5 in the Conrad Murray trial, speaks out exclusively to "Good Morning America" about the tense moments inside the jury room. (ABC) Nearly all the 12 jurors
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Dr. Conrad Murray considers testifying about Michael Jackson's death
Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician charged in Michael Jackson's death, says he is still undecided about whether he will take the stand.
Prosecutors ridicule Jackson self-injection scenario
Defence attorney J. Michael Flanagan and Dr. Conrad Murray (right) wait to take their seats after a lunch recess yesterday
An expert defence witness suggested yesterday that Michael Jackson could have risen from his bed, picked up a syringe left by his doctor and given himself a fatal dose of a powerful anaesthetic in 2009.
But the testimony by Dr. Paul White in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray was ridiculed by prosecutors in an aggressive cross-examination of the key witness for the defence.
As the trial, now in its sixth week, began drawing to a close, Murray told the judge he was still considering testifying in his own defence, despite previous assurances by his lawyers that they did not plan to call him.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Propofol infusion dominates Jackson doctor’s trial
A top medical expert offered damaging testimony against Michael Jackson’s former doctor yesterday, calling one defence theory a “crazy scenario” and offering a dramatic look at how the drug that killed the pop star could have been infused into his body.
The testimony of Dr Steven Shafer, an expert on the drug propofol that is seen as the chief cause of the singer’s death, left defendant Dr Conrad Murray looking exasperated as he sat in the courtroom.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Michael Jackson's estate earns stellar $310million
Even after his death, Michael Jackson's legacy as a pop star hasn't yet waned, as evidenced by the $310million generated for his estate in revenues from album sales, a film, merchandising and other products.
When the Thriller singer died in 2009, he had debts amounting to more than $400million, but court papers filed in the U.S. on Thursday show that his estate's administrators have used $159 million to pay down some of his debt.
'Although there remain unresolved creditor claims, pending litigation and additional challenging business, tax and legal issues, and the estate is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors have made substantial progress in reducing the estate's debt,' the documents state.
When the Thriller singer died in 2009, he had debts amounting to more than $400million, but court papers filed in the U.S. on Thursday show that his estate's administrators have used $159 million to pay down some of his debt.
'Although there remain unresolved creditor claims, pending litigation and additional challenging business, tax and legal issues, and the estate is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors have made substantial progress in reducing the estate's debt,' the documents state.
When Michael Jackson died he had debts amounting to more than $400m, but his estate has since earned $310m from sales of albums and other merchandising
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Jackson tomb remains a mystery at LA-area cemetery
The Rev. Al Sharpton said it was a "personal honor" to be invited to the service.
"I talked about how it's harder traveling east to west because you face a headwind," Sharpton said. "Michael, coming from Gary, Indiana, always had to battle headwinds, face some accusation. But he landed well. I told the children they crowned their father for all eternity."
Above, Rev. Al Sharpton arrives.
Katherine Jackson and Joe Jackson mourn at the service.
Jackson's brother and his two sons all wore black suits and red ties and sported purple arm bands embroidered with gold crowns as they filled the front rows.
Two color photos of Jackson sat on easels in front of the crowd.
Pictured above, Tito, Jermaine, Jackie, and Randy Jackson.
Joe Jackson, Prince Michael and Prince Michael II (Blanket)
Jermaine Jackson arrives at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The producers Berry Gordy and Suzanne De Passe were among the music luminaries in attendance. Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson's first wife Lisa Marie Presley also paid their respects.
The service took place exactly 10 weeks after the music superstar unexpectedly died at his Beverly Hills mansion from an overdose of sedatives allegedly given by his doctor.
Macaulay Culkin, above with actress Mila Kunis
Above, La Toya Jackson sits with other mourners. They filled more than 200 white chairs set up outside the Great Mausoleum.
The high-security structure is filled with reproductions of Michelangelo statues and a stained-glass replica of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," according to Forrest Lawn's Web site.
The graves of Hollywood legends Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Red Skeleton and Nat King Cole dot the heavily guarded mausoleum's dim hallways - as do 24-hour security cameras.
Chris Tucker
Jackson's three young children poured their hearts out in personal letters that were placed in their father's gold-plated coffin along with one of his signature gloves. They placed a crown on top of a bed of flowers on the casket.
actor Mike Brando, seen above arriving at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, who was dressed in black and arrived in a wheelchair, was one of Jackson's many celebrity friends who attended the service . . .
Michael Jackson was laid to eternal rest in a crypt fit for a king. His family and a slew of stars turned out to bid the King of Pop a final farewell.
Pictured, the hearse bearing the remains of US pop icon Michael Jackson arrive for his burial ceremony.
Maria Martinez, Riverside, Calif., is seen holding a Michael Jackson poster one city block away from the controlled entrance to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Michael Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields
The hearse carrying Michael Jackson is seen at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Elizabeth Taylor arrives to Michael Jackson's funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Michael Jackson fans offer gifts to the Jackson family prior to Michael Jackson's funeral at the family residence in the Encino section of Los Angeles for his son's funeral on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
In this handout photo provided by Harrison Funk/The Jackson Family, Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson attend Michael Jackson's funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Sept. 3, 2009 in Glendale, Calif.
Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson leaves the family residence in the Encino section of Los Angeles for his son's funeral on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson leaves the family residence in the Encino section of Los Angeles for his son's funeral on Thursday Sept. 3,2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Members of the media gather outside Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Michael Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson, center, leaves the family residence in the Encino section of Los Angeles for his son's funeral, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields. Jackson died June 25.
In this image made from video, Joe and Katherine Jackson are seated outside the Great Mausoleum where Michael Jackson will be interred, prior their son's funeral in Glendale, Calif. on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009.
The massive marble and concrete Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park was slightly accessible by the public before Michael Jackson was entombed somewhere in its maze of floors and hallways.
Tell the entrance guard you were there to see the "Last Supper" stained-glass window show, and you were allowed to roam a portion of the catacombs for about 10 minutes before anyone hassled you.
But those open sections are only a fraction of the sprawling building that rises many stories and plunges deep underground.
So wherein lies the King of Pop in the monolith? That may be a secret for the ages.
On Friday, a tourist family asked a guard whether the superstar's tomb was private. The guard said it was.
"Private ... forever?" one of them asked.
"Private forever." he said.
No fans, no paparazzi, and so far no one trying too hard to steal a glimpse of the vault containing Jackson's golden casket.
The exact location may forever remain unknown to all but a select few: A guest who attended the Jackson ceremony told The Associated Press the casket had not been put into the vault by the time mourners left.
The funeral began Thursday night nearly two hours after its scheduled 7 p.m. time. Some 200 mourners, including 77-year-old Elizabeth Taylor and other celebrities associated with Jackson, showed up promptly, only to wait at the outdoor seating area, under a withering late-summer sun that pushed temperatures to 90 degrees even as it was going down.
The ceremony began with remarks and song after the family arrived to fill the front five rows of white folding chairs.
Mourners then followed Jackson's brothers as they carried the casket into the mausoleum. The singer's daughter, 11-year-old Paris, cried and was comforted by her aunt, LaToya.
Paris and brothers Prince Michael, 12, and Prince Michael II, 7, known as Blanket, began the service by placing a bejeweled crown on their father's casket. They were composed through most of the 90-minute ceremony, the guest said.
Once inside, Gladys Knight performed the hymn "Our Father" (The Lord's Prayer) and moved many to tears, according to the guest. When it was over, many of the 200 mourners hugged each other. Among them were Taylor, Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, Barry Bonds and Macaulay Culkin.
As it ended, Katherine Jackson appeared extremely weary and had to be helped to her car, according to the guest. Earlier, she had a difficult time going into the mausoleum; she was overcome and turned back, making it unclear if she went in at all, the guest said.
More than 400 media credentials were issued to reporters and film crews who were kept behind barricades. The few clusters of fans who gathered around the secure perimeter encircling the cemetery entrance struggled to see.
Jackson will share eternity at Forest Lawn with the likes of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields, entombed alongside them in the Great Mausoleum. The level of security and secrecy about the location of Jackson's vault all but guaranteed it won't be turned into a shrine or tourist stop.
The entombment also ends months of speculation that the singer's body would be buried at Neverland Ranch, in part to make the property a Graceland-style attraction.
The King of Pop died a drug-induced death June 25 at age 50 as he was about to embark on a comeback attempt. The coroner's office has labeled the death a homicide, and Jackson's death certificate lists "injection by another" as the cause.
Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, told detectives he gave the singer a series of sedatives and the powerful anesthetic propofol to help him sleep. Prosecutors are still investigating, and no charges have been filed.
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Michael Jackson's outdoor funeral service began at Forest Lawn Glendale Thursday after a more than hour delay, keeping Elizabeth Taylor and other celebs waiting in the stubborn L.A. heat.
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Friday, September 4, 2009
Michael Jackson's Final Resting Place Among Greats- Quiet and Peaceful Forest Lawn
Michael Jackson death ... lawyers claim much of the report is 'police theory'. But now death is ruled as 'homicide' , main suspect is Dr Conrad Murray administrated deadly cocktail of drugs.
Forest Lawn is notable for its lack of headstones and for a tight-lipped policy about celebrities' grave sites.
Friends and family said their final goodbyes tonight to Michael Jackson, who was laid to rest during a private service in the exclusive section of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Ca. Jackson was interred in the cemetery’s Great Mausoleum, a voluminous building that also houses the remains of Clark Gable, W.C. Fields and Carole Lombard. Security was tight – local police blocked off streets around the cemetery and discouraged fans from trying to gain access – but that didn’t stop the media from surrounding the cemetery’s wrought-iron front gates.
In addition to the Jackson family including Michael’s three children, attendees at the private service included Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Lisa Marie Presley, Corey Feldman and Chris Tucker.Temperatures hovered at 90 just before sunset, with some mourners fanning themselves with programs for the service. Other mourners included ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, baseball star Barry Bonds, actors Macaulay Culkin and Mila Kunis, choreographer Kenny Ortega and the Rev. Al Sharpton.
A police escort ushered a motorcade of 31 cars from the Jacksons' Encino compound to Forest Lawn Glendale. Jackson's parents, Joe and Katherine, and the singer's children, 12-year-old Prince Michael, 10-year-old Paris Michael and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket, were in the front rows for the service.
Jackson, who was 50, died on June 25 of a drug overdose. The Los Angeles County ruled that his death was a homicide.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Jackson entombment far from cameras, public
The late Micheal Jackson.
Forest lawn Glendale.Resting place for the rich and famous.Security is always high and very private .
Michael Jackson will share eternity with the likes of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields, entombed alongside them in a grand marble mausoleum that will be all but off-limits to adoring fans who might otherwise turn the pop star's grave into a shrine.
A private family ceremony was set for Thursday night inside the massive multistory building at star-studded Forest Lawn Glendale cemetery. The service comes one month after a lavish public memorial that displayed the King of Pop's gleaming golden casket to millions on TV.After the burial, the closest the public will be able to get to Jackson's vault is a portion of the mausoleum that displays "The Last Supper Window," a life-size stained-glass re-creation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. Several 10-minute presentations about the window are held regularly 365 days a year, but most of the building is restricted.
Jackson family chose well for his final resting place if it was privacy they were after.
The Jackson family had booked an Italian restaurant in Pasadena for a gathering Thursday night, said Alex Carr, assistant operations manager at Villa Sorriso, in the city's Old Town district. She wouldn't specify the menu or number of people, but said the entire restaurant, which can accommodate 200 guests, had been reserved for the event and that security would be present.
In court on Wednesday, it was disclosed that 12 burial spaces were being purchased by Jackson's estate at Forest Lawn Glendale, about eight miles north of downtown Los Angeles, but no details were offered on how they would be used.
Jackson's estate will absorb the cost of the service including the policing and other private costs incurred.
The King of Pop died a drug-induced death June 25 at age 50 as he was about to embark on a comeback attempt. The coroner's office has labeled the death a homicide, and Jackson's death certificate lists "injection by another" as the cause.
Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson's personal physician, told detectives he gave the singer a series of sedatives and the powerful anesthetic propofol to help him sleep.
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Michael Jackson Family Enters Into Private Viewing At Forest Lawn Cemetery Funeral
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The casket containing the body of the late Michael Jackson emerges from the Forest Lawn Cemetery and is headed to the Staples Center.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Dr Conray Murray deadly drug cocktail to MJ explained
King of Pop , Micheal Jackson
-Dr Conray Murray was beside MJ when he died , Now is a homicide case.
Dr Conrad Murray, the doctor at the center of the Michael Jackson death investigation, claims he never received any payment during the time he served as the singer's personal physician, according to a source familiar with the arrangement.
Dr. Conrad Murray admits giving the singer several drugs before he died..Murray, who dispensed a cocktail of potent sedatives, including the anesthetic propofol, to Jackson early the morning of the day he died, was hand-selected by Jackson to serve as his doctor and was to accompany the singer to London for a series of scheduled concerts. "Conrad Murray was Michael Jackson's personal physician for three years," said the AEG spokesman. "Michael Jackson requested Murray be put on as part of the show. Murray, however, had yet to be hired. Discussions were along the way for a completed contract. Murray had signed the contract, however, neither Michael Jackson nor AEG had signed the contract."
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Dr Murray is suspect in Homocide Case of Death oF Micheal Jackson
Dr Conray Murray administrater deadly mixture of sedatives that finally end MJ live.
-King of Pop Micheal Jackson
The mixture of the sedatives Valium, lorazepam and midazolam, combined with propofol, was enough to kill the singer, a warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston shows.
A sleepless Michael Jackson spent his last hours pleading for a dose of a powerful anesthetic, his doctor told police, according to court records unsealed Monday.
For six hours, Dr. Conrad Murray said he resisted -- fearful that the pop star had developed a dangerous addiction to propofol.
Instead, Murray administered the sedatives Valium, lorazepam and midazolam -- five times over six hours. But none put Jackson to sleep, and he continued to demand his "milk," the word the pop star used for propofol.
Murray finally relented and at 10:40 a.m. added the drug to Jackson's intravenous drip, according to the records.
That dose -- mixed with the cocktail of other sedatives in the pop star's system -- was enough to kill him, the Los Angeles County coroner's office concluded in a preliminary toxicology report cited in a search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston.
The records also lay out the first detailed chronology of Jackson's final hours-- and reveal Murray's fateful decision to give Jackson the drugs despite his suspicions that the pop star was becoming addicted to them. The narrative is based largely on a three-hour interview Murray gave to Los Angeles police detective two days after Jackson's death on June 25.
Police said Murray told them he found Jackson not breathing at 11 a.m. -- a contention that Murray's attorney disputes -- but paramedics were not called until nearly 90 minutes later. During that time, police suspect that Murray made three cellphone calls totaling 47 minutes, according to the affidavits filed last month when authorities sought search warrants for Murray's Houston medical office and storage unit.
In addition, Murray failed to tell paramedics or emergency room doctors that he had administered propofol, a critical omission that calls into question his treatment and could bolster pursuit of an involuntary manslaughter charge, authorities said.
"Michael Jackson was not the usual patient with the usual problems in the usual circumstances," said Murray's attorney, Edward Chernoff, in response to the court records. "Dr. Murray's overriding goal was to try to help him. . . . To place negligence on him simply because he was there, I don't think is fair."
At Jackson's request, Murray had been administering 50 milligrams of propofol in the six weeks prior to his death using an intravenous line, according to court records. But after weeks of use, Murray said he tried to wean the pop star off the medication. Murray told detectives that he lowered Jackson's dosage to 25 milligrams and mixed it with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam. Then, on June 23, two days before Jackson's death, he administered those two medications and withheld the propofol -- and Jackson was able to sleep.
On June 25, the day Jackson died, Murray once again tried to induce sleep without resorting to propofol, according to the affidavit. He first gave Jackson the three alternative sedatives at 1:30 a.m., 2 a.m., 3 a.m., 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. But Jackson remained awake.
Finally, "after repeated demands/requests from Jackson," Murray relented and gave Jackson 25 milligrams of propofol, diluted with another sedative, records state.
Medical experts said that a 25-milligram dose for someone Jackson's size should not have been enough to kill him. But combined with other drugs, the propofol could have been more dangerous.
"You start giving a lot of drugs and don't know what the final effects might be," said Dr. Scott Engwall, vice chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at UC Irvine School of Medicine. "When you give a little bit of this and a little bit of that, it starts adding up."
According to the court records, Murray sat at Jackson's bedside for 10 minutes after the singer fell asleep, before leaving to use the restroom for no more than two minutes. When he returned, he found Jackson not breathing and said he immediately began administering CPR as well as a drug to reverse the effects of the sedative. Police said that Murray told them that Jackson had stopped breathing about 11 a.m. Murray's attorney disputed that contention.
Police believe Murray made three separate phone calls for approximately 47 minutes beginning at 11:18 a.m, according to records and law enforcement sources. Jackson's staff did not call 911 until 12:21 p.m., police said.
Murray's attorney criticized the timeline outlined in the document as "theory, not fact" and disputed the significance of the phone calls.
"Dr. Murray never said 10 minutes. He said he watched him long enough that he felt comfortable," Chernoff said. "Their theory is he . . . goes off to make some social calls and comes back and finds Michael Jackson is dead and is negligent. The implication is that he left the room to make the phone calls. He didn't need to leave the room to make the calls."
Chernoff declined to say why Murray did not immediately tell paramedics and emergency room doctors that he had given Jackson propofol.
Conrad Murray told police he tried to wean Jackson off propofol.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Jackson doc to be charged with manslaughter
Michael Jackson’s personal physician will be charged with manslaughter within the next two weeks, a law enforcement source told FOXNews.com.
The source initially said Dr. Conrad Murray could be arrested as soon as next Wednesday — but investigators have decided to execute one more search warrant, likely at a Los Angeles pharmacy, next week in an attempt to gather more evidence against him. The arrest is now expected the following week.
Murray isn’t the only doctor who faces criminal charges in connection with Jackson's death on June 25. A law enforcement source told FOXNews.com that Jackson’s longtime dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, will be hit with charges related to medical malpractice. Investigators are still building their case against Klein, and he will not be arrested for at least another two weeks, the source said.
Investigators initially had hoped to charge Murray with a more serious crime than manslaughter — a defendant may be charged with second degree murder in California without the presence of a motive — but prosecutors are concerned that a jury will be unlikely to convict without one, sources said. Unless a "smoking gun" is found in next week’s search, Murray will be charged with manslaughter.
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A significant development in the investigation of the death of Michael Jackson: CNN has confirmed through a source close to the family with knowledge of the investigation that Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, regularly administered the powerful sedative Diprivan, which may have contributed to Jackson's death on June 25
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Michael Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, administered Diprovan, a powerful anesthetic drug suspected of killing the pop star.
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Dr. Murray's alibi / Coartada del Dr. Murray
El "Doctor" irresponsable que arriesgó la vida de Michael Jackson.
The irresponsible "Doctor" who risked Michael Jackson´s life.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
The final chaotic hours of Michael Jackson’s tortured life
The tormented superstar was ‘high as a kite’ on powerful painkillers, reading the Bible, writing dark, nightmarish poetry and hysterically accusing the money men who managed his career of ‘betraying’ him with their plans for a gruelling, 50-date London tour.
Chronicles of MJ few hours before death.
When Jackson was informed that he could not be reached, he ordered his £100,000-a-month personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, to ‘put him out’ with an intravenous drip that included an anaesthetic normally used in hospital operating theatres.
‘Michael was cracking up. He had been injecting himself for over 12 hours, he said for excruciating pain,’ Halperin reveals in an exclusive interview from New York, where he is making a documentary about the singer’s tragic death.
Michael Jackson begged for his father as he lapsed into a drug-fuelled emotional breakdown in his final hours
Two days before his death Michael Jackson was rehearsing in Los Angeles for a series of 50 concerts due to be staged at the O2 in London
Jackson was declared dead at the UCLA hospital in Los Angeles on June 25
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-The Times of London raved about biographer Ian Halperin's book on Michael Jackson. Hear some of his controversial assertions about the King of Pop. -
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And last night he revealed that Jackson spent the 12 hours before he died in an increasingly paranoid and agitated state.
Shortly after midnight on the day of his death, June 25, Jackson finally snapped. Demanding that the tour be called off, he asked an aide to call his father, shouting that Joe Jackson was the only person he still trusted.
When Jackson was informed that he could not be reached, he ordered his £100,000-a-month personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, to ‘put him out’ with an intravenous drip that included an anaesthetic normally used in hospital operating theatres.
‘Michael was cracking up. He had been injecting himself for over 12 hours, he said for excruciating pain,’ Halperin reveals in an exclusive interview from New York, where he is making a documentary about the singer’s tragic death.
‘He begged to see his father but they lied to him. They told him they couldn’t get hold of him. If Joe Jackson had been allowed to see him that night, I believe Michael would still be alive.’
Author Ian Halperin, who accurately predicted Jackson’s death eight months ago and whose book on the troubled star, Unmasked: The Final Years Of Michael Jackson, is high in the bestseller charts, has now reinterviewed a number of aides, family friends and investigators.Chronicles of MJ few hours before death.
When Jackson was informed that he could not be reached, he ordered his £100,000-a-month personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, to ‘put him out’ with an intravenous drip that included an anaesthetic normally used in hospital operating theatres.
‘Michael was cracking up. He had been injecting himself for over 12 hours, he said for excruciating pain,’ Halperin reveals in an exclusive interview from New York, where he is making a documentary about the singer’s tragic death.
The singer, a chronic insomniac, got up at noon on June 24. ‘He had been up until at least 4am, he was so wound up,’ Halperin says. ‘Usually he would lunch at 1pm but that day he barely ate a crumb,’ says the author. ‘He was complaining that his throat and lungs hurt. He also had wrenched his back during rehearsals for the London tour.’
At 12.30pm, the writer says, he began to inject himself with Demerol and lidocaine, as well as a psychiatric drug. At 2.40pm, he emerged from his bedroom, still clad in his pyjamas. ‘He was a bit high,’ says Halperin, ‘but he struck up a conversation in the living room with an aide. He reminisced about his childhood.’ The singer then retreated and got dressed. Three phone calls came into the mansion between 1pm and 4pm. Jackson refused to take them.
‘Three days earlier, he had said he had “made a deal with the devil”,’ Halperin says. ‘I assume he was referring to the concert promoters.’
He was scheduled to rehearse two dance numbers that afternoon with his youngest son, Blanket, seven, who was to appear with him at the O2 series. ‘Michael cancelled the rehearsal,’ says Halperin. ‘He couldn’t keep in sync because of the drugs and the pain.’
At about 4.30pm, the door to Michael’s suite was shut. No one could tell Halperin with certainty how the star occupied himself in the next six ‘missing hours’, but a toxicology report indicates he continued to ingest drugs.
At about 10.40pm, his staff heard music coming from the room. When the door swung open again, about two hours later, Halperin says, he seemed morose and consumed with fear and anger. The star had changed back into pyjamas and a shabby pair of brown slippers.
Aides told Halperin they saw him sitting on his bed. ‘He’d been listening to classics for a couple of hours,’ the author says. ‘Then he suddenly switched to the Gipsy Kings, which was odd. They weren’t Michael’s thing. His mood was extremely chaotic.’
At 1.20am, he received a phone call. ‘It was from one of his advisers,’ Halperin says. ‘He got in a shouting match about finances. That was when Michael said he was calling off the tour. He said some of his advisers didn’t care about his welfare. There were undesirables around him who he feared would hurt him physically and financially. He might have gone along if it had been five shows, he said, but he couldn’t do 50.’
Halperin adds: ‘Michael was visibly upset. I’ve been told he was crying. He demanded an aide call his father. He said his father was the only person who could “clean up the mess”. The aide told him there was no answer and promised to call him the next day.’
Halperin claims that for weeks, whenever Joe Jackson drove to his son’s mansion, he was blocked by security guards. ‘These people were scared that if Joe got wind of the shape Michael was in, he would cancel all 50 shows,’ Halperin says. ‘Joe always told his children, “You either perform at your maximum capacity or you don’t perform.’’’
In the early hours of the morning of his death, Jackson began to scribble poems. ‘He was as high as a kite. What he wrote was dark, sort of frightening,’ says Halperin. ‘The poems were found, hanging in his room on strings. He was over the edge.’
For the next 40 minutes, he sat on his bed, crying and reading the Bible. At 1.51am, he ordered an aide to fetch Dr Murray. He had hired the Trinidadian-born cardiologist, who was burdened with debt, to help him deal with the stress of the London tour after four other physicians turned down the job. ‘Michael was overheard telling Murray he was ready to go to sleep, ’ says Halperin.
At 1.57am, Michael was seen going into the doctor’s room, says Halperin, who claims Murray ‘routinely’ would give him a sleeping potion that included the anaesthetic Propofol, also known as Diprivan.
‘The Diprivan wouldn’t be administered in Michael’s room but in the doctor’s room which was kept under lock and key,’ says Halperin.
The star muttered his last known words to an aide at about 2am: ‘Michael told him, “Don’t worry about me. I am going to sleep.” Twenty five minutes later, Dr Murray was spotted leaving his room. Michael was in a deep sleep. He never woke up.’
Authorities are investigating Dr Murray for suspected manslaughter. The physician has strongly maintained his innocence.
‘It may be difficult to prove exactly what killed Michael. He was an extremely sick man,’ says Halperin. ‘The one thing that is certain is that his father would have beaten down the gates to rescue him if he’d been informed of the state that he was in.
‘No one can say how long he would have lived but he would have survived that night.’
Michael Jackson begged for his father as he lapsed into a drug-fuelled emotional breakdown in his final hours
Two days before his death Michael Jackson was rehearsing in Los Angeles for a series of 50 concerts due to be staged at the O2 in London
Jackson was declared dead at the UCLA hospital in Los Angeles on June 25
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-The Times of London raved about biographer Ian Halperin's book on Michael Jackson. Hear some of his controversial assertions about the King of Pop. -
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
Dr Conray Murray targeted for manslaughter investigation , maybe responsible fo MJ death
Michael Jackson "was looking for propofol and Dr. (Allan) Metzger turned him down and advised him how dangerous it was," Metzger's lawyer Harlan Braun tells PEOPLE. "Apparently, Jackson was shopping around for the drug or looking for someone to administer it to him."
A doctor of Michael Jackson says he prescribed drugs to the alias Omar Arnold.
Image show Dr Conray Murray .
Michael Jackson’s personal doctor targeted in manslaughter investigation
Dr. Conrad Murray’s Houston clinic and storage unit was searched by police as part of an investigation relating to Jackson’s death. Detectives are trying to determine whether Murray administered a dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol to Jackson in his L.A. home the night before he died. On the day of Jackson’s death, two women reportedly moved two boxes out of Murray’s storage unit. The mystery thickens.
Michael Jackson was recently warned against the dangers of the powerful anesthetic propofol by one of his former doctors, according to a lawyer for the physician.
Dr. Allan Metzger, an L.A.-based rheumatologist who also specializes in internal medicine, paid a visit to the singer's home in April, says Metzger's attorney Harlan Braun.
"Jackson was looking for propofol and Dr. Metzger turned him down and advised him how dangerous it was," Braun tells PEOPLE. "Apparently, Jackson was shopping around for the drug or looking for someone to administer it to him."
Jackson, who was a patient of Dr. Metzger's prior to 2003, also asked the doctor about general nutrition and the immunization of his children, Braun says.
Michael Jackson with Dr. Arnold Metzger.
Braun also confirms that Dr. Metzger was subpoenaed last month by the Los Angeles coroner in search of Jackson's medical records, making Metzger at least the fourth doctor to be have files searched in the apparent manslaughter investigation. Investigators reportedly believe Jackson was given propofol the night before his death by his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.
"All my client did was turn down Michael's request for the drug and warn him of the dangers," Braun added. "Dr. Metzger did nothing wrong, and he's now a potential witness who can testify that Jackson was looking for the drug."
Dr. Metzger also previously treated another Jackson: Public records show Metzger was reprimanded in 2000 by the California Medical Board for using a fictitious name to write Janet Jackson a prescription.In the late 90s, Metzger wrote prescriptions for Janet Jackson using the name of her chef, Ricardo Macchi, he admits, saying the prescriptions were for diuretics.
Says Braun, who defended Metzger in that case: "Doctors have a duty to protect their client's privacy. Using false names for prescriptions is the only way to prevent a celebrity from being physically and emotionally harmed by the disclosure of their medical needs." Braun adds that he assumes Dr. Metzger wrote Michael Jackson prescriptions under a pseudonym when he treated the pop star prior to 2003.
"It's common practice even though it's illegal," Braun acknowledges, "which many doctors don't even know, because they think more like doctors than lawyers. But there's no protection against pharmacy workers selling private information to the tabloids."
The warrant also mentioned Cherilyn Lee, a nurse practitioner who treated Jackson earlier this year. Lee said Jackson begged her for propofol to help him get a good night's sleep. She said she refused, telling the pop star that if he took the medicine, he might never wake up.
Nutritionist Cherilyn Lee, who worked with Michael Jackson, is shown during an interview in Inglewood, Calif., in this June 29, 2009 file photo. Lee, a registered nurse, told the AP she repeatedly rejected his demands for Diprivan. But a frantic phone call she received from Jackson four days before his death made her fear that he somehow obtained Diprivan or another drug to induce sleep
News with Cherilyn Lee interview about her knowledge of Michael Jackson requesting drugs to sleep
Michael Jackson's personal doctor is the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death. A search warrant filed Thursday allowed authorities to seek evidence of whether Dr. Conrad Murray committed a crime the singer's death.
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