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Human Race | But Dr. Death refuses to take some of his own medicine

Jack Kevorkian helped over 130 people to their deaths and championed euthanasia via push-button mechanics that allowed patients to take their own lives using poison gas or lethal drugs. Eventually his work landed him in jail, and the 79-year-old pathologist, due to be released June 1, has been serving a 10-to-25-year prison sentence for one "assisted suicide" case the court ruled second-degree murder in 1999.

Look for Kevorkian, widely known as "Dr. Death," to sound off on an early edition of 60 Minutes. Don't look for him to take some of his own medicine.

Kevorkian, according to his attorney, has high blood pressure, hepatitis C, and heart and lung disease, and he has been described as "terminally ill." For lesser crimes of decay the good doctor helped others to their eternal destiny. He also pledged to go on a hunger strike if convicted and sent to prison, and starve himself to death—yet didn't. He has promised to continue his crusade for euthanasia and assisted suicide, according to friends and corrections officials. As Hamlet might say, he may speak daggers to others, but uses none.