On June 25, 2009, American singer Michael Jackson died at age 50 of propofol intoxication after he suffered a respiratory arrest at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. His personal physician, Conrad Murray said he found Jackson in his room, not breathing, but with a faint pulse, and that he administered CPR on his bed to no avail. After a call was placed to 9-1-1 at 12:20 pm, Jackson was treated by paramedics at his home, and later pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center On August 28, 2009, the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled Jackson's death a homicide Before his death, Jackson reportedly had been administered propofol along with two anti-anxiety benzodiazepines lorazepam and midazolam Law enforcement officials investigated Jackson's personal physician. In November 2011, Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to serve 4 years in the Los Angeles County Jails.
Jackson's death triggered grief around the world, creating unprecedented surges of Internet traffic and causing sales of his music and that of the Jackson 5 to increase dramatically. Jackson had intended to perform his concert series entitled This Is It to over one million people at London's O2 Arena from July 13, 2009 to March 6, 2010. A public memorial service for Jackson was held on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where he had rehearsed for the London concerts the night before his death. His memorial service was broadcast live around the world, attracting a global audience of up to one billion people
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