Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest through acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009.
When did Michael Jackson Die?
Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s physician revealed that he found Jackson in his room not breathing and with a weak pulse. He then administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR, even after which Jackson did not respond, and eventually, the security called 9-1-1 at 12:21 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Paramedics treated Jackson at the scene but he was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Where did Michael Jackson Die?
Micheal Jackson died at his home on 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
What Caused Michael Jackson’s death?
Jackson had been given propofol, antianxiety benzodiazepines lorazepam, and midazolam by his doctor, Conrad Murray. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner concluded that Jackson's death was a homicide, on August 28, 2009.
Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in November 2011, and was released in 2013 after serving two years of his four-year prison sentence on good behavior. Jackson, at that time, had been preparing for a series of concerts called “This Is It”, which was to begin in July 2009 in London's O2 Arena.
On June 24, Jackson arrived for rehearsal at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, at around 6:30 p.m. The rehearsal went past midnight.
Jackson returned to his home at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood around 12:30 AM and went to bed one hour later. Jackson had long suffered from insomnia and had a history of using drugs to help him sleep. His physician Conrad Murray was present to help Jackson sleep and gave him various drugs including diazepam, ativan, lorazepam, and midazolam while periodically checking in on him.
After several hours and several drug injections, Jackson was still unable to fall asleep. Murray, revealed that Jackson was repeatedly asking him for “milk”, a term for the potent sedative propofol, which Jackson had previously used as a sleep aid. At 10:40 AM, with Jackson still not asleep, Murray relented to his requests and injected him with 25 milligrams of propofol diluted with lidocaine.
With Jackson finally asleep, Murray testified that he left his bedside to go to the bathroom, and after returning two minutes later, discovered that Jackson was not breathing and had a weak pulse.
Murray testified that he tried to revive Jackson for around ten minutes by performing CPR and administering flumazenil, a drug used to counteract a sedative overdose, after which he called for help from staff present in the house. Statements described Murray using a non-standard CPR technique on Jackson.
The recording of the emergency call was released on June 26, one day after Jackson's death, and it described Murray administering CPR on a bed, not on a hard surface such as a floor which would be standard practice. Murray said that he placed one hand underneath Jackson and used the other for chest compression, whereas standard practice is to use both hands for compression.
Murray did not call 911, claiming that he was unable to because there was no landline telephone in the house and because he did not know the house's exact address. It was later discovered that Murray had made several private calls on his cell phone in the hour after discovering Jackson's state which he did not inform law enforcement about.
A security guard eventually called 911 at 12:21 pm, nearly an hour and a half after Jackson was first discovered not breathing. Paramedics reached Jackson at 12:26 p.m. They found that he was not breathing and had no pulse.
Paramedics performed CPR for 42 minutes at the house. Murray's attorney stated that Jackson had a pulse when he was taken out of the house and put in the ambulance. An LAFD official gave a different account, stating that paramedics found Jackson in “full cardiac arrest”, and that they did not observe a change in his status en route to the hospital.
LAFD transported him to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The ambulance arrived at the hospital at approximately 1:14 pm, and a team of medical personnel attempted to resuscitate him for more than an hour. They were unsuccessful, and Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm.
FAQs about Michael Jackson
Q. How did Michael Jackson Die?
A. Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest through acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009.
Q. At what age did Michael Jackson die?
A. Michael Jackson died at the age of 50.
Q. When did Michael Jackson die?
A. Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009.
Q. Who was Michael Jackson’s wife?
A. Michael Jackson was married to Lisa Marie Presley from 1994 to 1996 and Debbie Rowe from 1996 to 1999.
