Kevorkian's estate files lawsuit against museum over ownership of art

(28 Oct 2011)
1. Wide of Thanatron, machine that Dr. Jack Kevorkian devised for assisted suicides
2. Pull back from close-up of Kevorkian's stethoscope
3. Close-up of Kevorkian's driver's licence
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayer Morganroth, Lawyer for the Kevorkian estate:
"The auction itself came about as an idea that I thought should be culminated in order to get out to the public and the world the true Jack Kevorkian. Things that are being auctioned are paintings that he painted. Most people didn't know that he painted beautiful paintings. Also, there's compositions of music that he composed. Some were played by the London Symphony Orchestra."
5. Mid of Kevorkian's flute
6. Close-up of sheet music that Kevorkian composed
7. Pan of Kevorkian's paintings
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayer Morganroth, Lawyer for the Kevorkian estate:
"Among other things that are being auctioned are the Thanatron - which is medicide, or the "Suicide Machine" they would call it - pain kits, his vest that he wore, that being the bullet-proof one that he wore to trials, and it goes on and on, 137 items."
9. Mid of bullet-proof vest
10. Close-up of drawing of Thanatron
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ava Janus, Kevorkian's niece:
"This is the Thanatron machine. My uncle wanted one word to describe, quote the "Suicide Machine", end quote. And this was one machine had the solutions, including sodium pentathol, that you would press the button, and his first medicide patient did indeed do this. She reached over and pressed this button."
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12. Close-up of tube on Thanatron
13. Close-up of Janus touching Thanatron button that patients would press to begin assisted suicide process
14. Close-up of tubing
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ava Janus, Kevorkian's niece:
"I think this is probably the easiest way for everyone in the whole world, whether they come here in person or are on the internet, to see how varied a man my uncle was, how very talented he was. I think he was talented, and I think people will agree. All the various facets of him. He was complicated in that sense. There is a lot to him. He was a man of words. He was a man who loved to paint. He was a man who loved music. He was a physician, caring about people. And he was a man who was very, very sweet, personally."
16. Tilt up of Kevorkian painting
17. Pull out from Kevorkian painting of decapitated body and head biting apple
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Mayer Morganroth, Lawyer for the Kevorkian estate:
"They're holding them like hostage. I filed a suit against them, and we'll auction them off here, and I know we'll get them because they're our property. As far as I'm concerned, they've converted them."
19. Pan up from gun to prescription medicine bottles in Kevorkian's name
20. Close-up of medicine bottles
STORYLINE:
The estate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian - the American assisted-suicide advocate - is going ahead with plans to auction 17 of his paintings, even though a suburban Boston museum is refusing to give them up.
The estate previewed a number of items that once belonged to the infamous doctor on Thursday - including musical compositions, a bullet-proof vest, and even the machine that Kevorkian devised to perform assisted suicides on patients.
In all, 137 pieces will go under the hammer at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City on Friday.
Yet the Armenian Library and Museum of America is refusing to give up Kevorkian's paintings for auction.
Images of the paintings will be displayed instead of the actual works, which are still at the museum.
He was released from prison in 2007.
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