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Cocaine overdose
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 Following Jackson 's death , reports of his use of pethidine ( Demerol ) surfaced . Cherilyn Lee , a nurse who provided nutritional counseling to Jackson , said that on April 12 , 2009 he asked her for unspecified " products for sleep . " On April 19 , 2009 he told her the only medicine that would help was propofol . Lee refused , telling him , " Michael , the only problem with you taking this medication ... is you 're going to take it and you 're not going to wake up . " Jackson dismissed the warning , telling her he had been given the drug before , by IV injection , and that his doctor told him it was safe . He did not name the doctor . An overdose of propofol can cause the patient to stop breathing , leading to a shortage of oxygen and a buildup of carbon dioxide in the body which can lead to arrhythmias and cardiac arrest . It was the last time they met . 

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 While in the hospital for treatment , Green was diagnosed with " major bipolar depression with suicidal impulses " and placed on Prozac , Tranxene , and Klonopin . She returned home after four days in the hospital . Farrar , who had researched castor beans in the interim and came to the conclusion that Green had poisoned his food with the ricin that could be derived from the beans , moved out immediately upon Green 's return home . 

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 A biographer states that in 1993 , the entertainer admitted taking Valium , Xanax and Ativan to deal with the stress of the child sexual abuse allegations made against him , while Jackson himself does not mention sedatives , he stated that painkillers actually were prescribed to soothe excruciating pain that he was suffering after recent reconstructive surgery on his scalp resulting from his accident in 1984 . A few months after the allegations became news , Jackson had lost approximately 10 pounds ( 4 @.@ 5 kg ) in weight and had stopped eating . In a court deposition unrelated to alleged child abuse , Jackson was visibly drowsy , lacked concentration and repeatedly slurred while speaking . He could not remember the dates of his prior album releases or names of people he had worked with . It took him several minutes to name some of his recent albums . 

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 The competence and ethics of two of the centrally involved medical professionals were seriously questioned . Before the autopsy was complete and toxicology results known , medical examiner Dr. Jerry Francisco declared the cause of death as cardiac arrhythmia , a condition that can be determined only in someone who is still alive . Allegations of a cover @-@ up were widespread . While Presley 's main physician , Dr. Nichopoulos , was exonerated of criminal liability for the singer 's death , the facts were startling : " In the first eight months of 1977 alone , he had [ prescribed ] more than 10 @,@ 000 doses of sedatives , amphetamines and narcotics : all in Elvis 's name . " His license was suspended for three months . It was permanently revoked in the 1990s after the Tennessee Medical Board brought new charges of over @-@ prescription . 

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 Having just completed the tracks for his fourth album in 1996 , Walker was playing basketball with a friend , when he began to experience numbness , facial spasms , and double vision . Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that he had multiple sclerosis ( MS ) . Walker subsequently began changing his diet and treating the disease with a daily injection of Copaxone , sending his MS into an arrested state . 
