Gallery: Jack Kevorkian through the years

Jack Kevorkian, the retired pathologist who captured the world's attention as he helped dozens of ailing people commit suicide, igniting intense debate and ending up in prison for murder, has died in a Detroit area hospital after a short illness. He was 83.

Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian poses with his "suicide machine" in Michigan, in this Feb. 6, 1991, file photo. Kevorkian is expected to leave prison Friday, June 1, 2007 after serving more than eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence in the death of a Michigan man. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald, file)

Dr. Jack Kevorkian sits in federal district court in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993, as a U.S. marshal stands behind him, as attorneys argue before U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Rosen, during a bearing on whether police officials illegally searched Kevorkian?s apartment building on Sunday. Rosen refused Kevorkian?s request that he order police not to violate Kevorkian?s constitutional right to privacy. Kevorkian is in the Oakland County Jail in Pontiac, Mich., after being arraigned on charges Thursday. (AP Photo)

Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, blue sweater, walks with his attorney Mayer Morganroth, right, out of the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., Friday, June 1, 2007. Directly behind Kevorkian are paralegals Ruth Holmes, left, Sarah Tucker and attorney Jeffrey Morganroth. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian in blue sweater is hugged by 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, Mich., Friday, June 1, 2007. Kevorkian, the retired pathologist dubbed "Dr. Death" after claiming he had participated in at least 130 assisted suicides, left prison after eight years Friday still believing people have the right to die. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, pool)

Attorney Michael A. Schwartz, left, looks on in his Southfield, Mich., office as retired pathologist Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 70, talks with reporters Sunday, June 7, l998. Kevorkian said he has kidneys available for donation from the body of a man whose death he attended, beginning what he called the next phase of his assisted suicide campaign. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald)

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is removed in handcuffs from the court room by Oakland County Sheriff deputies after being sentenced in his murder trial in Pontiac, Mich., Tuesday, April 13, 1999. Judge Jessica Cooper sentenced Kevorkian to 10-25 years for the videotaped death of Thomas Youk of Waterford Township, Mich., which was shown on CBS's "60 Minutes." (AP Photo/The Oakland Press, Vaughn Gurganian, Pool)

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is hugged by Kathleen Redding, wife of Georges Redding, a Kevorkian associate, before he enters court, Tuesday, April 13, 1999, for his sentencing in the assisted-suicide death of Thomas Youk of Waterford Township, Mich. Judge Jessica Cooper sentenced Kevorkian to 10 to 25 years in prison for the videotaped death of the man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Assisted suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian poses with his "suicide machine" in Michigan, in this Feb. 6, 1991, file photo. Kevorkian is expected to leave prison Friday, June 1, 2007 after serving more than eight years of a 10- to 25-year sentence in the death of a Michigan man. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald, file)

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