tact. The man deserved a Nobel Prize, not imprisonment.

 

[BadMoon]

It made me really angry the way he was treated (still does). The people he helped had made their choice, and no one besides them was in a position to decide when too much pain was enough. He gave them a way to do it and keep their dignity in tact. The man deserved a Nobel Prize, not imprisonment.

Agreed, however, I saw him in one interview on HBO and he wanted to go to prison. That was intentional on his part to bring the issue to the masses via the media. The man was a genius IMO.

 

[devilof76]

That's interesting. My respect for the man is even greater now. Shows just how important it was to him. You don't see intergrity like that in public personas anymore.

 

[galactiboy]

Always respected him and the balls it took to do what he did

 

[BadMoon]

That's interesting. My respect for the man is even greater now. Shows just how important it was to him. You don't see intergrity like that in public personas anymore.

The whole documentary was really good. You can probably find it still on HBO or Ondemand. It's titled "Kevorkian".

 

[The Ween]

Agree with all that's said here.

RIP Jack!

 

[OSCORP]

"One of his missions was to warn mankind of "impending doom" that will come from the culture of overabundance."

"His second mission was to educate people about assisted suicide, and his belief that in states where assisted suicide has been legalized, it is not being done right. He believed that people shouldn't have to be terminal in order to qualify for help in ending their own lives"

"Kevorkian's third stated mission was to convince Americans that their rights are being infringed upon by bans on everything from smoking to assisted suicide."



Whatever the case, always thought this guy had a bit of a death fetish though.

 

[pixletwin]

He was an interesting painter. Other than that, I couldn't care less.

 

[BadMoon]

Whatever the case, always thought this guy had a bit of a death fetish though.

Actually he did have a death fetish if you want to look at it that way. He was obsessed with helping people after watching his mother suffer a horrible long drawn out death.

 

[Eli26]

It made me really angry the way he was treated (still does). The people he helped had made their choice, and no one besides them was in a position to decide when too much pain was enough. He gave them a way to do it and keep their dignity in tact. The man deserved a Nobel Prize, not imprisonment.

I agree bud. After seeing my aunt die slowly of Cancer, I really wished she had the option to pull the plug. I loved that woman, but to see her decay the way she did, slowly, and painfully like she did, and she went far too young. You get it devilof76.

Put it this way, we can dictate when our animals live and die. Vets say lets put down an animal since they'll suffer, so why not humans? Kevorkian would never aid on relieving someone of their pain if it could be corrected or reversed. And remember, his patients wanted this. They requested it. He only gave them a peaceful way out... an option that I don't see being a bad one considering when the other option is to live out the rest of your days in pain none of us could describe, or hopefully will never have to describe.

 

[karamazov80]

Actually he did have a death fetish if you want to look at it that way. He was obsessed with helping people after watching his mother suffer a horrible long drawn out death.

Having seen some of his paintings, I wonder if his death "fetish" went a bit beyond just that. . .

I'm not sure where I stand on Kevorkian's crusade, but I do respect him doing what he believed was right, even at extreme cost to himself.

 

[BadMoon]

Having seen some of his paintings, I wonder if his death "fetish" went a bit beyond just that. . .

I'm not sure where I stand on Kevorkian's crusade, but I do respect him doing what he believed was right, even at extreme cost to himself.

Oh I saw them. Some of them were pretty damn cool. Others disturbing yet pretty damn cool.

When I was younger this guy scared the hell out of me. He looked like a monster. I really only knew that he killed people and that's about it. As I got older I started to understand what he was doing.

Fast forward to 2006, and watching my dead be eaten away by cancer in just three months, I fully appreciated his cause.

 

[Mr. Green]

He's a wise and courageous man. I would never allow people or religion to dictates how I live my own life. The more I live/experience, the more I see how people in leadership/power positions are just as flawed as anyone. I have more respect for this man than George Bush or Arnold SecretChildzenegger.

 

[Anzik]

He was right. Rest peace to someone with true compassion.

 

[Batty]

Always respected him and the balls it took to do what he did

I totally agree.

 

[Centurion]

Rest in peace, doc.

Maybe some day, our society will look back on this and see things his way.

 

[Lejuan]

130 people were afforded a painless and dignified death thanks to the selfless actions of this doctor. The Hippocratic oath needs revising to allow doctors to assist where they can in allowing their patients a dignified end to their life. R.I.P. doc.