CELEBRITY AUTOPSIES WITH DISTURBING DISCOVERIES

MICHAEL JACKSON

In June 2009, Michael Jackson was rehearsing for a series of comeback shows he thought might restore him to his status as The King of Pop, a designation earned in the '80s and '90s for huge sales of albums like "Thriller" and "Bad." It wasn't meant to be — on June 25, 2009, his personal physician Conrad Murray found Jackson, 50, not breathing in his bed, according to The Sun. Murray would later be convicted of involuntary manslaughter for his role in Jackson's death. According to People, Jackson paid Murray $150,000 a month to treat the singer's ailments, including insomnia, delivering a nightly dose of propofol — not a sleeping aid but a powerful surgical anesthetic. That wasn't the only drug found in Jackson's system after his death — examiners also identified midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine, and ephedrine, serious prescription narcotics drugs that "have no place in an unmonitored setting or in unskilled hands," a physician told CNN. Another revelation: "There was no indication from the autopsy that there was anything anatomically wrong with him that would lead to premature death," Dr. Christopher Rogers reported to CNN. He did, however, note some cosmetic alterations to Jackson's appearance, including lips that had been tattooed pink and a portion of the singer's scalp tattooed black to make wigs blend in more naturally with his hairline, according to CNN.