Conrad Murray
Conrad Murray | |
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Mug shot of Murray following his arrest, 2010 | |
| Born | Conrad Robert Murray February 19, 1953 |
| Education | Texas Southern University Meharry Medical College |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Personal physician of Michael Jackson at the time of his death in 2009 |
| Criminal status | Released on October 28, 2013 |
| Children | 7 |
| Conviction | Involuntary manslaughter |
| Criminal penalty | 4 years imprisonment; paroled after one year and 11 months |
Conrad Robert Murray (born February 19, 1953) is a Grenadian-American former cardiologist and convicted felon. He was the personal physician of Michael Jackson on the day of his death in 2009. In 2011, Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death for having inadvertently overdosed him with a powerful surgical anesthetic, propofol, which was being improperly used as a bedtime sleep agent. Murray served just under two years out of his original four-year prison sentence.