Michael Jackson’s body will be buried in Los Angeles on 29 August, the day the King of Pop would have turned 51, his father said, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Joe Jackson, 80, told AFP that the birthday burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery would be a private event, and it is two months after his 25 June death from his heart failure.
The reasons behind the cardiac arrest which killed the singer remain a mystery, according to ITN news, and authorities are continuing the investigation whether prescription drugs played a role in Jackson’s death, and have focused on the role played by his personal physician Conrad Murray in the wake of the singer’s death, says The Daily Telegraph.
Dr Murray was present at the time Jackson died, and reportedly has admitted prescribing powerful anaesthetics to the singer.
In LA, a judge has postponed a decision on whether or not to approve a traveling exhibition dedicated to Michael Jackson.
The singer’s mother Katherine is said to be concerned the planned show might not bring enough money to his estate.
However, ITN news reports that a deal for the sale of Michael Jackson memorabilia has been approved and it is believed the king of Pop could earn more posthumously than his former father-in-law Elvis Presley.
The event – Las Vegas celebrates the music of Michael Jackson – will showcase Las Vegas Strip entertainers singing the star’s greatest hits, says The Daily Telegraph.
Joe Jackson, the singer’s father said he plans to return to Las Vegas immediately after the burial service to attend a charity fundraiser at the Palms Casino Resort.
According to Joe, later that day, the Jackson family patriarch is to receive a celebrity star in his late son’s honour from Brenden Theatres, a cinema at the Palms frequented by Jackson and his three children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7.
The theater has also planned a charity screening of the 1988 film “Moonwalker”, a feature film of Jackson concert footage and music video clips, with proceeds going to public school music education programs in Las Vegas.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Monday, 10 August 2009
Jackson lawyer denies Oliver star fathering Jacko’s child
Michael Jackson’s family lawyer has rejected claims from child star Mark Lester that he could be the biological father of the pop star’s daughter Paris, says The Daily Telegraph.
Mr Lester, 51, who found fame in the 1968 musical Oliver!, was a close friend of the late pop superstar. He is godfather to Paris, 11, and Jackson's two other children, 12-year-old Prince, and Prince Michael II, the seven-year-old nicknamed Blanket.
He claimed over the weekend that he gave Michael his sperm so that the King of the Pop could have kids and he said he felt a "definite bonding" with Paris, the 11-year-old, with pale skin and blue eyes might be his daughter, the Metro reports.
However, Brian Oxman, the Jackson family's lawyer, said he was confident the King of Pop was Paris' father.
He said: “The thing I always heard from Michael was that Michael was the father of these children, and I believe Michael," he said on GMTV from Los Angeles, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Mr Oxman went on to say in GMTV he did not think that Lester was lying, but that he was repeating what he had wrongly been told.
“Mark Lester is a friend of mine – he is a straight shooter," he said. “I think what Mark said is what he understands – he was told these things. That’s what Michael wanted it to be. But Michael always told me he was the papa.”
Mr Lester told the News of the World he was speaking out because he claimed he had been “cruelly” cut out of the lives of Jackons’ children since the start did in June, says the Metro.
He said up until the pop singer’s memorial last month, he was in touch with them on a weekly basis, but recently all of this phone calls and emails had gone unanswered.
“This isn’t what Michael would have wanted,” Lester continued to tell the News of the World. “I feel I have to come forward, as my only way of saying, ‘Please don’t shut me out!’.”
He was supported by Jackson’s close friend, Uri Geller, The Daily Telegraph reports.
"I have no reason to doubt Mark's story simply because I remember years ago in New York Michael implied to me that he wanted Mark to help him father a child for him," he told GMTV.
Though Mr Uri Geller said he cannot be 100 per cent sure that Paris is the biological daughter of Mark but he remembered those words, knowing the close relationship that Mark had with Michael and his families and his children.
Mr Lester, 51, who found fame in the 1968 musical Oliver!, was a close friend of the late pop superstar. He is godfather to Paris, 11, and Jackson's two other children, 12-year-old Prince, and Prince Michael II, the seven-year-old nicknamed Blanket.
He claimed over the weekend that he gave Michael his sperm so that the King of the Pop could have kids and he said he felt a "definite bonding" with Paris, the 11-year-old, with pale skin and blue eyes might be his daughter, the Metro reports.
However, Brian Oxman, the Jackson family's lawyer, said he was confident the King of Pop was Paris' father.
He said: “The thing I always heard from Michael was that Michael was the father of these children, and I believe Michael," he said on GMTV from Los Angeles, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Mr Oxman went on to say in GMTV he did not think that Lester was lying, but that he was repeating what he had wrongly been told.
“Mark Lester is a friend of mine – he is a straight shooter," he said. “I think what Mark said is what he understands – he was told these things. That’s what Michael wanted it to be. But Michael always told me he was the papa.”
Mr Lester told the News of the World he was speaking out because he claimed he had been “cruelly” cut out of the lives of Jackons’ children since the start did in June, says the Metro.
He said up until the pop singer’s memorial last month, he was in touch with them on a weekly basis, but recently all of this phone calls and emails had gone unanswered.
“This isn’t what Michael would have wanted,” Lester continued to tell the News of the World. “I feel I have to come forward, as my only way of saying, ‘Please don’t shut me out!’.”
He was supported by Jackson’s close friend, Uri Geller, The Daily Telegraph reports.
"I have no reason to doubt Mark's story simply because I remember years ago in New York Michael implied to me that he wanted Mark to help him father a child for him," he told GMTV.
Though Mr Uri Geller said he cannot be 100 per cent sure that Paris is the biological daughter of Mark but he remembered those words, knowing the close relationship that Mark had with Michael and his families and his children.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Police raids Jackson doctor’s office
Los Angeles police and federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson’s doctor on 22 July investigating the singer’s possible manslaughter, the Independent reports.
The police and agents are from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), they were searching Dr Conrad Murray’s Clinic in north Houston, Los Angeles Police Detective Dan Myers said, according to the Independent.
From the BBC news, DEA Officers entered Dr Conrad Murray's office and removed several items, meanwhile Houston police surrounded the building.
Dr Murray's spokeswoman Miranda Sevcik told the BBC the raid was a surprise to them and it was a surprise to the attorneys as well.
She went on to say the agents were looking for Murray's records, not drugs, but would not specify further. She declined to say how the search related to Jackson's death.
In the meantime, investigators in California are also sought more information from Murray, according to Edward Chernoff, Dr Murray’s attorney, the Independent reports.
Mr Chernoff then posted a statement on his law firm’s website, and said investigators from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office have asked for medical records in addition to those already provided by Murray.
He continued: “The coroner wants to clear up the cause of death; we share that goal. Based on Dr. Murray's minute-by-minute and item-by-item description of Michael Jackson's last days, he should not be a target of criminal charges."
According to the BBC, when speaking a few days after Jackson’s death, Mr Chernoff denied Dr Murray administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer’s death.
He said any drugs Dr Murray had given to Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint, and “he just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn’t breathing.”
Mr Chernoff then said Dr Murray had received unwelcome attention from those angry fans since the singer’s untimely death.
"Dr. Murray was the last doctor standing when Michael Jackson died and it seems all the fury is directed toward him," Chernoff said, according to the BBC, "Dr. Murray is frustrated by negative and often erroneous media reports, he has to walk around 24-7 with a bodyguard. He can't operate his practice. He can't go to work because he is harassed no matter where he goes."
According to the Independent, investigators found the powerful anesthetic propofol in Jackson’s home, they are now working with the DEA and California attorney general’s office to determine how the medications got there.
Previous source shows police detectives have already spoken to Murray twice – once immediately after the singer’s death and then again two days later, according to the Independent. Police say Murray is cooperating with their investigation.A cause of death has yet to be determined for the pop star. The coroner's office is expecting to release autopsy results next week, said the independent.
The police and agents are from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), they were searching Dr Conrad Murray’s Clinic in north Houston, Los Angeles Police Detective Dan Myers said, according to the Independent.
From the BBC news, DEA Officers entered Dr Conrad Murray's office and removed several items, meanwhile Houston police surrounded the building.
Dr Murray's spokeswoman Miranda Sevcik told the BBC the raid was a surprise to them and it was a surprise to the attorneys as well.
She went on to say the agents were looking for Murray's records, not drugs, but would not specify further. She declined to say how the search related to Jackson's death.
In the meantime, investigators in California are also sought more information from Murray, according to Edward Chernoff, Dr Murray’s attorney, the Independent reports.
Mr Chernoff then posted a statement on his law firm’s website, and said investigators from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office have asked for medical records in addition to those already provided by Murray.
He continued: “The coroner wants to clear up the cause of death; we share that goal. Based on Dr. Murray's minute-by-minute and item-by-item description of Michael Jackson's last days, he should not be a target of criminal charges."
According to the BBC, when speaking a few days after Jackson’s death, Mr Chernoff denied Dr Murray administered painkilling drugs that could have contributed to the singer’s death.
He said any drugs Dr Murray had given to Jackson were in response to a specific health complaint, and “he just happened to find him in his bed, and he wasn’t breathing.”
Mr Chernoff then said Dr Murray had received unwelcome attention from those angry fans since the singer’s untimely death.
"Dr. Murray was the last doctor standing when Michael Jackson died and it seems all the fury is directed toward him," Chernoff said, according to the BBC, "Dr. Murray is frustrated by negative and often erroneous media reports, he has to walk around 24-7 with a bodyguard. He can't operate his practice. He can't go to work because he is harassed no matter where he goes."
According to the Independent, investigators found the powerful anesthetic propofol in Jackson’s home, they are now working with the DEA and California attorney general’s office to determine how the medications got there.
Previous source shows police detectives have already spoken to Murray twice – once immediately after the singer’s death and then again two days later, according to the Independent. Police say Murray is cooperating with their investigation.A cause of death has yet to be determined for the pop star. The coroner's office is expecting to release autopsy results next week, said the independent.
Monday, 29 June 2009
How does social networking site react after Michael Jokson's death
I got the news of Michael Jackson's death not from the BBC, the Daily Mirror or the Sun. Indeed I got it from facebook - the most popular social networking site.
If asking how the social networking site reacts after the King of the Pop's death, I can tell you I was shocked not because of Michael Jackson's death, but because all of my mates on facbook paied their tribute to this super star coincidently.
No matter this chap normally in favour of keeping silent on facebook, or this lady is used to speaking out loud to keep in touch with her mates. They all wrote: MJ, Dead?!?
If asking how the social networking site reacts after the King of the Pop's death, I can tell you I was shocked not because of Michael Jackson's death, but because all of my mates on facbook paied their tribute to this super star coincidently.
No matter this chap normally in favour of keeping silent on facebook, or this lady is used to speaking out loud to keep in touch with her mates. They all wrote: MJ, Dead?!?
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