What Day Was the death of Michael Jackson?

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Pop singer Michael Jackson died at his rented Los Angeles home after suffering cardiac arrest; his personal physician was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the propofol dose that caused his death.

Jackson had been rehearsing for a planned series of comeback concerts in London at the time of his death, a run that was never performed.

News of his death caused a surge in internet traffic significant enough to affect several major websites' performance that day, an early example of a single celebrity death's measurable strain on internet infrastructure.

A memorial service held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles days later was broadcast globally and watched by an enormous television and online audience, reflecting Jackson's international commercial and cultural reach.