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Al Pacino To Star As Dr. Jack Kevorkian

May 27th, 2009 9:26am EDT  Post a comment    4 comments   Add to My News

Al Pacino Dr. Jack KevorkianAl Pacino will play infamous right-to-die champion Dr. Jack Kevorkian in an upcoming HBO movie directed by Barry Levinson.

Kevorkian, nicknamed "Dr. Death," made headlines in the 1990s promoting physician-assisted suicide for terminal patients. He claims to have helped at least 130 people end their lives.

On March 26, 1999 the doctor was charged with first-degree homicide and served eight years in prison from 1999-2007.

The movie will deal with Kevorkian's "Mercy Machine" apparatus, his first assisted suicide and the ensuing controversy.

No release date is scheduled at this time.


Al Pacino Dr. Jack Kevorkian HBO movie

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