2011 Event Right-to-die activist Jack Kevorkian dies in Royal Oak, Michigan; his death caused by pneumonia and kidney problems 1991 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Event Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides 1990 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1928 Birthday Jack Kevorkian, American Activist