Kevorkian dies at 83

Jack Kevorkian, the man known as “Dr Death”, for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the United States at the age of 83, his lawyer has said.
Mayer Morganroth told the Associated Press news agency Kevorkian died on Friday at Michigan’s Beaumont Hospital.
Kevorkian died after a blood clot from his leg broke free and lodged in his heart, the Detroit Free Press reported.
He was believed to have assisted in 130 suicides and was released from prison in 2007, after serving eight years.
Kevorkian had been in hospital since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems, said Morganroth, who was also a friend of Kevorkian’s.
Kevorkian was originally given a 10-25 year sentence for a second-degree murder conviction in the death of terminally ill Thomas Youk.
But the former pathologist later won an appeal based on his own failing health and served only eight years.
His lawyers had said he suffered from hepatitis C and diabetes. (BBCNews)