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Was Michael Jackson Murdered?

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 10 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Was Michael Jackson murded?Police: Murder or overdose.

Early this morning, the police in Los Angeles said for the first time that Michael Jackson may have been murdered.

In an interview with CNN Police confirmed that it works after two theories:

“Possible murder, possible overdose.”

The sensational information came directly from the Los Angeles Police Commissioner William Bratton.

He confirmed in the Television for the first time that Michael Jackson’s death may have been murder.

Earlier, the authorities have always said that Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

This morning was the “possible murder, possible overdose.”

- It means that police are preparing for worst-case scenario, reported CNN.

At the heart of the investigation are the report of autopsy. The results are not expected to become completely clear until about two weeks.

But the changing focus of the investigation testify that the police may have received some preliminary information.

Drug Abuse
Now hunting documents from five doctors who treated Michael Jackson. Investigators want to know exactly what each of them has prescribed to Michael Jackson.

- We have seized a number of items that may help in the investigation, said Bratton.

At the same time, new reports are evidence of Michael Jackson’s drug use during his last time in life.

Among other things, the popstars family tried in 2007 to persuade him to seek care.

The data have been previously made by American newspapers, but last night confirmed sources in the Jackson family data for CNN.
“Everyone is confused”
The incident occurred when Jackson two years ago had moved to a rented house in Las Vegas after a time in Bahrain.

At that time his sister Janet Jackson visited him.

- What she saw shocked her. There was almost no furniture in the house and he was thin and confused, “says a source for CNN.

Janet asked a couple of her brothers to try to interfere and help Michael.

But when they went to Las Vegas they were not entered.

- Michaels guards stopped them at the gates, “says the reporter. 

Drugs 
Michael Jackson’s mother encountered the same resistance.

- He did not take her call, “says the source.

In the television the day before yesterday evening, said Michael Jackson’s dermatologists Arnold Klein in an interview with CNN that he knew that Michael Jackson took the strong anesthetic preparation Diprivan.

- He used it to sleep at night. I told him he was crazy!

Michael Jackson’s Golden Casket

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 8 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS

Michael Jacksons golden casketMichael Jackson’s memorial was anything but subtle. Anyone who watched the touching yet bizarre event is bound to have a lot of questions. Among the most popular queries currently in Search: Was MJ’s golden casket really, well, made of gold?

The answer: Sort of. A company named Batesville constructed the casket. According to its official site, the casket is “solid 48 oz. bronze with 14k gold hardware.” Batesville made a similar casket for James Brown back in 2007, and has also constructed caskets for Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Hope. Perhaps that’s why Batesville, Indiana, is also known as “Casketville, USA.”

The level of interest in Michael’s particular casket, the “Promethean” model, is tremendous. Since yesterday, queries on “gold casket”,  ”michael jackson’s casket” and “how much did michael jackson’s casket cost” have all hit high notes. Oh, and about that cost…according to WTHR.com, the velvet-lined vessel sells for around $25,000. Even in death, the King of Pop was an extravagant guy.

Interestingly, while we know a lot about the casket, Mr. Jackson’s final resting place remains something of a mystery. E! Online speculates that because the Jackson estate filed for a burial permit in Los Angeles and not Santa Barbara, home of MJ’s Neverland Ranch, the odds of his being buried on his property are slim.

One thing is for sure—wherever Michael’s final resting place may be, his golden casket will likely inspire many visitors. We’re guessing security will be tight.

Paris Jackson speech Michael Jackson tributeMichael Jackson’s daughter Paris, who he shielded from public view her entire life, wept as she paid tribute to “the best father I could imagine” at the singer’s memorial service in Los Angeles.

Amid the media storm over the singer’s controversial personal life and sudden death, the 11-year-old girl’s emotional tribute capped a sombre, spiritual ceremony that celebrated what his fans saw as the essence of the man: his music, his moves, and his humanitarianism.

Michael Jackson, who died last month aged 50, once said his own funeral would be the “greatest show on earth” and he would not have been disappointed as music royalty turned out at a memorial service for the “King of Pop”.

The most personal moment came from Jackson’s daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, who made her first public statement to the estimated one billion people watching around the world. “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father I could imagine,” she said, dissolving into tears and turning to lean on her aunt Janet. “I just want to say I love him so much.”

It was the first time the world had heard one of Jackson’s children speak, after he went to great lengths to keep their appearances secret, even having them wear masks or shawls around their faces in public.

Paris, 11, sang along on stage with an all-star cast to Jackson’s songs “We Are The World” and “Heal the world” before taking the microphone herself, gazing out at the crowd and at the £15,000 bronze and 14-carat gold plated coffin holding her father’s body in front of the stage.

During the service, the little girl sat in the front row with her brothers Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, seven, who is known as Blanket.

Emotions peaked when the Rev. Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist, delivered a fiery eulogy highlighting the racial barriers Jackson broke and the troubles he faced. “Every time he got knocked down, he got back up,” Rev Sharpton said.

Rev Sharpton rode the moment, building to a crescendo. “There wasn’t nothing strange about your daddy,” he said, addressing Jackson’s three children. “It was strange what your daddy had to deal with!”

Celebrities lined the front of the stage: Kobe Bryant, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Lou Ferrigno, Don King, the Kardashian sisters, Magic Johnson, Brooke Shields, Larry King. But while Jackson was among the most recognised faces in the world, today’s megastars were largely absent. Those present mostly reflected some connection to Jackson’s life or work.

Among those conspicuously not in attendance were Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross and Debbie Rowe, Jackson’s ex-wife and the mother of Jackson’s two oldest children, who has said she is considering whether to sue for custody.

The ceremony began with a message of condolence from Nelson Mandela, who described the singer as a “giant and a legend”.

Jackson’s £15,000 coffin – made of solid bronze, plated with 14-carat gold and with a blue velvet interior – was placed in front of a stage decorated with extravagant floral tributes and a screen proclaiming: “In Loving memory of Michael Jackson, King of Pop 1958 – 2009″.

Mariah Carey performed the Jackson 5 hit I’ll Be There and was followed by the singer Queen Latifah, who fought back tears as she told the audience: “Michael was the biggest star on earth. In Birmingham, Alabama, and in Birmingham, England, we are missing Michael Jackson. We are the world.” Among the singers chosen to perform was Shaheen Jafargholi, 12, from Swansea, who rose to prominence after singing the Jackson 5 song Who’s Lovin’ You on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.

In the front row, Jackson’s brothers wore single sparkling white gloves, echoing the singer’s signature style. Images of Jackson during his life and career were projected above his coffin.

But as Los Angeles and the Jackson family were praised for a relatively sombre and sober service to honour the King of Pop, the BBC faced criticism for deciding to clear schedules for two hours on BBC2, as well as the BBC News channel, to broadcast the event live from the Staples Center sports arena in Los Angeles. Last week the corporation received 748 complaints over the extent of its coverage of the singer’s death.

Outside the arena, tickets changed hands for hundreds of dollars but fears that up to 700,000 ticketless fans would besiege the building did not materialise. Earlier, the singer’s family and closest friends had gathered at Forest Lawn memorial park, a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.

Michael Jackson – Black or white?

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 5 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Michael Jackson black or whiteQuincy Jones, the record producer, has revealed he does not believe Michael Jackson was suffering from vitiligo, a condition which changed the colour of his skin.

Quincy Jones claims Michael Jackson “didn’t want to be black like Dad Joe”.

The music producer – who worked with the late King of Pop on his iconic ‘Bad’, ‘Thriller’ and ‘Off the Wall’ albums – does not believe Michael suffered from the disease called vitiligo, which caused his skin to lighten, insisting he wanted to alter his appearance.

When asked if he believed Michael was suffering from vitiligo, Quincy told Details magazine: “I don’t believe in any of that bulls**t, no. No. Never. I’ve been around junkies and stuff all my life. I’ve heard every excuse.

“It’s just like smokers – ‘I only smoke when I drink’ and all that stuff. But it’s bulls**t. You’re justifying something that’s destructive to your existence. But when somebody’s hell-bent on it, you can’t stop ‘em.

“What his face turned into is ridiculous. Chemical peels and all of it. And I don’t understand it. But he obviously didn’t want to be black. You see his kids?”

Quincy added he spoke to Michael – who died of a suspected cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home last week – about his altering appearance but admits he has no idea why the King of Pop had such issued with his looks.

He said: “He’d come up with, ‘Man, I promise you I have this disease,’ and so forth, and ‘I have a blister on my lungs,’ and all that kind of bulls**t. It’s hard, because Michael’s a Virgo, man – he’s very set in his ways. No way you can talk him out of it.

“I’m just a musician and a record producer. I’m not a psychiatrist. I don’t understand all that stuff. We all got problems.”

The producer added he used to worry Michael was out of touch with reality, and wanted him to sing songs about love and human emotion to try to help him.

Referring to the 1972 song ‘Ben’ which was about Michael’s pet rat, Quincy said: “I just wanted to hear him deal with a romantic relationship with a human being rather than a rat. I’m saying that facetiously, but it’s true. I saw him at the Oscars very emotional about ‘Ben’ and I wanted to hear him get in touch with a real human relationship.

‘She’s Out of My Life’ from ‘Off the Wall’ was written by Tommy Bahler from a very bad ending to a marriage. So it was very real. I was saving it for Sinatra. But I gave it to Michael. And Michael cried during every take, and I left the tears in.”

Michael Jackson’s Tuesday Memorial – Details on How to Attend

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 4 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Michael Jacksons tuesday memorial details on how to attendJust recently a press conference was just held at Staples Center to announce details surrounding Michael Jackson’s memorial to be held this coming Tuesday.

One of the most important details were regarding the ticketing process for the event. Tim Leiweke, President of AEG, announced all of the details. He began by saying the Jackson family, AEG, and the City of Los Angeles are all working in conjunction to create a service and celebration that all of Michael’s fans can be a part of. He also noted that the Jackson family has put up the funds for a free pool feed on every network, which will broadcast the memorial live on TV. This is clearly to prevent fans from showing up to Staples Center on Tuesday.

Here are more details on the ticketing for Tuesday. Leiweke stressed several times that there will be absolutely no tickets sold, and that these are free tickets.

• Beginning right now, and ending tomorrow night 7/4 at 6PM, fans can log onto StaplesCenter.com to register to get tickets.

 

• 17,500 tickets are available for the event. 11000 of those are at Staples, and 6500 are at the Nokia Theater adjacent to Staples, where the event will be simulcast.

 

 

Spokesman for the Jackson family Ken Sunshine added, “The Jackson family wishes to thank the city of Los Angeles…but especially the fans.” He said they want to accommodate as many fans as possible. He said, “It’s all about the fans.”

• After that 8750 names will randomly be drawn. Those people will be notified via email between the hours of 11AM-8PM via email. They will receive a code and sent to Ticketmaster.com

• From there they will receive information about a location to pick up their tickets and wristbands at Staples on Monday. The remaining 8750 tickets will go to family and friends of Michael.

• There will be no distribution of tickets at Staples or LA Live. There will be no outside broadcast around Staples or LA Live.

• There will be a worldwide pool on every major network fans are heavily encouraged to watch at home.

• There will be no funeral procession, and hard barricades will be put up by the LAPD surrounding the Staples Center on Tuesday.

Video: Michael Jackson’s Last Rehearsal

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 3 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Michael Jackson last rehearsal

Michael Jackson last rehearsal

A video footage of Michael Jackson’s  last rehearsal shot just two days before his tragic death.

In this video, which was shot on June 23rd, Michael is seen rehearsing his song “They Don’t Really Care About Us” with a few backup dancers for his This Is It tour.

Michael actually seemed pretty healthy as he rehearsed. He’s seen doing some of his signature moves and is keeping up with the other dancers without breaking a sweat.

The morning after his death Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich, who was present at the rehearsal, told People, “He wasn’t giving it full out. But vocally he had started to really project. I thought he was in great form.”

But other eyewitnesses said the rehearsal was “the best show ever” and that Michael was thrilled about performing. Check out his final rehearsal below and tell us your thoughts!

 

Debbie Rowe to Seek Custody of Michael Jackson’s Kids

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 3 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Debbie Rowe to seek custody of Michael Jacksons kids

Debbie Rowe to seek custody of Michael Jacksons kids

Debbie Rowe may have been eliminated from late Michael Jackson’s will, but his kids weren’t. This may be why she’s come out of the deep woodwork now and is requesting custody.

She hasn’t been apart what so ever of her children’s lives for years, but now that they’re apart of his estate and will be taken care of financially, she all of a sudden wants to play the caring Mommy again.

Debbie, the woman who is the mother of Prince, 12, and Paris, 11, spoke to her former attorney Iris Finsilver, who says, “She is going to be pursuing custody of the children.”

“Frankly, she really won’t have to fight for them,” Finsilver tells People. “She is the children’s biological mother and she loves her children.”

A judge already granted Michael’s mother Katherine temporary custody of the kids, and Michael’s Will stated that he wanted his mother to gain full custody.

The hearing had been scheduled for Monday, July 6th, but records show attorneys for both sides asked for the hearing to be delayed until July 13.

Quite frankly, Debbie seems to just be a money hungry opportunist. If she really cared about being a mother or if she really “loves her children” she would have attempted to have had a relationship with them long time ago throughout the years. She just took the fat, nice paycheck Michael wrote her and disappeared out of their life.

Questions around Michael Jackson’s final moments

Posted by Late Michael Jackson On July - 2 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Questions around Michael Jackson's final moments

Questions around Michael Jackson's final moments

As the Michael Jackson family, what kind of monument to the “King of Pop”, questions about his final hours still unanswered.

If the global outpouring of support for the King of Pop is any indication, then Joe Jackson is right about his son Michael – he is getting bigger in death than he in life.

His father said he does not believe the stress over 50 concerts in London in July to his death.

In search of what had happened, the family requested a second autopsy.

Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist, with Jackson during his last moments sat down with investigators for three hours Saturday. His lawyer says Murray does not inject the pop star with Demerol before his death.

Officials are also trying to figure out whether or not the first botched CPR efforts.

Medical experts said it is usual for the patient on a hard surface, because it is difficult to compress the breast on a soft surface.

The nanny, as a “mother” to Jackson’s children, flew to LA Saturday to be back with the three children who are currently with Jackson’s parents.

According to the Sunday Times, The Nanny, said she regularly pumped his stomach, dangerous drugs and called his mother and sister, Janet, to try to help him.

The BET Awards show on Sunday night in Los Angeles is now considered to be an homage to Michael Jackson.