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An ailing wife takes her life; a husband is arrested
Is this the best that American justice can do: Handcuff an old man and take him to jail because he kept his beloved wife company as she ended her own painful life? Margaret Purdy had evidently mixed 30 sleeping pills with some applesauce, the way that...
Tags: Suicide, Euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian, Assisted Suicide, World War II (1939-1945)
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Assisted suicide or a show of love?
SAN MARCOS, Calif. —When paramedics arrived at the Purdy home March 20, Margaret was seated in her favorite chair in the living room. The morning sunshine streamed in through a picture window that overlooked a valley. A plastic bag was over her...
Tags: Lawyers, Suicide, Euthanasia, Judges, Justice System
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PASSINGS: Eric Lowen, Bert Sugar
Eric Lowen
Singer-songwriter
Eric Lowen, 60, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and half of the Lowen and Navarro folk group who with his songwriting partner Dan Navarro penned "We Belong" for Pat Benatar, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Panorama City...Tags: David Lee Roth, Lung Cancer, HBO (tv network), Heart Failure, Obituaries
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Lowen and Navarro's Eric Lowen dies of ALS at 60
Pop & HissEric Lowen, 60, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and half of the Lowen and Navarro folk group who with his songwriting partner Dan Navarro penned “We Belong” for Pat Benatar, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Hospital, the band... -
'Damn Yankees' and the passions they stir
Tribune Newspaper CriticA couple of years ago, for Father's Day, my family bought me the interactive video game MLB 2K9 for the Wii. The great thing about the game, and also its enduring frustration, is its verisimilitude — playing as the 2009 New York Yankees, I had...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Baseball, Sports Illustrated, Fenway Park, Trot Nixon
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Sunday: Pico Iyer's long sentences and Stephen Hawking's birthday
Jacket CopyIn an essay for the Times, Pico Iyer writes that he's composing longer sentences to save us from "the bombardment of the moment." Sunday is also Stephen Hawking's 70th birthday and Sara Lippincott reviews a new book on Hawking by Kitty Ferguson.... -
Wishing for the right to make that final exit
Colleen Kegg hasn't worked out the details of her exit plan yet. But about one thing, Kegg is clear: When she can no longer feed herself or go to the bathroom without assistance, she will take steps to end her life. A rare and incurable neurological...Tags: Politics, Euthanasia, General Practitioners, Human Interest, Chemicals
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Dr. Richard Olney dies at 64; researcher sought cure for Lou Gehrig's disease
Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with the disease. He was 64.
Olney died Friday at his Marin County home, UC San...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Lou Gehrig, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at School, Medical Research
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Polly Platt dies at 72; Oscar-nominated art director
Polly Platt, the Oscar-nominated production designer of such films as "The Last Picture Show" and "Terms of Endearment" and producer of "Broadcast News" and "Say Anything," has died. She was 72.
Platt died Wednesday of Lou Gehrig's disease at her home in...Tags: Politics, Documentary (genre), Wes Anderson, Cybill Shepherd, Roger Corman
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Drug speeds depression relief in mice and men: How does it do it?
The long-used (and abused) sedative ketamine appears to lift depression's dark veil almost instantaneously by boosting the production of a protein that helps protect and maintain brain cells and regenerate them after injury, a new study says.
Ketamine...Tags: Chemicals, Multiple Sclerosis, Depression, Symptoms, Procedural Sedation
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies at 83; 'Dr. Death' was advocate, practitioner of physician-assisted suicide
He was known as Dr. Death, a Michigan physician who helped his patients kill themselves.
In doing so, Jack Kevorkian inflamed a nationwide debate in the 1990s over a terminally ill patient's right to die. And he served eight years in prison for second-...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Obituaries, Human Interest, Laws
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Charles McPhee dies at 49; self-proclaimed 'Dream Doctor' had syndicated radio show
Charles McPhee, the self-proclaimed "Dream Doctor" who decoded dreams on his nationally syndicated radio show until Lou Gehrig's disease forced him off the air in 2006, has died. He was 49.
McPhee died May 8 at his Woodland Hills home of the...Tags: Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Health, Princeton University
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