Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan pathologist who championed physician-assisted suicides, died early Friday after being hospitalized with kidney problems and pneumonia.
The 83-year-old Kevorkian, who said he helped some 130 people end their lives from 1990 to 1999, died about 2:30 a.m. at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., close friend and attorney Mayer Morganroth said.
An official cause of death had not been determined, but Morganroth said it likely will be pulmonary thrombosis.
"I had seen him earlier and he was conscious," said Morganroth, who added that the two spoke about Kevorkian's pending release from the hospital and planned start of rehabilitation. "Then I left and he took a turn for the worst and I went back."
Nurses at the hospital played recordings of classical music by composer Johann Sebastian Bach for Kevorkian before he died, Morganroth said.
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Cliff: Listening to music made for "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" on his death bed...Hmmm. Another atheist bites the dust and resorts to something made unto God's glory for comfort in the end. I know, the nurses played Bach's music for him, but can't you taste the sweet irony? Was that the real angel of death's final joke on ol' Jack? I hope Dr. Kevorkian faced his death with as much dignity as he could and wish his family and friends well. Dr. Death...is dead. And now, may God have mercy on his soul. R.I.P.
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