Jack Kevorkian

Jack Kevorkian is a figure I find impossible to file away neatly, and I think that is the point. A Michigan pathologist who became infamous as Dr. Death, convicted of murder in 1999, he forced an uncomfortable national argument about dying with dignity. What fascinates me, beyond the headlines, is that this same man composed music, painted, and played jazz. That collision of mortality and creativity is haunting. I am in no position to judge his conviction that dying is not a crime, but few people illustrate the sheer contradiction of human nature as starkly as he does.

Name (English)

Jack Kevorkian

Name (Japanese)

ジャック・ケヴォーキアン

Reading

じゃっく・けゔぉーきあん

Born

May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Pontiac, Michigan, United States

Occupation

physician / composer / painter / jazz musician / pathologist

High school

Pontiac Central High School

University

University of Michigan

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Michigan
• physician
• composer
• painter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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