# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-kevorkian
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:10.870Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-kevorkian"
name: "Jack Kevorkian"
slug: "jack-kevorkian"
description: "Murad Jacob Kevorkian, also known by the nickname \"Dr. Death\", was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, \"Dying is not a crime\". Kevorkian said that he assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He was convicted of murder in 1999."
tagline: "American pathologist, euthanasia activist (1928-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Kevorkian_National_Press_Club.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1928-05-26"
deathDate: "2011-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: 52
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump