Conrad Murray was Michael Jackson‘s personal physician when he died in 2009 of cardiac arrest caused by a drug overdose. Murray, 69, will appear in the upcoming TMZ special, TMZ Investigates: Who Really Killed Michael Jackson, almost 14 years after Jackson’s death.

Also Read| Why did Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe divorce

Who is Conrad Murray?

Conrad Robert Murray is a former cardiologist from Grenada who was Michael Jackson’s personal physician at the time of his death in 2009. Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for improperly administering the anaesthetic drug propofol, which resulted in Jackson’s death, and served approximately two years of the original four-year prison sentence.

Murray was born on February 19, 1953, in Grenada, and was raised by his maternal grandparents, who were farmers, until he was seven years old when he moved to Trinidad and Tobago to join his mother, Milta. Murray is now 69 years old.

Also Read| Debbie Rowe net worth: Source of wealth explained

Murray began working as Jackson’s personal physician in May 2009. He had reportedly fathered seven children by six different women at the time. He was in arrears on the mortgage for the Las Vegas home occupied by his first wife and children, and owed child support to the mothers of children outside of his marriage, which he could not pay due to the amount of money he owed Michael Jackson’s family. 

Murray faced losing his California medical licence because he owed $13,000 to a California woman, Nenita Malibiran, for unpaid child support to one of his children. Murray was named as a defendant in a number of civil lawsuits (though none for medical malpractice). By 2008, he had amassed over $600,000 in court judgments against him for medical equipment and unpaid rent for his Texas and Nevada practises. He also owed $71,000 in Meharry Medical College student loans. Murray declared bankruptcy in California in 2002.

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, just weeks after hiring Murray, as a result of a lethal dose of propofol administered by Murray. The coroner’s preliminary conclusion indicated that Jackson overdosed on propofol, according to court documents released in August 2009. On the night of Jackson’s death, he admitted to injecting 25 mg of propofol intravenously for insomnia. According to a police affidavit, he claimed that he tried treating Jackson with other drugs first and that he only gave him propofol after Jackson insisted. Murray stated that he was concerned that Jackson had become addicted to the drug as a sleep aid and was attempting to wean him off of it.

Also Read| Debbie Rowe’s past relationships: From Michael Jackson to Marc Schaffel

Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in February 2011. Murray went on trial in Los Angeles on September 27, 2011, and was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on November 7, 2011. His bail was revoked, and he was remanded in custody until his sentencing on November 29. He received the maximum prison sentence of four years. His Texas medical licence was revoked, and his licences in California and Nevada were suspended. Murray was granted parole on October 28, 2013, after serving two years.