Contemporary · North America · Culture

2009

Michael Jackson dies

June 25, 2009

The King of Pop, fifty years old and rehearsing a comeback concert series in Los Angeles, suffered cardiac arrest from a propofol overdose administered by his personal physician. The internet briefly buckled under the grief as news sites crashed worldwide. A childhood that the whole world had watched on Motown stages ended in a doctor's syringe.

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Before and after in North America

Before: November 4, 2008: Obama wins the presidency
After: January 12, 2010: Haiti earthquake

Before and after in Culture

Before: August 8, 2008: Beijing Olympics open
After: April 29, 2011: Royal wedding at Westminster

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Michael Jackson