  Using a pair of coupled LRC cavities we experimentally demonstrate that
instabilities and amplification action can be tamed by a spatially inhomogenous
gain. Specifically we observe the counter-intuitive phenomenon of stabilization
of the system even when the overall gain provided is increased. This behavior
is directly related to lasing death via asymmetric pumping, recently proposed
in [M. Liertzer {\it et al}., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 108}, 173901 (2012)]. The
stability analysis of other simple systems reveals the universal nature of the
lasing death phenomenon.
