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Kevorkian was hospitalized on May 18th at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, with pneumonia and kidney problems. He died June 3, 2011, probably as the result of a pulmonary blood clot. He did not commit suicide. <ref>[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700141455/Kevorkians-audacious-attitude-set-him-apart.html Kevorkian's audacious attitude set him apart] Correy Williams and Ed White, Associated Press. June 3, 2011, retrieved November 26, 2011.</ref>
Kevorkian was hospitalized on May 18th at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, with pneumonia and kidney problems. He died June 3, 2011, probably as the result of a pulmonary blood clot. He did not commit suicide. <ref>[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700141455/Kevorkians-audacious-attitude-set-him-apart.html Kevorkian's audacious attitude set him apart] Correy Williams and Ed White, Associated Press. June 3, 2011, retrieved November 26, 2011.</ref>
Kevorkian had a life-long ambition to be an actor, and had a gregarious and dramatic behavior (once showing up to his trial dressed in costume). While he was an advocate of physician assisted suicide in laws his actions did not begin to meet the ethical standards that those laws laid out. Often times he would meet the patients days or hours before assisting them in suicide, he would not seek a second opinion, did not contact their primary care providers, did not seek a psychological profile, did not review their medical records, and did not follow any sort of waiting period policy to ensure that the victims actually wanted to commit suicide.
Kevorkian had a life-long ambition to be an actor, and had a gregarious and dramatic behavior (once showing up to his trial dressed in costume). While he was an advocate of physician assisted suicide laws his actions did not begin to meet the ethical standards that those laws laid out. Often times he would meet the patients days or hours before assisting them in suicide, he would not seek a second opinion, did not contact their primary care providers, did not seek a psychological profile, did not review their medical records, and did not follow any sort of waiting period policy to ensure that the victims actually wanted to commit suicide.
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