The personal physician who was with him at the time attempted to resuscitated him.
Sir Paul McCartney, who dueted with Jackson in the early 1980s on Say Say Say, said : "It's so sad and shocking. We were going to be on tour in Europe at the same time and I was going to fly in to see him. His family believed his reliance on painkillers had become "extensive" as he struggled with injuries during rehearsals. "The people who have surrounded him have been enabling him. Brian Oxman, the family's lawyer and long-time friend, said Jackson's family had long been concerned about his use of prescription drugs and blamed "enablers" in his entourage for making the situation worse.
Paramedics were called to Jackson's Los Angeles home just after noon on Thursday. " Another friend of Jackson, the illusionist Uri Geller, said there had been no indication that the singer was in a frail condition. " Britney Spears said: "I was so excited to see his show in London. There were reports that the singer was taking Demerol, a powerful medication similiar to morphine, and the opiate Dilaudid. " Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid tribute to Jackson, saying: "This is very sad news for the millions of Michael Jackson fans in Britain and around the world.
He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. I've always admired Michael Jackson � the world has lost one of its greats but his music will live on forever. In recent pictures he looked anything but healthy. He was always someone who seemed to find it difficult to cope with fame. " Paying tribute to the singer's "talent, grace, professionalism and dedication", he added: "I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.
His use of medication had gotten in the way, his injuries which he had sustained performing - where he had broken a vertebrae and had broken his leg from a fall from the stage - had gotten in the way. 26pm. In 1994, he married Lisa Marie Presley, the 26-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley. His lifetime sales tally is estimated at 750? million. He was just fine, the last I heard.
There were reports that the 50-year-old singer had been given a painkilling injection shortly before his death. " Mr Oxman told CNN: "Michael had appeared at rehearsals a couple of time, he was very seriously trying to be able to do this. " Jackson lived as a virtual recluse following his 2005 acquittal on charges including child molestation and kidnap. His 1982 album Thriller � which included the hits Beat It, Billie Jean and Thriller � is still the best-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies sold. In our last conversation a couple of months ago when I was teasing him I was coming to England to see him perform again, he talked about how many people had let him down.
" Drug use can cause cardiac arrest and Jackson had a long-standing reliance on painkillers. We believe he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home, however the cause of his death is unknown until the results of the autopsy are known. I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. God bless. If you think the case of Anna Nicole Smith was an abuse, it was nothing in comparison to what we have seen taking place in Michael Jackson's life.
He repeatedly denied undergoing cosmetic surgery, despite very visible changes to his face and skin tone, and was criticised for forcing his children to wear veils whenever they were in public. He was rushed to UCLA Medical Centre where doctors battled in vain for an hour to save his life. It's amazing to see how many people are now praising him that wouldn't go near him in the last several years, and condemnde him. "I really have no words. "I don't know the cause of all this so I can't tell you what the ultimate result of it is going to be, but I can tell you for sure when you warn people that this is what's going to happen and then it happens, where there is smoke there is fire.
" Quincy Jones, the music producer who worked with Jackson on Thriller, said: "I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news. " There was speculation that the pressure of his forthcoming London dates may have been too much for Jackson. " He added: "Many ridiculed him. Fears for his health emerged after he postponed the earliest dates, and his aides were forced to deny that he was fighting skin cancer. Jackson had custody of the two children and of a third, Prince Michael II, whose mother's name has never been made public.
Michael Jackson's death from a cardiac arrest was probably the result of drug abuse, said a family lawyer who claimed the star was addicted to painkilling medication. They had two children, Prince Michael and Paris Michael Katherine, before divorcing in 1999. His body was flown to the coroner's office by helicopter. "This is not something which had been unexpected. He has been an inspiration throughout my entire life and I'm devastated he's gone!" The Rev Al Sharpton, the civil rights campaigner, described Jackson as a "historic figure", saying: "Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama.
His music will be remembered forever and my memories of our time together will be happy ones. "I do not know the extent of the medications that he was taking, but the reports that we have been receiving in the family is that it was extensive and this is something which I feared and something which I warned about. He said: "My brother, the legendary King of Pop, passed away on Thursday June 25 at 2. The night before his death he had been in rehearsals for his 50-date London comeback tour. AEG Live, which organised the concerts at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, said Jackson had passed a lengthy physical exam in early 2009, but he last toured 12 years ago and looked markedly frail at the press conference to promote the shows.
Max Clifford, the publicist and friend of Jackson, said: "You wonder if the strain of getting fit for this major tour proved too much. He was a young and terribly fit man and he was getting ready for performances in England. I told him it didn't matter, he had never let the fans down. Born in 1958, Jackson made his musical debut with four of his older brothers in the Jackson Five before embarking on a solo career. "This is a case of abuse of medications," Mr Oxman said.
Toxicology tests will be carried out on his body and an autopsy is likely to be undertaken today. " Stars from the world of showbusiness and politics united in tribute to the star who revolutionised pop music with albums such as Thriller, but whose later years were tainted by allegations of child abuse. The couple separated two years later and Jackson later married Debbie Rowe, a 37-year-old nurse he met while undergoing plastic surgery in 1997. He was pronounced dead at 2.
Because of the medication that Michael was taking, his family had been trying for months and months and months to take care of Michael Jackson. News of Jackson's death was confirmed by his brother, Jermaine, who gave a press conference at the hospital. "My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. Mr Oxman likened Jackson's demise to the drug-related death of Anna Nicole Smith, the former Playboy model, and said it came as no surprise to those close to the singer. 26pm, with family members at his bedside.
" Madonna said: "I can't stop crying over the sad news.
Sunday 28 June 2009
Thursday 25 June 2009
Has dropped like a bomb the death of Michael Jackson
The death today of the most famous singers in history, Michael Jackson, has come as a surprise to the whole world, for if everyone thought that this was another of the constant rumors about the artists usually arose.
Sing that the U.S. had 50 years of age, was planning a majestic return to the stage in a series of 50 concerts in London, which sold like hotcakes on the first day that the dates were announced.
The singer who has died due to sudden cardiac arrest at his home in the hills of Los Angeles, where he lived in recent months with their two children Prince Michael Jackson Jr and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, was subjected to constant rumors about the conditions health that suffers.
Since the 80s there was talk of changing color on your skin, which was later revealed to be due to an illness. Recently one of us biographers said that Jackson was suffering from a terminal illness, which was denied at the time by the team of the singer.
This time, the rumor became reality and the world of music has been left without one of its main exponents.
Sing that the U.S. had 50 years of age, was planning a majestic return to the stage in a series of 50 concerts in London, which sold like hotcakes on the first day that the dates were announced.
The singer who has died due to sudden cardiac arrest at his home in the hills of Los Angeles, where he lived in recent months with their two children Prince Michael Jackson Jr and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, was subjected to constant rumors about the conditions health that suffers.
Since the 80s there was talk of changing color on your skin, which was later revealed to be due to an illness. Recently one of us biographers said that Jackson was suffering from a terminal illness, which was denied at the time by the team of the singer.
This time, the rumor became reality and the world of music has been left without one of its main exponents.
Michael Jackson dead, reports say
U.S. - Michael Jackson Died
Several sources confirmed this afternoon the death of someone who was once considered the most important figure of the entertainment of all time: the singer Michael Jackson. The pop star, according to several U.S. media reported, was taken to a hospital in Los Angeles by a group of paramedics who found him not breathing on arrival at their home.
Several sources confirmed this afternoon the death of someone who was once considered the most important figure of the entertainment of all time: the singer Michael Jackson. The pop star, according to several U.S. media reported, was taken to a hospital in Los Angeles by a group of paramedics who found him not breathing on arrival at their home.
Return to the scene was "very stressful" for Jackson
08:06 PM New York .- The expected return to the stage after years of absence was "very stressful" to perfection as an artist as Michael Jackson, who died Thursday at age 50 of a heart attack, said a former representative of the idol upon learning the death.
"Preparing for a show of this size was very stressful," he told AFP producer Jay Coleman, who represented the artist in the 80s, especially for spots made for Pepsi.
Like other fans of artists, tourists and curious, Coleman learned of Jackson's death at Times Square, the central plaza of New York where a giant screen live on the ad.
Many of her fans can not believe it said, others cried and just looked at the rest of the story without emotions outwardly.
Jackson was preparing his return to the stage in July with a series of concerts in London, a widely publicized return voluntarily after their confinement since he was acquitted in 2005 of charges of abuse of a minor.
According to Coleman, "the expectations of the fans were that Michael Jackson would be so great as in the past." "He was a perfectionist and engages fully in the preparation of a show, each detail was very important."
Jackson "was a very eccentric personality," says Coleman, reminiscent of the artist on their professionalism on stage exacerbated to the extreme.
"Preparing for a show of this size was very stressful," he told AFP producer Jay Coleman, who represented the artist in the 80s, especially for spots made for Pepsi.
Like other fans of artists, tourists and curious, Coleman learned of Jackson's death at Times Square, the central plaza of New York where a giant screen live on the ad.
Many of her fans can not believe it said, others cried and just looked at the rest of the story without emotions outwardly.
Jackson was preparing his return to the stage in July with a series of concerts in London, a widely publicized return voluntarily after their confinement since he was acquitted in 2005 of charges of abuse of a minor.
According to Coleman, "the expectations of the fans were that Michael Jackson would be so great as in the past." "He was a perfectionist and engages fully in the preparation of a show, each detail was very important."
Jackson "was a very eccentric personality," says Coleman, reminiscent of the artist on their professionalism on stage exacerbated to the extreme.
Michael Jackson dies at 50
Los Angeles, United States / June 25 2009
Source: AFP '
Admired throughout the world and also the Latino, the singer Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a heart attack, reported a U.S. site dedicated to celebrities.
According to the page dedicated to the lives of celebrities, Jackson suffered a heart attack after 12:00 local time (19H00 GMT) and paramedics failed to resuscitate.
Michael recorded in October 2001, an altruistic song with several Latin artists like Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Luis Miguel, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Julio Iglesias, John Secada, Alejandro Sanz, Christian Castro, Olga Tañon, Juan Gabriel and Thalía.
Jackson, who was listed as a musical and artistic genius, he recorded only a matter entirely in Spanish throughout his more than 30 years of experience. The song in question is called All my love is you and included in the Bad album, released in 1987.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper, citing sources of the fire department, reported that Jackson, 50, was unconscious when paramedics arrived at his home in Holmby Hills.
The website TMZ said that Jackson suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest, but the singer's father, Joe Jackson, was unable to confirm details when contacted by another celebrity portal.
On behalf of the entire Latino community, we join the pain that seizes their fans and the entertainment world in general for the loss of a large. The "King of Pop", rest in peace.
Source: AFP '
Admired throughout the world and also the Latino, the singer Michael Jackson died Thursday after suffering a heart attack, reported a U.S. site dedicated to celebrities.
According to the page dedicated to the lives of celebrities, Jackson suffered a heart attack after 12:00 local time (19H00 GMT) and paramedics failed to resuscitate.
Michael recorded in October 2001, an altruistic song with several Latin artists like Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Luis Miguel, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Julio Iglesias, John Secada, Alejandro Sanz, Christian Castro, Olga Tañon, Juan Gabriel and Thalía.
Jackson, who was listed as a musical and artistic genius, he recorded only a matter entirely in Spanish throughout his more than 30 years of experience. The song in question is called All my love is you and included in the Bad album, released in 1987.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper, citing sources of the fire department, reported that Jackson, 50, was unconscious when paramedics arrived at his home in Holmby Hills.
The website TMZ said that Jackson suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest, but the singer's father, Joe Jackson, was unable to confirm details when contacted by another celebrity portal.
On behalf of the entire Latino community, we join the pain that seizes their fans and the entertainment world in general for the loss of a large. The "King of Pop", rest in peace.
Michael Jackson died, pop icon
He suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles and taken to an emergency hospital. Questioned by his eccentricities, in 2005 he was acquitted in a trial for child abuse.
Pop music mourning its main icon. For 50 years the singer Michael Jackson died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles and being rushed to a local hospital, where he could not be revived.
According to local media reports, Jackson came to the hospital with the breath of the University of California (UCLA), after being attended by a paramedic firefighter.
Came to the place immediately familiar, as well as hundreds of fans. Simultaneously, a team of bodyguards and policemen formed a cordon to block access to photographers and fans.
Jackson had a poor health for much of his life, in many cases requiring care. Four of them occurred in 2005 in the trial for child abuse. The "King of Pop", after a strenuous process, ended acquitted.
In 1995 he was admitted to a hospital in New York, after fading into a test in a theater. The "King of Pop" also went through the operating room to undergo numerous operations aesthetic, which dramatically altered his face. However, it was stated that the white color of his skin was due to vitiligo, a disease that causes discoloration.
Jackson was in the trial period, of a new return to the stage. In this regard, their fans had already exhausted the number of tickets for a concert to be held in London. With its battered finances after the scandals, the "King of Pop" and looking back to the early drawings of the music.
Pop music mourning its main icon. For 50 years the singer Michael Jackson died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles and being rushed to a local hospital, where he could not be revived.
According to local media reports, Jackson came to the hospital with the breath of the University of California (UCLA), after being attended by a paramedic firefighter.
Came to the place immediately familiar, as well as hundreds of fans. Simultaneously, a team of bodyguards and policemen formed a cordon to block access to photographers and fans.
Jackson had a poor health for much of his life, in many cases requiring care. Four of them occurred in 2005 in the trial for child abuse. The "King of Pop", after a strenuous process, ended acquitted.
In 1995 he was admitted to a hospital in New York, after fading into a test in a theater. The "King of Pop" also went through the operating room to undergo numerous operations aesthetic, which dramatically altered his face. However, it was stated that the white color of his skin was due to vitiligo, a disease that causes discoloration.
Jackson was in the trial period, of a new return to the stage. In this regard, their fans had already exhausted the number of tickets for a concert to be held in London. With its battered finances after the scandals, the "King of Pop" and looking back to the early drawings of the music.
Michael Jackson dies
Michael Jackson has died after suffering a suspected heart attack.
Emergency services were called to the 50-year-old singer's Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles and he was taken to the UCLA medical centre.
The King of Pop was pronounced dead at 2.26pm Pacific time (10.26pm BST) and a post-mortem examination is expected to take place later today, the Los Angeles Coroner's Office spokesman Fred Corral has said.
Jackson was about to embark on a comeback tour - This Is It, including 50 dates in London, which aimed to resurrect his fortunes.
Close friend Uri Geller said: "I guess the stress, the anticipation and the passion he was emitting from his heart, wanting to do this comeback so badly, maybe that got to him.
"That is all I can think, that maybe the stress killed him."
He described Jackson, who was best man when Geller renewed his wedding vows, as a "genius".
He said: "I'm shocked and devastated. I am hoping this is a dream I will wake up from, but it is not. Michael is dead.
"For him not to be around, that he's gone, is just surreal. It cannot sink into my psyche. He was a genius.
"I had my rows and up and downs with him because we were friends. I voiced my opinion about what he was doing wrong and found myself shouting at him at certain times, but when this person you were so close to is taken away, is gone, it's just unbelievable."
The Rev Al Sharpton, a leading US civil rights campaigner and friend of Jackson for 35 years, said the star was a "trailblazer" and a "historic figure".
"Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama," he said.
"Michael did with music what they did in sports, in politics, and in television
"No controversy will erase the historic impact.
"He learned how to sing and dance past unfair criticism, he learned how to sing and dance and be creative against his worst critics, he learned how to create even beyond his own shortcomings.
"He knew he had shortcomings, but he knew how to build his strengths and use his strengths to help people around the world.
"Michael Jackson was a trailblazer, to say an icon would only give these young people in Harlem a fraction of what he was.
"He was a historic figure that people will measure music and the industry by.
"He has sold more single products than any other artist and no one could drag him down for that."
Jackson last toured 12 years ago when he played 82 shows in 58 cities for the HIStory tour.
At the World Music Awards in London in November 2006 he performed just a few lines from We Are The World.
Jackson has three children, Michael Joseph Jackson Junior, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
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