Michael Jackson dies at 50

[Godmaster]

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson's brother says it's believed that the pop star died of cardiac arrest.

Jermaine Jackson cautioned at a hospital press conference Thursday that the cause of his death would not be known until an autopsy was performed.

He said Michael Jackson's personal doctor and paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his rented home in Holmby Hills. A team of doctors at UCLA Medical Center also tried for more than an hour.

Los Angeles police Lt. Gregg Strenk said at a separate news conference that police robbery-homicide detectives have been ordered to investigate, which is common in a high-profile case. Strenk says the coroner's office, which will handle inquiries into the type of death, is taking possession of the body.

This is quite sudden.

[Hades]

Indeed, the King of Pop is gone forever. I quite admire him when I was a kid. Sad to hear this news

[Leslie]

I quite admire him when I was a kid.
I am sure that if he met you when you were a kid, he would have admired you too :p

Anyway, RIP lah MJ, a waste that your life turned into the freak show that it did.

[Koo]

WACKO JACKO RIP! May you moonwalk your way up to heavens!:pray2:

[Hitman]

RIP MJ...:pray2:

[MSth08]

Bluewater Productions has announced it will publish a Michael Jackson biography comic book in October.

Jackson, the "King of Pop" who sold millions of records and is considered the most influential and popular musical performer of the 1980s, died on Thursday at the age of 50.

"Michael Jackson's music served as the soundtrack to countless lives...including mine," said Bluewater president Darren G. Davis, ³His influence on our culture has been profound."

The comic, Tribute: Michael Jackson, King of Pop, is being written by Wey-Yuih Loh and illustrated by Giovanni Timpano. It will feature a wraparound cover and foreword by The Official Michael Jackson Fan Club¹s Giuseppe Mazzola, a friend of Jackson's, and an alternate wraparound cover by Vinnie Tartamella.

According to Davis, he initially "waffled" at producing the tribute comic, but received e-mails and phone calls in support of the project.

"This is a celebration of his life and what he meant to a legion of fans," Davis said. "Although the book won't shy away from some of his personal troubles, we try to tell a balanced story that shows Jackson as a musical genius, an unparalleled superstar and as a complex person."

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[des_yeo03]

Jackson's mother seeks control of estate

By Jill Serjeant

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's parents on Monday sought control over his children and an estate that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Concert promoters who backed the King of Pop's highly anticipated comeback tour that was set to begin next week in London released photos of Jackson rehearsing for the shows. And a Los Angeles coroner said a report in a British tabloid claiming to be based on autopsy results was inaccurate.

Four days after the singer's death from cardiac arrest, his father Joe Jackson said the family was awaiting results of a second, private autopsy, and he expected to get details "real soon." He said a date for the funeral had not been set.

"We don't have a timeframe for that because I want to see how this autopsy is coming out," Joe Jackson told reporters after a family meeting at his home in Los Angeles.

Standing beside Joe Jackson outside the house -- the site of a makeshift memorial of flowers and balloons -- civil rights leader Al Sharpton said the family was being "careful and deliberate on how they plan the celebration of his life."

Two autopsies have been carried out on Jackson -- one by the Los Angeles County Coroner's office and a second by a private pathologist. Toxicology tests are expected to take several weeks.

Jackson, 50, died at his rented Los Angeles home on Thursday before a string of 50 concerts in London, starting July 13, that were planned to revive a career grounded by his 2005 trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.

On Monday, promoters AEG Live released four pictures from a June 23 dress rehearsal for the concerts, taken two days before Jackson's death.

They show Jackson looking thin, but much like his typical singing and dancing self, performing on stage with dancers. AEG Live declined to comment on media reports that they had video footage of the rehearsals that could be released on DVD.

JACKSON'S MOTHER SEEKS CONTROL

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Monday approved the appointment of Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, as temporary guardian of Prince Michael, 12, Paris Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7, pending a hearing next week.

Lawyers for Katherine Jackson also sought to make her the administrator of Jackson's estate, which would essentially give her control of money generated from sales of his records and business ventures in which he was involved.

Jackson has been said to be as much as $500 million in debt when he died, but his estate has been estimated at $1 billion or more and is likely to rise following his death. Court papers list the value of the estate as "unknown."

His two eldest children were with ex-wife Debbie Rowe and the third is from an unidentified surrogate mother. In court papers, Katherine Jackson said the children had "no relationship with their biological mother."

It was unclear whether Rowe would also seek custody of the children.

"Whoever has ultimate custody of these children, who are probably going to be the beneficiaries of his estate, will get control of his money to care for the children. So to that extent, whoever the permanent guardian will be will have tremendous sums of money to take care of the children," entertainment attorney Jerry Reisman told Reuters.

Court papers filed by Katherine Jackson indicated the "Thriller" singer died without a will, but some media reports said a former Jackson lawyer, John Branca, possessed a will signed by the pop star. Branca did not return calls on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles coroner's office dismissed as inaccurate a report in Britain's Sun newspaper which said Jackson was almost bald, emaciated and that his hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds when he died.

Assistant chief coroner Ed Winter said the details did not come from the private or county autopsies. "I don't know where that information came from, or who that information came from. It is not accurate. Some of it is totally false," he said.

Sharpton said the family was moved by the outpouring of love for Jackson.

Since Jackson's death, sales of his hit songs have soared. For the week ended Sunday, 143 of his recordings totaled 67,383 radio plays in the United States -- up 1,735 percent from the week before, according to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Source (http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090629/ten-entertainment-us-jackson-db3f2d5.html)

[superzeroes]

no other person can be (or was) as great as u. i do not think any one ever came near u....

RIP MJ:pray2:

[Songtian]

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[Godmaster]

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[des_yeo03]

Report: LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered

LONDON – Two British Sunday newspapers said LaToya Jackson believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered by a group of conspirators trying to get hold of his fortune.

LaToya Jackson said she knows who is responsible for her brother's death and is determined to see them brought to justice, the News of the World reported.

According to the published interviews with The News of the World and The Mail on Sunday, she did not name any of the people she believes were involved and did not offer any evidence to support her claim that foul play was involved in the singer's sudden death on June 25.

"I feel it was all about money," she was quoted as saying by the News of the World. "Michael was worth well over a billion in music publishing assets and somebody killed him for that. He was worth more dead than alive."

She reportedly said the conspirators used powerful prescription drugs to keep Michael Jackson submissive and under control and also kept him away from his family.

She also claimed, the newspapers reported, that roughly $2 million (1.23 million pounds) worth of cash and jewelry was taken from Michael Jackson's rented mansion and has not been accounted for.

LaToya Jackson also was quoted as saying her brother did not want to perform the 50 London shows he had agreed to, but was pressured into that agreement.

The shows, to mark Michael Jackson's return to concert performing, had been scheduled to begin Monday at London's 02 Arena.

Officials are waiting for the return of toxicology reports before determining the cause of Michael Jackson's death.

Source (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090712/ap_en_ot/eu_britain_michael_jackson_5)