After obtaining a recording of Michael Jackson pleading for drugs just weeks before his death, world-renowned experts and insiders have come forward claiming that the late King Of Pop slowly killed himself, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.

"Michael was really at the end of his rope," an insider told Radar. "He had so much trouble in his life. I think it was just too much for him to handle."

Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, an esteemed medical examiner, also backed the claim and told Radar, "Michael's drug addiction, paranoia, fear and isolation had taken over his life — and would lead to what I would call his death wish."

Jackson died in 2009 at just 50 years old. Before his death, however, the late singer had admitted that he considered taking his own life.

On May 3, 2009, just a month before his death in June, Jackson