Celebrity deaths of 2009

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-22 14:57
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Celebrity deaths of 2009

Michael Jackson, U.S. singer, 50, died June 25. Jackson died suddenly after suffering a cardiac arrest in a rented Los Angeles mansion. The Los Angeles coroner ruled his death a homicide, and several doctors who treated Jackson have been investigated. Officials have focused on the singer's use of a powerful anesthetic called propofol to sleep. Michael Jackson gestures during a news conference at the O2 Arena in London March 5, 2009.[Agencies]