Today marks the 35th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. The King was found in his bathroom after going to the toilet, slumped over in a pool of his own vomit at Graceland Mansion. While the initial autopsy noted a “cardiac arrhythmia,” (at the behest of the family) it was revealed to be a cover-up, and the real cause of death — the cocktail of 14 different drugs in his bloodstream — was later revealed.

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Michael Jackson’s death on June 25, 2009, from a physician-administered prescription-drug overdose shocked the nation. A look at celebrity prescription abuses and deaths as well as the role of doctors in the cycle of downward-spiraling addiction.

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