Jack Kevorkian

Jack Kevorkian

male, 81 years old
euthanasia, Dr. Death, righttodie, voluntary euthanasia, Pathologist, American
Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (born May 20, some sources say May 26, 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to...
Karen Ann Quinlan

Karen Ann Quinlan

female, deceased (1985)
Catholic, living will, Civil Rights, from the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, moral theology, New Jersey Supreme Court…righttodie
Karen Ann Quinlan (March 29 1954 - June 11 1985) was an important figure in the history of the right to die debate in United States. When she was...
Piergiorgio Welby

Piergiorgio Welby

male, deceased (2006)
Death from muscular dystrophy, Death by euthanasia, muscular dystrophy, activist, euthanasia, Italian…righttodie
Piergiorgio Welby (Rome, 26 December 1945 - 20 December 2006) was an Italian poet, painter and activist whose three-month-long battle for a right...
Paul Brophy

Paul Brophy

male, deceased (1986)
Nutrition, persistent vegetative state, American, massachusetts supreme judicial court, aneurysm, righttodie
Paul Brophy (died October 23, 1986) was a fireman in Massachusetts who entered a persistent vegetative state with no believed chance of recovery....
Christine Malevre

Christine Malevre

female, 39 years old
terminally ill, terminal illness, righttodie, serial killer, murder, French
Christine Malèvre is a French serial killer. A former nurse, she was arrested in 1998 on suspicion of having killed as many as 30 patients. She c...
Margot Adler

Margot Adler

female, 63 years old
Morning Edition, WBAI, Neopaganism, Hour of the Wolf, All Things Considered, Jewish person…righttodie
Margot Adler (born 16 April 1946) is an author, journalist, lecturer, and a radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).

Elizabeth Bouvia

female
activist, euthanasia, American, Medical ethics, right-to-die
Elizabeth Bouvia is a figure in the right-to-die movement. Her case attracted nationwide attention in this area as well as in medical ethics.
Nancy Cruzan

Nancy Cruzan

female, deceased (1990)
supreme court of the united states, Nancy Beth Cruzan, Death by euthanasia, feeding tube, severe brain damage, U.S. Supreme Court…right-to-die
Nancy Beth Cruzan (July 20, 1957-December 26, 1990) was a figure in the right-to-die movement. After an auto accident left her in a persistent...