Today in History: Jack Kevorkian carries out his first publicly assisted suicide
- Posted on June 4, 2026
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Today in History: Jack Kevorkian carries out his first publicly assisted suicide
On June 4, 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian carried out his first publicly assisted suicide, helping Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer’s patient from Portland, Oregon, end her life in Oakland County, Michigan. (Kevorkian died in 2011.)