The man, who later in life picked up the nickname "Dr. Death," worked as a pathologist in Wyandotte.
Decades ago, Dr. Jack Kevorkian worked as a pathologist at Wyandotte General Hospital, which is now Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. Kevorkian, an assisted suicide advocate, died at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Friday morning after being hospitalized with kidney, liver and respiratory problems off and on for several weeks. He was 83. According to the book Appointment with Doctor Death by Michael Betzold, Kevorkian worked in Wyandotte for 18 months before opening his own clinic called the Checkup Diagnostic Center in Southfield. Other stories online say Kevorkian worked in Wyandotte for a much shorter amount of time. His stint Downriver is believed to have occurred in the late 1960s. Stephanie Scheer, a spokeswoman for Henry Ford Wyandotte …
Longtime resident was a lightning rod for controversy and a familiar face around town.
Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian of Royal Oak died at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak this morning after being hospitalized with kidney, liver and respiratory problems off and on for several weeks. He was 83. Kevorkian first made headlines for his right-to-die stand in 1990 when he assisted in the death of Janet Adkins, who had Alzheimer’s disease. The former pathologist admitted to assisting in an estimated 130 deaths from 1990-98. More recently, he served eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was released from prison in 2007 and returned to live in an apartment in Royal Oak, where he was frequently seen at his favorite restaurants and shops. …
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5:15 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Rants go on and on here. Dr. Death was the wrong guy to follow as the Poster Child for this cause. People want dignity when their life ends, only to find the insurance company standing by the plug ready to pull it. I have seen many times, as recently as this past December, the insurance company wanting to withhold care and having the families told that they need to make sure things are in place … more ›