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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 13, 1993                   TAG: 9304130362
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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SUPPORT FOR `DR. DEATH'

I'M WRITING to express my opinion on the subject of "Dr. Death," who built a machine to help people commit suicide, painlessly. He should not be taken to court for this. It is his patients' decision whether or not to use this machine; he does not force them. Most of his patients who used it had cancer. This saved them months of suffering and saved their families financial burdens.

I think if a person wants to use this machine, it is his or her decision and no one else's. There should not be anything said about it. CINDY SARVER NEWPORT

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