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The Nation: Keeping The Right To Die Alive

A photo of Dr. Jack Kevorkian is shown next to his casket after a public memorial service in Troy, Mich. on June 10. Kevorkian, who died on June 3, was an advocate of assisting the gravely-ill in dying and claimed he assisted in about 130 deaths. He spent eight years in prison for second-degree murder after <em>60 Minute</em>s broadcast video of him helping someone die in 1998. (AP)
A photo of Dr. Jack Kevorkian is shown next to his casket after a public memorial service in Troy, Mich. on June 10. Kevorkian, who died on June 3, was an advocate of assisting the gravely-ill in dying and claimed he assisted in about 130 deaths. He spent eight years in prison for second-degree murder after 60 Minutes broadcast video of him helping someone die in 1998. (AP)

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