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MICHAEL JACKSON PASSES, VACATES THRONE AS KING OF POP
[c.2009, 2012 McClure & Trowbridge Publishing Ltd
Nashville TN. All rights reserved.]
Michael Jackson Vacates Throne As King of Pop
MICHAEL JACKSON
 
29 August 1958 - 25 June 2009
Dr. Murray, Convicted In Michael Jackson Death, Jailed Immediately Following Trial
In 22 trial days spanning five weeks, the jurors heard conflicting accounts
from medical experts about what may have happened in the final hours of Jackson's life.
Prosecutors presented a scenario in which Murray was distracted or inattentive to
Jackson after administering a combination of sedatives and a free-flowing intravenous
drip of propofol to try to help Jackson overcome chronic insomnia. They said Murray
went to the bathroom, sent e-mails, and talked on the telephone with a girlfriend
when he should have been closely monitoring his sedated patient.
At some point Jackson stopped breathing, and was never revived. Prosecutors said Murray violated the standard of care owed by a physician to his patient, and engaged in reckless practices that directly caused Jackson's death. Murray's defense lawyers had countered that Jackson must have self-injected a final dose of propofol that killed him. They said Jackson was desperate for sleep and was facing
mounting pressures with the fast approach of a grueling London concert schedule.
Drug combinations administered by Murray to help Jackson sleep were not working, they
said, so Jackson may have taken matters into his own hands with fatal results.
Prosecutors countered the defense theory by presenting medical experts who testified
that a physician should never leave the bedside of a sedated patient - even for a moment.
They also suggested it was improper for Murray to leave Jackson alone in a room with
drugs that might be self-administered.
Propofol is an anesthetic that is routinely administered for surgical procedures in
hospitals and clinics. Medical experts said they had never heard of it being given in
a private bedroom as a sleep aid, as Murray had done for Jackson.
According to trial testimony, Jackson was introduced to propofol as a treatment for
insomnia by doctors overseas. He later asked several physicians in the US to obtain
it for him and administer it to him to help him sleep. Many refused. Murray did not.
As Jackson continued rehearsals for his upcoming “This Is It” concerts in London, he
persuaded the concert promoter to hire Murray to accompany him to London as Jackson's
personal doctor. Murray agreed to a 10-month contract and was to be paid $150,000 a
month. The contract was never finalized.
Nonetheless, Murray took steps to close his cardiology practice in Las Vegas and Houston, and began treating Jackson's insomnia in April with propofol.
Jackson referred to the anesthetic as “milk.” He told several doctors that he believed
it was the only way he could get to sleep.
Investigators discovered that Murray ordered shipments of more than four gallons of
the white milky drug from April to June 2009. At one point, Murray admitted in a recorded statement to police that he gave Jackson nightly infusions of the anesthetic for nearly two months to help Jackson sleep. But he also said he was trying to wean Jackson off reliance on the anesthetic and allow him to fall asleep more naturally.
Born the seventh son of the Jackson Family, for fourty years Michael Jackson was in the limelight and onstage as unequalled choreographer, singer, writer, and arranger; dancer and performer. His contributions and influences were monumental, from an armful of Grammy awards one year to selflessly helping unfortunate individuals for decades.
Michael Jackson, King of Pop and His Life
MJ won the prestigious Millenium Award and stands today as the biggest selling record artist ever for an album, with Thriller going over 28 times platinum. Although he had personal life detractors, in the final reckoning, we know God judges Michael less harshly than some in humanity did.
[fr. MSNBC] The public first knew him as a boy in the late 1960s, when he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the singing group he formed with his four older brothers out of Gary, Ind. Among their No. 1 hits were “I Want You Back,” “ABC” and “I’ll Be There.”
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his backward-gliding moonwalk, his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched singing, punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks, as was his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
“For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don’t have the words,” said Quincy Jones, who produced “Thriller.” “He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I’ve lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him.”
Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music’s biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie. Jackson’s sudden death immediately evoked comparisons to that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.
“I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible,” Lisa Marie Presley said in a statement. “I am heartbroken for his children who I know were everything to him and for his family. This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me.”
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