Calling Dr. Death

MANILA, Philippines – Al Pacino won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his portrayal of Dr. Jack Kevorkian — the famed and controversial “Dr. Death” of the ‘90s — in the HBO drama You Don’t Know Jack. In 1990 Kevorkian astonished the world, taking on the end of life debate head-on with his “Mercy Machine” and performing his first assisted suicide. Meet the man behind the sensational headlines, a pathologist whose crusade to provide what he considered a humane and dignified option for the terminally ill led to legal and ethical battles. Also starring Susan Sarandon and John Goodman, the drama airs Sept. 16 on HBO Signature.

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