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Michael Jackson's Doctor Charged in Pop Star's Death

   VOA News 08 February 2010
   Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray (file photo)

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   Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray (file photo)

   Michael Jackson's personal physician has been charged with involuntary
   manslaughter in the pop singer's death.
   Prosecutors  announced  the  charges  Monday in California against Dr.
   Conrad  Murray,  a  cardiologist  who  was  with  Jackson when he died
   suddenly last year at the age of 50.
   The coroner's office earlier ruled Jackson's death a homicide.
   Murray  is  expected  to  appear  at  a  Los Angeles courthouse Monday
   afternoon.
   Jackson hired Murray to be his personal physician as he prepared for a
   series of comeback performances in London.
   Jackson  died  at  his  rented  Los  Angeles mansion on June 25 from a
   lethal  combination  of  drugs  that  included the powerful anesthetic
   propofol.  The doctor has admitted giving Jackson the drug to help him
   sleep, but says nothing he gave Jackson should have killed him.
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   [Some informaiton for this report provided by AP.]

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