caption resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place module other_names nationality name birth_date alma_mater image article_title education birth_name occupation death_cause
kevorkian , 2011 . at ucla 's royce hall , january 15 troy , michigan , u.s. 3 june 2011 royal oak , michigan , u.s. 1952 -- 2011 pontiac , michigan , u.s. yes death work_institutions = henry ford hospital university of michigan medical specialism center saratoga general hospital prizes = relations = = euthanasia medicine research_field = euthanasia painless dr. death armenian-american jack kevorkian 26 may 1928 university of michigan medical school kevorkianuclaroyce.jpg jack kevorkian
 university of michigan -lrb- b.s , m.d -rrb- jack kevorkian physician , painter , author , and musician thrombosis
jack kevorkian

jack kevorkian -lrb- ; may 26 , 1928 -- june 3 , 2011 -rrb- , was an american pathologist , euthanasia activist , painter , author , composer , and instrumentalist .
he is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient 's right to die via physician-assisted suicide ; he claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end .
he was often portrayed in the media as `` dr. death '' ; however , many consider him a hero as he helped set the platform for reform .
he famously said , `` dying is not a crime . ''
in 1999 , kevorkian was arrested and tried for his direct role in a case of voluntary euthanasia .
he was convicted of second-degree murder and served eight years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence .
he was released on parole on june 1 , 2007 , on condition he would not offer advice nor participate nor be present in the act of any type of suicide involving euthanasia to any other person ; as well as neither promote nor talk about the procedure of assisted suicide .
as an oil painter and a jazz musician , kevorkian marketed limited quantities of his visual and musical artwork to the public .
