berichte und artikel zum tod von michael

  • ...in afrikanischen Bräuchen wird das oft so gemacht. Das ist etwas anders als bei uns aber das kann sehr schön und emotional sein.


    Ich finde genau so sollte man das machen. Natürlich bin ich im Moment nicht wirklich in Stimmung um mich zu freuen, aber rumheulen und trauern macht die Sache viel schwieriger. Und irgendwie glaub ich sogar Michael hätte es gewollt dass die Fans ihn so feiern.

  • Michael Jackson CPR Mystery Unfolds


    Posted Jun 27th 2009 10:37AM by TMZ Staff


    Michael JacksonOne question investigators will have for Michael Jackson's personal physician -- did he botch early CPR efforts on the King of Pop?


    On the 911 tape obtained by TMZ, one of Jackson's staffers tells the dispatcher that Jackson is "on the bed" and that a "doctor is here." The doctor is Dr. Conrad Murray.


    Several EMTs tell us it's odd that a veteran cardiologist like Murray would attempt CPR while Jackson was on a bed.


    Common CPR practices call for the patient to be on a hard surface -- because it is difficult to compress the chest on a soft surface. The 911 operator told the staffer to "get him on the floor."


    Cops have yet to officially interview Dr. Murray, but this will almost certainly come up.

  • P: Jackson family upset by lack of info about Michael's final days


    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most of Michael Jackson's family members have gathered in their Encino compound, where they are contemplating funeral arrangements and caring for his three children. They are feeling confused, upset and angry by the lack of information about those who were around the pop superstar in his final days, a person close to the family told The Associated Press.


    Jackson's family wants to know more specifics about what role AEG, the concert promoter that was staging his 50-date concert series at London's 02 Arena, was playing in his life, said the person, who requested anonymity because of the delicate nature of the situation. They also want to know more about the role of his advisers and representatives, who they believe were put in place by the promoter.


    Jackson never communicated to his family who he had in place to handle his business affairs, the person said, adding that they were told by the singer's phalanx of advisers that the singer likely had a will, but it may be many years old. The family is distrustful of what they are being told — but they are determined to find out more, the person said.


    "There are decisions going down without the family being in the loop; it's becoming an issue," the person said.


    Randy Phillips, AEG Live president and chief executive, said earlier Friday that it was Jackson who insisted that Dr. Conrad Murray, a financially troubled cardiologist who was with the entertainer when he collapsed Thursday, be put on the tour payroll.


    "As a company, we would have preferred not having a physician on staff full-time because it would have been cheaper without the hotels and travel, but Michael was insistent that he be hired," Phillips said. "Michael said he had a rapport with him."


    Jackson collapsed Thursday at his rented home in Los Angeles. Police seized Murray's car in search of evidence, but have insisted that the doctor has been cooperative and do not consider him a criminal suspect.


    Records reveal years of financial troubles for Murray, who practices medicine in California, Nevada and Texas; his Nevada medical practice, Global Cardiovascular Associates, was slapped with more than $400,000 in court judgments, and he faces at least two other pending cases and several tax liens.


    The person close to the family said that while there were reports that the singer was distant from his family, Jackson spoke with his mother Katherine quite regularly and his father, Joe, had seen his son shortly before his death. His other eight siblings, including fellow superstar Janet, may not have talked to him recently but were not estranged.


    Much of the family was holed up Friday inside the Jackson family's Encino compound, including his three children, according to the person, who described them as doing looking "pretty good."


    "I don't think it's fully set in yet," the person said.


    No family members were present in the mansion when Jackson died Thursday, the person close to the family said. In the 911 call released by fire officials Friday, an unidentified caller tells a dispatcher that Jackson's doctor is performing CPR.


    Asked by the dispatcher whether anyone saw what happened, the caller answers: "No, just the doctor, sir. The doctor has been the only one there."


    Coroner's officials said they released Jackson's body to his family late Friday night. The family is still trying to determine what kind of memorial to have for Jackson and when, and are debating between the idea of having a private ceremony or a grand celebration open to the public, the person close to the family said.


    Jackson appeared to have suffered a heart attack, another person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity told the AP on Friday. A heart attack is a blocking of the arteries that deprives the heart of adequate blood and can cause cardiac arrest.


    Jackson's brother Jermaine said Thursday that it was believed the pop singer went into cardiac arrest, an interruption of the normal heartbeat that can be caused by factors other than heart attack.


    The Los Angeles County coroner's office, which completed its autopsy Friday, said there were no signs of foul play or trauma, but determining the cause of death will require further tests that will take six to eight weeks.


    Phillips said AEG Live held multiple insurance policies covering cancellation of the shows, and that some time in February Jackson submitted to several hours of physicals that the insurance underwriter insisted upon, and that Jackson passed them all.


    "We had pretty good coverage, but a lot of it is going to depend on the toxicology results," he said. "We need to know what the cause of death was."
    Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


    http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-0...ly_N.htm?csp=34


  • AEG Will Offer Michael Jackson Ticket Refunds


    June 27, 2009
    Luke Baker, Reuters


    AEG Live, the group behind a long series of concerts Michael Jackson was to perform in London from next month, expressed its condolences to the late singer's family on Friday and said tickets would be refunded.


    "On behalf of the entire AEG organization, we extend our deepest condolences to Michael Jackson's family and friends during this tragic time," it said in a statement.



    Michael Jackson 1958-2009



    "Full ticket refund information and procedures will be released next week for all Michael Jackson "This Is It" shows. Fans are advised to hold onto their ticket vouchers/proof of purchase."


    AEG Live had scheduled a punishing series of 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena beginning on July 13, with an estimated 750,000 tickets sold at a price of 50-70 pounds ($80-$110) per ticket. Originally, only 10 concerts were planned.


    The company is reported to have invested $20-30 million on the production already, not including any advance to Jackson.


    The group's financial exposure will depend partly on how well insured it was for the multi-night run. British press reported that some insurers had turned down the opportunity to underwrite the events because of the risks involved.


    AEG Live is a subsidiary of Anschutz Entertainment Group.


    Media reports have suggested that AEG Live's total potential liability from the concerts could amount to 300 million pounds.


    Company representatives in Europe could not be reached for comment.


    Some of the original tickets sold have been sold on via eBay and other auction sites for much greater sums than the tickets' face value. People who bought from unauthorized sellers may not be covered for the costs, ticketing experts have said.


    One pair of "VIP" passes to the opening show was offered on eBay for 16,000 pounds.


    (Billboard.com)

  • Cops Seek 2nd Person in Jackson Investigation



    Cops want to talk to a second person in their investigation into Michael Jackson's death.


    Sources tell TMZ police want to talk to Dr. Tohme Tohme about an "alleged indirect connection" between prescription drugs and MJ's passing.


    Dr. Tohme says he's Jackson's longtime friend and manager. He tells us, "I don't have anything to do with his (Michael's) medication or health. This is B.S. -- why should I talk to police?"


    Police also plan to interview Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.



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  • Sorry it's in french
    If someone is enough good in french to translate it's a very very interesting interview


    I will try to post a Summary with my poor english words


    BFM TV - Podcast Vidéo actualité, journal, information en continu



    Summary
    i's not a Translation but a summary with my own words
    manager during the 95-97
    He said
    - mj was like a kid of 12 years old with millions in bank and buy things like a kid or rent hotel room for a years and never go or rent studio and never go or go late and increase the bill. no one say stop to him and control what he does and they let him Waste his money
    - he tried to be a parent or a big brother and give to mj rule and he Removed mj his signature
    - during this time all the bodyguard was payed by Tarak not by mj cause those who were pay by him doesn't do their jobs and let stranger people (Swindler) around him)
    - mj was so naive he was able to buy thing that doesn't really exist or make deal with fake industralist
    - even in Joe he can't trust in him Tarak explain during a stay in south africa Joe come with 2 stranges people to convice mj to buy for 20 M$ of diamonds but it was fake one
    -During the history it was very hard for mj cause after each his legs make Suffer so much that he can't sleep so his doctor give some drugs to sleep some drugs to Wake up and some drugs to do the show after the death of Diana mj was so much emotialy devasted that he doesn't want to do one more show so like the bodyguard was paid by Tarak he could enter into his room put mj under the Shower and go with him to the concert
    - mj win about 2 billions $ during his carer and he is dead totally broke for him his kids won't inherited of anything like LMP he said the good thing for the kids is the justice will be involved in the Management of the Heritage cause he no one of Confidence

  • Signature (waren (wohl?) als Opener bei TII geplant):


    Dear All


    I am devastated, heartbroken traumatised and stricken with grief at the sad news of Michael Jackson’s death. A fan since the age of 5years old, Michael Jackson has been a presence in my home and life ever since I can remember. Michael Jackson touched my life so deeply and inspired me on so many levels that I am overwhelmed at this massive loss…..words fail me. I cannot begin to tell you how sad I feel. I pray that GOD will bless his soul and I know he is now in heaven still shining as bright as ever.
    “Michael you brought so much happiness to so many people around the world. You showed us all how it is done with your talent and showmanship. You showed us what it means to be a true humanitarian and a true entertainer. You stood tall and proud while others tried to bring you down and you were always victorious and humble. You were and remain the greatest superstar of ALL TIME…………..There will NEVER BE another Michael Jackson ……..
    I love you with all my heart ……
    ………I will dedicate the rest of my life in flying your flag proudly as you will live forever no matter what”…..
    ……MICHAEL JACKSON THE KING OF POP FOREVER ***
    Suleman Mirza

  • Das Kindermädchen Grace, die letzten Dezember gefeuert wurde, erzählt wie Drogenabhängig Michael wirklich war:


    Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson


    THE nanny who became “mother” to Michael Jackson’s three children has told how she regularly had to pump his stomach to remove dangerous cocktails of drugs.


    Grace Rwaramba, 42, who flew from London to Los Angeles yesterday in the hope of being reunited with his children, has given a graphic account of the singer’s increasingly desperate final months.


    She paints a grim picture of Jackson, sometimes penniless but deluded about his “riches”, leading a nomadic life, moving from country to country and hotel to hotel, before allegedly falling under the increasing influence of the Nation of Islam, the extremist sect.


    Jackson is believed to have been taking up to eight different drugs a day, including three narcotic painkillers. Rwaramba, who is expected to be interviewed by detectives about whether she helped administer the drugs, said: “I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it.


    “There was one period that it was so bad that I didn’t let the children see him . . . He always ate too little and mixed too much.”


    The nanny says she once called in the singer’s mother, Katherine, and sister, Janet, to attempt an “intervention”, trying to persuade the singer to come to terms with his addiction. Instead Jackson turned on her, accusing her of betraying him. “He didn’t want to listen; that was one of the times he let me go,” she said.


    Rwaramba, who is from Rwanda, worked for Jackson for more than a decade, starting as an office assistant before becoming nanny to his children, Michael Jr, known as Prince, aged 12; Paris, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7, nicknamed Blanket to distinguish him from his brother.


    She was dismissed for a final time last December but still went back to see the children. When she visited them in April she claims Jackson was so hard up she had to buy “happy birthday” balloons for Paris on her own credit card.


    On a previous occasion he had sent her to Florence to buy antiques for $1m. “We didn’t even have a home to live in. So we had to put the antiques in storage,” she said.


    Yesterday an official with the Los Angeles police revealed the singer had become “heavily addicted” to the powerful painkiller OxyContin and had received an injection of Demerol, another painkiller, an hour before his death. It is now almost certain the police will begin a full investigation into the singer’s death and that Rwaramba will be regarded as a witness. Coroners in the case said yesterday there was no suspicion of foul play but toxicology tests would take several weeks.


    One theory is that Jackson was taking an increasing amount of drugs to combat the stress of his forthcoming 50 concerts at the O2 in London. The nanny said: “Fifty performances! I told him . . . what are you doing? He said ‘I signed only for 10’. He didn’t know what he was signing. He never did.”


    Detectives have made contact with Dr Conrad Robert Murray, a cardiologist who was with Jackson at his rented mansion when he died, and have made clear they want to interview him. Police denied a report that they also want to talk to a second doctor.


    Police will also want to know whether early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) efforts to save the singer’s life were botched. On a tape of conversations between the Jackson home and the ambulance service, one of Jackson’s staff tells the dispatcher that Jackson is on the bed and that a “doctor is here”, meaning Murray.


    Medical experts say it is usual for the patient to be on a hard surface because it is difficult to compress the chest on a soft surface. The operator told the caller to “get him on the floor”. A car towed by police from Jackson’s home is registered in the name of Murray’s sister in Texas.


    Rwaramba claims the Nation of Islam, the sect that had become increasingly prominent in Jackson’s life, told him it cost $100,000 (£60,000) a month to rent the mansion, but she believes similar properties were on the market for no more than $25,000 a month.


    The sect has supplied bodyguards to the singer and allegedly intimidated auction houses that were selling Jackson memorabilia.


    “Michael had no idea about money,” Rwaramba said. “He got a proposal to make an appearance in Japan for $1m . . . By the time everyone took their share, he ended up with $200,000.” At one stage Jackson and his entourage flew economy class to Germany. One of the worst periods was after Jackson was acquitted following a five-month trial in 2005 on charges of sexually abusing a boy during sleepovers at his Neverland ranch.


    Jackson, Rwaramba and the children went to Bahrain as guests of Sheikh Abdullah, a son of the king, who hoped to make a CD with the singer.


    People there described yesterday how they sometimes saw Jackson walking through a mall, his frail body draped in a woman’s abaya, or robe, which covered part of the face. He drew a crowd since he did not walk like a woman.


    When the singer and the sheikh fell out, Jackson and his family moved to Ireland to stay with friends of Rwaramba and then in a small house in New Jersey where Jackson slept in a downstairs room while she and the children shared a bedroom.


    When Jackson did have money, he hid it in black rubbish sacks and under the carpets at the Los Angeles house. Rwaramba says Katherine Jackson rang her in London at 7am on Friday to ask where the money was, possibly to stop it being stolen.


    Sources close to the Jacksons yesterday told the TMZ entertainment website, which broke the news of his death, that the children would stay with their grandmother and grandfather Joe at the family home in Encino, California.


    They said: “We’re told the family is 100% behind this - feeling that Katherine and Joe Jackson are the only people who can help the children understand who their father was, help them grieve, and teach them to deal with life in the spotlight.”


    Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson - Times Online

  • Das ist höchst suspekt...ich weiss nicht, was ich davon halten soll:


    Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson


    THE nanny who became “mother” to Michael Jackson’s three children has told how she regularly had to pump his stomach to remove dangerous cocktails of drugs.


    Grace Rwaramba, 42, who flew from London to Los Angeles yesterday in the hope of being reunited with his children, has given a graphic account of the singer’s increasingly desperate final months.


    She paints a grim picture of Jackson, sometimes penniless but deluded about his “riches”, leading a nomadic life, moving from country to country and hotel to hotel, before allegedly falling under the increasing influence of the Nation of Islam, the extremist sect.


    Jackson is believed to have been taking up to eight different drugs a day, including three narcotic painkillers. Rwaramba, who is expected to be interviewed by detectives about whether she helped administer the drugs, said: “I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it.


    “There was one period that it was so bad that I didn’t let the children see him . . . He always ate too little and mixed too much.”


    The nanny says she once called in the singer’s mother, Katherine, and sister, Janet, to attempt an “intervention”, trying to persuade the singer to come to terms with his addiction. Instead Jackson turned on her, accusing her of betraying him. “He didn’t want to listen; that was one of the times he let me go,” she said.


    Rwaramba, who is from Rwanda, worked for Jackson for more than a decade, starting as an office assistant before becoming nanny to his children, Michael Jr, known as Prince, aged 12; Paris, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7, nicknamed Blanket to distinguish him from his brother.


    She was dismissed for a final time last December but still went back to see the children. When she visited them in April she claims Jackson was so hard up she had to buy “happy birthday” balloons for Paris on her own credit card.


    On a previous occasion he had sent her to Florence to buy antiques for $1m. “We didn’t even have a home to live in. So we had to put the antiques in storage,” she said.


    Yesterday an official with the Los Angeles police revealed the singer had become “heavily addicted” to the powerful painkiller OxyContin and had received an injection of Demerol, another painkiller, an hour before his death. It is now almost certain the police will begin a full investigation into the singer’s death and that Rwaramba will be regarded as a witness. Coroners in the case said yesterday there was no suspicion of foul play but toxicology tests would take several weeks.


    One theory is that Jackson was taking an increasing amount of drugs to combat the stress of his forthcoming 50 concerts at the O2 in London. The nanny said: “Fifty performances! I told him . . . what are you doing? He said ‘I signed only for 10’. He didn’t know what he was signing. He never did.”


    Detectives have made contact with Dr Conrad Robert Murray, a cardiologist who was with Jackson at his rented mansion when he died, and have made clear they want to interview him. Police denied a report that they also want to talk to a second doctor.


    Police will also want to know whether early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) efforts to save the singer’s life were botched. On a tape of conversations between the Jackson home and the ambulance service, one of Jackson’s staff tells the dispatcher that Jackson is on the bed and that a “doctor is here”, meaning Murray.


    Medical experts say it is usual for the patient to be on a hard surface because it is difficult to compress the chest on a soft surface. The operator told the caller to “get him on the floor”. A car towed by police from Jackson’s home is registered in the name of Murray’s sister in Texas.


    Rwaramba claims the Nation of Islam, the sect that had become increasingly prominent in Jackson’s life, told him it cost $100,000 (£60,000) a month to rent the mansion, but she believes similar properties were on the market for no more than $25,000 a month.


    The sect has supplied bodyguards to the singer and allegedly intimidated auction houses that were selling Jackson memorabilia.


    “Michael had no idea about money,” Rwaramba said. “He got a proposal to make an appearance in Japan for $1m . . . By the time everyone took their share, he ended up with $200,000.” At one stage Jackson and his entourage flew economy class to Germany. One of the worst periods was after Jackson was acquitted following a five-month trial in 2005 on charges of sexually abusing a boy during sleepovers at his Neverland ranch.


    Jackson, Rwaramba and the children went to Bahrain as guests of Sheikh Abdullah, a son of the king, who hoped to make a CD with the singer.


    People there described yesterday how they sometimes saw Jackson walking through a mall, his frail body draped in a woman’s abaya, or robe, which covered part of the face. He drew a crowd since he did not walk like a woman.


    When the singer and the sheikh fell out, Jackson and his family moved to Ireland to stay with friends of Rwaramba and then in a small house in New Jersey where Jackson slept in a downstairs room while she and the children shared a bedroom.


    When Jackson did have money, he hid it in black rubbish sacks and under the carpets at the Los Angeles house. Rwaramba says Katherine Jackson rang her in London at 7am on Friday to ask where the money was, possibly to stop it being stolen.


    Sources close to the Jacksons yesterday told the TMZ entertainment website, which broke the news of his death, that the children would stay with their grandmother and grandfather Joe at the family home in Encino, California.


    They said: “We’re told the family is 100% behind this - feeling that Katherine and Joe Jackson are the only people who can help the children understand who their father was, help them grieve, and teach them to deal with life in the spotlight.”


    Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson - Times Online




    Wo und wann soll sie denn das Interview gegeben haben?

  • unglaublich....

    [CENTER][INDENT]ACHTUNG dieser Beitrag kann im Gesamten oder in Passagen Ironie und Sarkasmus beinhalten der ggf. auch nicht für die Allgemeinheit sichtlich gekennzeichnet sein muss.
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  • Al Malnik Claims He Could Be "Blanket's" New Dad


    One day after the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson, there seem to be more questions than answers about the final moments of the eclectic singer. An autopsy was performed on Friday, but results have yet to be revealed. As news of the singers death sinks in, the focus has now turned to Jackson's children and who will take custody of them, and a South Floridian may have something to say about it.


    Longtime Jackson friend and Miami businessman Al Malnik told CBS4's Lisa Petrillo in an exclusive interview that he and Jackson had a signed document that said Malnik could take custody of the youngest child, Prince Michael II, also known as Blanket.


    "I guess in 2003 or 2004, he asked me if anything ever happened to him, if I would become godfather and parent to Prince Michael. So I signed a document at that time agreeing to bring up Blanket in the event anything happened to him," Malnik said.


    According to Malnik, he was the executor of Michael Jackson's will in 2004. But he has no idea what has transpired since then, or if there is a new, updated will. Still, he's sure the children will be taken care of for years to come.


    "I think the royalty income will be bigger than ever before. And, Michael will have no further expenses because he's no longer here. So the kids will be well provided for as a result of his demise," Malnik said.


    As of Friday evening, the Los Angeles Police are looking for the doctor who was with Jackson when he collapsed on Thursday afternoon in his home. Police have indicated he is not being sought in a criminal investigation, but TMZ.com reported Jackson was given a dose of Demerol by the doctor.


    For now, fans all across the globe will mourn and celebrate Jackson's life, who remains as much of a mystery in death as he was in life.


    Al Malnik Claims He Could Be "Blanket's" New Dad - cbs4.com

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