“Just make me sleep. Doesn’t matter what time I get up…
“I can’t function if I don’t sleep. They’ll have to cancel it.
“And I don’t want them to cancel it, but they will have to cancel it.”
According to his doctor, who was the last person to see him alive, these were the King of Pop’s final words, asking for the anaesthetic propofol to help him sleep. Michael Jackson was referring to the cancellation of a rehearsal he was due to attend, and died from an overdose of propofol and benzodiazepines. His doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter.