The King of Pop died on June 25, 2009 from acute propofol and benzodiazepine poisoning at his home in Holmby Hills. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, stated that he found Jackson not breathing and that he had a weak pulse.

The 2019 documentary Killing Michael Jackson collects the testimonies of the three police officers who first entered the bedroom where the singer died. They told how they found rooms full of medicines, needles and a bulletin board with photos of children, clothes and strange notes.