Kevorkian Client’s Widower Is Fired

The widower of Judith Curren, the woman whose assisted suicide by Dr. Jack Kevorkian was ruled a homicide, was fired from his job at a Boston hospital, a hospital official said. Dr. Franklin Curren, a psychiatrist, was given a 60-day notice from Pembroke Hospital, said Ray Robinson, chief operating officer at the hospital. “The reasons are personal,� Robinson said. “We would prefer not to get into the specifics.� Curren, who was questioned by the state medical board after his wife’s suicide, worked as a staff psychiatrist at the hospital for a year. Kevorkian has been criticized for his role in the Aug. 15 death of Judith Curren. The 42-year-old nurse had chronic fatigue syndrome and other ailments, according to Kevorkian. A medical examiner said Curren had no terminal disease.