Dr. Jack Kevorkian, best known as Dr. Death for being an advocate of assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, sadly passed away at the Beaumont Hospital in Michigan on Friday morning (June 3).

The 83 year-old doctor, who basically dedicated his life to offer others a less painful end, had been hospitalized for more than two weeks due to heart and kidney problems. In a press conference, Dr. Kevorkian’s lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, claimed the good doctor would have killed himself if he had the chance to do it.

Fieger explained, “I think had he been able to go home, Jack would have not allowed himself to go back to the hospital. The circumstances were such that he was so weak he could not get out of the hospital, he was primarily sleeping most of the time.”

Dr. Kevorkian is believed to have assisted more than 130 suicides before he was convicted of second-degree murder back in 1999 and sentenced to 10-25 years in prison. He was released in 2007.

Dr. Death’s story turned into an HBO movie titled “You Don’t Know Jack” last year. The legendary Al Pacino portrayed Dr. Kevorkian in the movie, which earned him an Emmy and Golden Globe award. Dr. Kevorkian said of Al’s performance: “The only word for it in English is ‘superb,’ and even that is a weak word.”

R.I.P. Jack Kevorkian.