BREAKING NEWS – Royal Oak, Michigan – Dr. Jack Kevorkian a.k.a. Dr. Death, dies while at William Beaumont Hospital. He was 83. The controversial pathologist was internationally known because he championed physician assisted suicide, and he helped 130 people take their own life. Ironically, Kevorkain died alone, because during the last days of his life when he knew he was terminally ill, he requested and received several restraining orders against friends and family who were encouraging him to practice what he preached.