Well, duh.
Posted on 06/27/2009 8:26:15 PM PDT by devere
Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically. Michael knew it and his advisers knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. For Michael Jackson, it was fatal. I had more than a glimpse of the real Michael; as an award-winning freelance journalist and film-maker, I spent more than five years inside his ‘camp’. Many in his entourage spoke frankly to me – and that made it possible for me to write authoritatively last December that Michael had six months to live, a claim that, at the time, his official spokesman, Dr Tohme Tohme, called a ‘complete fabrication’. The singer, he told the world, was in ‘fine health’. Six months and one day later, Jackson was dead. Some liked to snigger at his public image, and it is true that flamboyant clothes and bizarre make-up made for a comic grotesque; yet without them, his appearance was distressing; with skin blemishes, thinning hair and discoloured fingernails. I had established beyond doubt, for example, that Jackson relied on an extensive collection of wigs to hide his greying hair. Shorn of their luxuriance, the Peter Pan of Neverland cut a skeletal figure.
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I don’t call someone claiming he will die in a set period of time and then engaging in activities to hasten that death to be prophetic.
Just read this article @ Drudge. I’m convinced more than ever that Jacko had AIDS or at the least HIV.
I just saw a short clip of Jackson on the news tonight. They didn’t tell when it was taken but Jackson looked like hell. I don’t think he would have completed the 50 concerts either. He was definitely living on borrowed time.
Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today.
During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically.
Michael knew it and his advisers knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness.
For Michael Jackson, it was fatal. I had more than a glimpse of the real Michael; as an award-winning freelance journalist and film-maker, I spent more than five years inside his ‘camp’.
Many in his entourage spoke frankly to me – and that made it possible for me to write authoritatively last December that Michael had six months to live, a claim that, at the time, his official spokesman, Dr Tohme Tohme, called a ‘complete fabrication’.
The singer, he told the world, was in ‘fine health’. Six months and one day later, Jackson was dead. Some liked to snigger at his public image, and it is true that flamboyant clothes and bizarre make-up made for a comic grotesque; yet without them, his appearance was distressing; with skin blemishes, thinning hair and discoloured fingernails.
I had established beyond doubt, for example, that Jackson relied on an extensive collection of wigs to hide his greying hair. Shorn of their luxuriance, the Peter Pan of Neverland cut a skeletal figure.
I don’t care.
There has been so much conflicting information out there...I heard that he was singing and dancing as good as he did when he was 20...it’s amazing. I tend to believe this. It’s also curious how SO many people knew...but nobody tried to do anything. Now, I know personally how hard it is to get someone emeshed in addiction to do anything about it, but you’d think someone..somehow would have leaked something to the press...oh well...
Or some kind of untreatable cancer — that would explain the whirlwind schedule, trying to lay out as many gigs as possible before he croaked.
No kidding - hardly unpredictable given his lifestyle.
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Train wreck waiting to happen.
Source: Autopsy Reveals
Healthy Jackson
Updated: Saturday, 27 Jun 2009, 6:02 PM CDT
Published : Saturday, 27 Jun 2009, 5:57 PM CDT
(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A source familiar with Michael Jackson’s autopsy at the Los Angeles County Coroner revealed that investigators were surprised that the pop star was healthy.
The source revealed to Fox News that Jackson appeared to be stronger than they expected. There were bruises on his chest, which indicated someone had performed CPR on him, but there was no sign of a heart attack, which is when arteries are blocked, leading to cardiac arrest.
You get the feeling that some of these guys just want to disappear so they can live a normal life again. Not saying that Elvis and MJ aren't dead, but the temptation to fake a death has got to be there for some celebs.
If he took too many narcotics he may have died from respiratory arrest.
He did have skin cancer from his vitiligo, at least that’s what I’ve heard.
I'm sure he was. But, like the majority of Holliwierdo's, his addiction to opiates killed him.
You got to wonder about that "personal physician" of his. You'd think he would have known that you don't juice someone up with alot of Demerol or morphine when they already have a bad Oxycontin habit. You'd also think this "doctor" (person with a legal prescription pad) would have had other drugs on hand just in case considering he was well aware of Wacko Jacko's long time addiction since he was the person signing the prescriptions.
Oh well, no loss in either case, although you'd never know it if you turned on the TV. Hollywierd sure loves it's drug addicted pedophiles, eccentric nutcases.
I heard he was given a clean bill of health from a recent medical check-up.
It’s also curious how SO many people knew...but nobody tried to do anything. Now, I know personally how hard it is to get someone emeshed in addiction to do anything about it, but you’d think someone..somehow would have leaked something to the press...oh well...
I would think MJ was living in denial about a lot of things, from his appearance to his success.
I happened to catch a special edition of Headliners & Legends last night on MSBHO and several friends of his said that MJ talked about not wanting to grow old and look like his father, which prompted the years and years of plastic surgery. His surgeon said he would come in every 5 to 6 weeks and have something else done to his face. Jackson's life seemed to spiral out of control about 20 years ago, after the release of his album titled Bad in 1987. No one, Micheal included, would ever be able to top his two smash albums Off The Wall (1979) and Thriller (1982), which both were done at the height of his career.
I dunno.
He was already a skeleton. And he already had health problems. He didn’t need AIDS to be a mess.
I'm sure all the drugs he took affected his physical appearance.
“Respiratory arrest leads easily to cardiac arrest.”
Exactly, and this would show nothing on autopsy but would have to be inferred from the toxicology.
“I heard that he was singing and dancing as good as he did when he was 20”
Anyone who is 50 can tell you when it comes to physical activity, absolutely no one is as good at 50 as they are at 20.
Ask george foreman, george blanda, jack nickalaus or anyone.
Not even tiger woods will be as good at 50.
Good article.
Sounds like he sold his soul to the devil to me.
I dare say Jack Lalanne is doing pretty good at 94.
‘He wasn’t eating, he wasn’t sleeping and, when he did sleep, he had nightmares that he was going to be murdered. “
And I think we may just find this to be (intentionally) so.
He always did, ever since he began switching his nose every other month, as well as all the other cosmetic surgeries, skin bleaching etc.
That's one thing media keeps on forgetting to mention as one of his claims to fame. First black guy to have ever turned white, and not just his skin, but facial bone structure as well.
No white man ever had a little puppy nose that kept falling off however.
Also, when a person has been taking large amounts of opiates for decades, they tend to look like hell.
How about this for speculation ?
Jackson was deeply in debt by hunderds of millions that could never be repaid.
Jackson was not heathly enough to do the concerts which would have bombed.
The solution is to have him killed. The insurance pays off the concert. The value of his stuff and songs increase by hundreds of millions. And all is well except that a tortured soul is prematurely dead which may be better anyway.
Maybe they even figured he would rather be remembered as a tragic icon rather than an old withered man.
Well, duh.
When I heard that he had perhaps had too big a shot of Demerol, I thought he was probably in so much pain from the rehearsal the previous night and, looking out over the 50 concerts looming in the future, thought, “F-— it” and upped the dose from temporary to permanent relief of pain. This article makes me think this more than ever.
I’d say you got it right staytrue. The only thing that I would add is maybe Michael encouraged his doctor to over-prescribe him the demerol to end all this. Kind of like doctor assisted suicide. Of course all his enablers would find that just dandy for the reasons you laid out.
I was reading up on CPR the other day and found out that a person can live for several minutes without breathing as long as the heart keeps beating, which can happen with some drug overdoses.
I’ve seen 50 year old country singers who would get worn out just standing there strumming a guitar and singing their songs. A 50 year old Michael Jackson moonwalking all over a huge stage. I don’t think so.
I’m going to add that we the public would rather remember Michael Jordan as Air Jordan instead of the very competent, but old man he was in his comeback.
The same goes for Magic Johnson for his 10 game comeback bid.
He was $400 million in debt.
I had always thought his plan for a comeback — even 10 shows, let alone 50 — was unrealistic. Given his age and the changing music tastes, there was no way he could pretend 15 years got up and walked out the door. He was well into middle age, trying desperately to pass for 20.
This whole debacle just shows how sadly removed MJ was from the outside world. He had retreated into a house of mirrors, surrounded by users. I always guessed the comeback tour was a desperate attempt to recoup his finances, as well as his reputation. Shorn of his superstar status, he was truly lost.
His death was a sad end to a disasterous life. He would have been better off investing his wealth earlier in his life rather than building his private amusement park.
At least his death means he won’t have a bad final concert like Elvis.
I'll never believe Jackson was forced to perform. My gut tells me he's been straining at the bit for years, waiting for some notoriety to die down so he can maximize the profit. But these types will get on top of a van and perform, if they have to... hmmm, already did that, didn't he?
[Sounds like he sold his soul to the devil to me.]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/30/arts/30JACK.html?ei=5007&en=cbc128bd67dc8610&ex=1388120400&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=all&position=
SNIPPET: “”The Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan’s son-in-law have taken over completely and are in full and total charge,” said one senior Jackson employee, speaking on condition of anonymity. “They have gone in and taken over control of the finances in terms of who’s getting paid, how much,” the employee added. “They’re approving all funds and have decided they have control of the business manager and accountant, without signing authority or power of attorney. They are working out of Geragos’s office; in essence they’re telling him what to do.”
A business associate of Mr. Jackson who was accustomed to speaking to the singer daily said there were about a half-dozen Nation of Islam members around the singer constantly, whether at Neverland or in Los Angeles. “These people are basically brainwashing him,” said the associate, who is also a friend of Mr. Jackson’s. “They tried to do the same thing to Whitney Houston. They offer a false sense that they can control everything. Everyone is scared of them. They pretty much keep Michael semi-captive.”
Another Jackson employee said: “They’re negotiating business deals with him. They’re negotiating media deals, who can talk, how much. You’ve got a lawyer who’s scared to throw them out. Michael doesn’t know what to do with them.”
The employees said Mr. Geragos and Mr. Muhammad together negotiated an interview of Mr. Jackson by the CBS program “60 Minutes,” which was shown on Sunday, in exchange for an agreement by the network to broadcast a still-incomplete Michael Jackson special, for which Mr. Jackson would be paid $5 million.”
Louis Farrakhan, hmmmm..where have I heard that name before???
Neil Young is just finishing a 32 date tour. Springsteen, Jagger and Dylan are still doing extensive tours. The difference is that they stay in shape and eat right.
If Jackson lived a cleaner life he could have done it. Maybe not the extensive dance routines, but he could have adapted if he were healthy.
If the reports are true about the drugs, he seems to have taken the same path as Elvis and/or Howard Hughes.
It's entirely possible, in fact you could even be in better over all physical form at 50 than you were at 20.
For the majority however, their lifestyle, bad eating habits, lack of exercise etc. catches up to them.
I see a lot of 50 year old, men and women who look in much better shape than 20 years olds do these days.
Maybe if you compare a 20 year old athlete with his 50 year old self, assuming he never stopped maintaining his body, yes. One of the main reasons for that however, is that it's unavoidable to bulk up as you get older and fully mature.
But a 50 year old in reasonable shape would be able to do a sign and dance routine no problem.
Look at Tina Turner. She was older than that when she did her last tour.
Hmmmm...
As long as your cardio system is healthy, a big bag of coke makes anything possible.
I will never know why folks like this dont just retire and go live a simpler life.
Too many leeching parasites calling the shots.
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