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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.

Jack Kevorkian

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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
Composer
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Politician
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Michigan
Dr. Death
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The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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