3 June 2011 Updated at 09:16 ET
Jack Kevorkian: 'Doctor Death' dies in US aged 83
Kevorkian had claimed to have assisted in some 130 suicides between 1990 and 1998
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Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Dr Death" for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged of 83, his lawyer has said.
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