Category Archives: Michael Jackson

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Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician who was charged with involuntary manslaughter for the King of Pop’s death, faced the judge that will oversee his trial and several members of the Jackson family — the star’s parents Joe and Katherine as well as siblings Janet, Jermaine and Randy — at a preliminary hearing [...] Continue reading →

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As Dr. Conrad Murray’s April 5th hearing approaches, lawyers representing Michael Jackson’s personal physician have filed legal papers fighting the California Attorney General and medical board’s attempts to have his medical license revoked in the state, citing financial difficulties. “[Murray] is, without fear of overstatement, hanging on by a thread,” his attorney wrote in [...] Continue reading →

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Unsealed documents from the search warrant for Michael Jackson’s home in the days after his death reveal that investigators found 11 vials of the powerful sedative propofol and nearly 30 tubes of skin-whitening creams like hydroquinone and Benoquin, the AP reports. Various other sedatives and medical equipment were recovered in the search and [...] Continue reading →

Photo: AFP/Getty California Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has lobbied the state’s medical board to request that a judge revoke Dr. Conrad Murray’s state medical license at a hearing on April 5th. When Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson in February, the judge did not ban Murray [...] Continue reading →

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When news of Michael Jackson’s death broke on June 25th, 2009, initial reports questioned why his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, waited so long to call 911 and request help — as RS noted, Murray admitted to waiting between 20 and 30 minutes after finding the star unresponsive in a bedroom before he located [...] Continue reading →

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The Michael Jackson estate and Sony Music have reportedly agreed on a seven-year, 10-project, $250 million pact that will be the most lucrative in music history, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources close to the negotiation. The Jackson estate is guaranteed an expected $200 million from the deal, which will likely feature reissues [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Kim/WireImageMichael Jackson’s burial may be allowed to take place at Neverland, pending an application process and the approval of Santa Barbara county officials, CNN reports. While the Jackson family has not yet approached country officials about the request, CNN writes that a Jackson family lawyer contacted officials about the possibility of burying the singer [...] Continue reading →

Photo: Clary/AFP/Getty Investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson are awaiting the results of a toxicology report before determining whether the superstar’s sudden cardiac arrest on June 25th can be ruled an accidental overdose or homicide, Los Angeles Police chief William Bratton told CNN: “We are still awaiting corroboration from the coroner’s office as to [...] Continue reading →

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Janet Jackson reportedly attempted to set up an intervention in 2007 to confront Michael Jackson about his addiction to painkillers, a pair of sources told CNN. According to the report, Janet recruited her brothers to help stage the intervention, however Michael told his bodyguards to prevent his family from entering his property and [...] Continue reading →

Mariah Carey has apologized to fans for what she considers a sub par performance of the Jackson 5’s “I’ll Be There” at the Michael Jackson memorial concert on July 7th at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The singer took to her Twitter to explain to fans that she was so overcome with grief that her emotions [...] Continue reading →

Photo:Richards/AFP/Getty Michael Jackson’s all-star memorial service cost Los Angeles significantly less than first estimated, running up a tab of $1.4 million for the deployment of extra police officers, sanitation workers and traffic controllers, CNN reports. The Los Angeles Mayor’s Office at first predicted the event would cost the cash-strapped city $3.8 million, leading mayor Antonio [...] Continue reading →

Photo: AFP/Getty When Michael Jackson passed away, many outlets (not Rock Daily, mind you) were quick to jump on a January 2009 story from U.K. tabloid the Mirror stating that the King of Pop planned to leave his 50 percent stake in the Beatles’ Sony/ATV publishing rights to Paul McCartney. However, when Jackson’s 2002 will [...] Continue reading →