Michael Jackson, among the most famous performers in pop music history, spent his final days in a sleep-deprived haze1 of medication and misery until finally succumbing to2 a fatal dose of potent3 drugs provided by the private physician he Michael Jackson, among the most famous performers in pop music history, spent his final days in a sleep-deprived haze1 of medication and misery until finally succumbing to2 a fatal dose of potent3 drugs provided by the private physician he