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Today in History: Michael Jackson dies from lethal drug combination

6/25/2026

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On June 25 2009, Michael Jackson was found unresponsive at his Holmby Hills home; his physician Conrad Murray administered CPR but could not revive him. Paramedics took him to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. from acute propofol intoxication, a lethal drug combination.

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On June 25 2009, Michael Jackson was found unresponsive at his Holmby Hills home; his physician Conrad Murray administered CPR but could not revive him. Paramedics took him to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. from acute propofol intoxication, a lethal drug combination.