Essay | Winter 2026
Doctor Death’s Messiah
Broke, raving, and living out of his van, for years Jack Kevorkian turned away from his first love — experiments with death — to a side quest: bringing Jesus Christ to the big screen.
Nic Rowan is managing editor of The Lamp and a fellow in the Robert Novak Journalism Program through The Fund for American Studies.
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Essay | Winter 2026
Broke, raving, and living out of his van, for years Jack Kevorkian turned away from his first love — experiments with death — to a side quest: bringing Jesus Christ to the big screen.