Fans were devastated when Michael Jackson was found dead at his home in California having suffered a prescription drug induced cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009.
Aged just 50 and about to embark on his comeback This Is It show at The O2 Arena in London, for many his death appeared to have come out of the blue.
Conrad Murray, the physician who prescribed the anesthetic Propofol that killed him, was eventually sentenced to four years in jail for the star's involuntary manslaughter.
However, Jackson's addiction to medication is said to have been the tip on the iceberg in terms of his hidden health woes. But with reported debts of £300million, Jackson was said to have been completely focused on pulling off the tour and keeping his failing health
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