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I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I'm a killer.
Jack Kevorkian
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Jack Kevorkian
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 26
Died: 2011
Died: June 3
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I didn't do this for other people I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?
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