Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia doctor convicted in 2013 of three counts of first-degree murder for killing three live-born babies by slitting their throats with scissors, died on March 1 at the age of 85.[1][2][3] He was sentenced to multiple life sentences for the deaths of infants during illegal procedures and for the negligent homicide of a patient who died during an abortion.[1][2][3] His clinic in West Philadelphia was known as a "house of horrors", where he performed illegal abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy and staff testified of killing newborns by severing their spines.[1][2] Gosnell was also convicted of operating a prescription drug "pill mill," which earned him an additional sentence and a $50,000 fine.[1] The clinic had poor sanitary conditions, including dirty instruments and containers of body parts.[2] The case was uncovered in a 2010 investigation into drug distribution and led to the firing of two high-ranking Pennsylvania health officials.[2] Gosnell died at a hospital outside the State Correctional Institution Smithfield, the cause of death has not been released.[1][2]