Michael Jackson: It Was Suicide — Bombshell New Evidence

The shocking sudden death of superstar Michael Jackson was actually a suicide! That’s the bombshell conclusion of world-renowned experts who examined a recording of the King of Pop pleading for the drugs that eventually killed him!

Famed medical examiner Dr. Cyril H. Wecht told The National ENQUIRER: “Michael’s drug addiction, paranoia, fear and isolation had taken over his life, and would lead to what I would call his death wish.” The latest twist to the star's bizarre legacy isn't totally unexpected, though. Michael — seen here dead on a hospital gurney — even admitted in an interview that he’d thought about taking his own life!

The drug-addled superstar could barely complete a sentence when he left a slurring message on May 3, 2009, for Jason Pfeiffer — who worked for Dr. Arnold Klein, Michael’s Beverly Hills dermatologist. “Michael Jackson had a death wish,” said Jason. “No one realized he was getting drugs from all these different places. It was inevitable something was going to go wrong.”

Klein was notorious for supplying Michael with drugs. He was accused of injecting the star with the powerful pain medication Demerol on 51 occasions in the three months before Michael (seen here in an autopsy photo) passed away on June 25, 2009. The physician, who was never charged and denied any wrongdoing, was also accused of using his medical credentials to help Michael obtain more prescriptions of the drug under several different names.

In 2013, Debbie Rowe — mother of two of Michael’s three kids — said Klein had also provided the singer with propofol. Officially, Michael died from a lethal overdose of that powerful anesthetic. His personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering the drug.

Dr. Wecht noted that the pop star had debts reportedly as high as $400 million when he died — saying he believes that Michael “knew he was worth more dead than alive” and “sabotaged” the upcoming "This Is It" tour. "[He was] incapable of doing even one performance," said Dr. Wecht. "His death was appropriately determined to be a homicide, and not a suicide. But, sadly, he contributed to his demise.” Wecht added: “Michael called his tour ‘This Is It’ because he knew it would be the last time for fans to see him!”

Another insider declared: “Michael definitely committed suicide. It just happened in slow motion, over a period of weeks. He’d finally had enough of the world. The call to Jason was a cry to save his life. You can hear the anguish in his voice!”

In the recording, the feeble voice of Michael — seen here with his past surgeries detailed — said: “It’s Michael. Err, I can’t find Klein … um, I have a problem in the groin area, and I don’t want to say this on the phone … inflamed area there, um, on a private … I don’t want to say this on the phone. Get him to call me, please.” After a brief pause, he murmured: “Thank you. Right away. Bye-bye.”

Family members, and even Michael himself, disclosed his suicidal ways long before his death at age 50 in a rented L.A. mansion. “Michael always talked about dying young,” said an insider. “He wrote suicide notes, then tore them up. He kept one with him. He often read it.”

In a chilling 1999 interview about child sex-abuse allegations against him, Michael admitted he had contemplated suicide.“If it wasn’t for the children … I’d throw in the towel and I’d kill myself,” he sobbed.

In a 2003 interview, former brother-in-law Jack Gordon — married to Michael’s sister La Toya Jackson — declared: “I’m convinced that it’s only a matter of time before he kills himself!" Michael, however, suffered from more than depression in his final months. He was planning a tour while struggling with a number of physical ailments, divulged an insider.

Michael was anorexic and suffered from alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency — an incurable illness that damaged his lungs and liver, in addition to harming his vision, said the informant. The superstar also secretly injected heroin and pumped himself full of powerful painkillers, added the source. “Michael was really at the end of his rope,” said the spy. “He had so much trouble in his life. I think it was just too much for him to handle!"