<p>In this Feb. 6, 1991, photo, retired Royal Oaks, Mich., pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian talks with reporters about the return of the Suicide Machine. A lawyer and friend of Kevorkian, 83, says the assisted-suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital. Kevorkian had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems.</p>
June 4, 2011
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June 4, 2011 9 p.m.
Suicide doctor Kevorkian dies
DETROIT (AP) - Jack Kevorkian built his suicide machine with parts gathered from flea markets and stashed it in a rusty Volkswagen van.