Southfield, Mich. ? “Dr. Death” wants a pardon because he may be dying.

Jack Kevorkian is serving a 10- to 25-year sentence for second-degree murder for giving a fatal injection of drugs to Thomas Youk in 1998, a death that was videotaped and shown on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”

Youk, 52, had Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Kevorkian called his death a mercy killing.

Kevorkian is eligible for parole in 2007, but attorney Mayer Morganroth says he might not live that long. Kevorkian suffers from a number of ailments, including high blood pressure, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis and Hepatitis C, he said.

“The man is in dire shape,” Morganroth said in a statement Saturday. “Prison has deteriorated him almost to the point of no return.”