FILE In this Sept. 30, 1993 photo, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, left, talks with his attorney, Geoffrey N. Fieger, during a preliminary hearing in 17th District Court, Redford Township, Mich., A lawyer and friend of Kevorkian says the assisted suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83. Mayer Morganroth tells The Associated Press that Kevorkian died Friday, June 3, 2011 at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized. Kevorkian had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems. (AP Photo)