Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...rning-dead-celebrity-earnings-175million.html

Michael Jackson has been named this year's top-earning dead celebrity, with earnings of nearly £175million.
The singer, who died aged 50 in June 2009, earned a staggering £173million over the past twelve months - more than pop stars Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z combined.
His earnings were also more than the other 12 celebrities on the Forbes list, which included John Lennon, Steve McQueen and Elvis Presley.
Shining in gold: This shot of Michael Jackson, taken by Arno Bani, features in the new book Michael Jackson: The Auction, and will be auctioned off in December

Forbes writer Lacey Rose said: 'Jackson's spot atop our top earning dead celebrities list should come as no surprise given the renewed fan interest in music, videos and all things Michael Jackson.
'Thanks to a lucrative catalog, hit film and album sales, the late king of pop earned more in the last year than Lady Gaga, Madonna and Jay-Z, combined.'
Presley came in second, earning £37million from admissions to his former home, Graceland, which is now a museum and tourist attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, a Cirque de Soleil show and more than 200 licensing and merchandise deals.
Jackson was 50 when he died in his Los Angeles home on June 25 last year, shortly before a planned series of comeback concerts in London. The singer left behind three children and a debt of £315million.
Michael Jackson's Blue Eye: This never-before-seen portrait of the late singer will go up for auction alongside 11 other photographs

But his estate has generated millions since his death, mostly through record sales, the This Is It concert movie, licensing rights, deals to release new albums and a Cirque du Soleil stage show in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, new photographs of Jackson have been released in new book Michael Jackson: The Auction ahead of a sale of the pictures in Paris in December.
One of the shots, both taken by French photographer Arno Bani, shows Jackson with super-smooth skin and a round blue patch of glittery make-up around his eye.
The other, which was intended to be the cover for Jackson's 1999 album Invincible, shows the singer wrapped in a shiny gold cape, looking intensely into the camera.
Talking about working with Jackson at the time, Bani said: 'I had carte blanche. I was young but he was more of a kid than I was. He asked me to dream, to play with haute couture - it was like solving a puzzle.'
The two photographs, along with a selection of other shots all taken by Bani, will be auctioned off by Pierre Bergé auctioneers in Paris on December 13th.

Michael Jackson: The Auction (Thames & Hudson) £15.95 is out now.
FORBES' TOP-EARNING DEAD CELEBRITIES
1. Michael Jackson (£173million)
2. Elvis Presley (£37million)

3. J.R.R Tolkein (£31million)

4. Charles Schulz (£20million)

5. John Lennon (£10million)

6. Steig Larsson (£9million)

7. Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) (£6.9million)

8. Albert Einstein (£6.3million)

9. George Steinbrenner (£5million)

10. Richard Rodgers (£4million)

11. (tie) Jimi Hendrix (£3.7million)

11. (tie) Steve McQueen £3.7million)

13. Aaron Spelling (£3.1million)


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^^I really miss him-

I abhor the fakeness of Fortune Magazine. Year after year they reported nothing but lies about Michael, from 1999 up to 2008 they have been reporting that he will sell his catalog like they were praying for it to happen. He never ever sold it- he never had to. In fact, on July 2009-- media moguls lined up to buy his Sony/ATV catalog at $3.5 Billion minimum offer and the MJ estate didnt budge.

Now that he is gone, Fortune is suddenly "accurate" on the figures. Trust me, they will have the Jackson 3 on that list soon (Prince, Paris and Blanket)-- as part of the world's youngest billionaires. Shameful :lecture:
 
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I watched the Lisa interview last week, and man -- she's got serious hang ups on Michael up to now. She sort of threw Debbie under the bus too! Lolz

The way she was sort of gushing still while talking about how they stayed up all night when Michael couldnt sleep due to insomnia--- and the 4 years she followed him all over the world AFTER the divorce. Oprah could have followed up on those with interesting questions and instead, she stared at her with her mouth open wide like she didnt know what to say--- GRRRR, why not ask the juicy stuff now when she is open!

I also hate it that Oprah kept on interrupting her and finishing her sentences for her --- Im like, "Make her finish Oprah, What the hell?!"

Oprah said in the Gail radio show the day after that interview that she advised Lisa Marie that no matter how wonderful it is that she loved him and he loved her-- she's got to realize that she's got a new family now and a new husband (named Michael as well lolz) and she has to move on from Michael for her own sanity.

I think its really sad what happened to them, its like a modern day Romeo and Juliet kinda.
 
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Was this on TV???? I missed this but I did hear of some interview that she did? Let me know if you guys find a link to it.

What's really sad is people thought they were together for just the publicity, but I truly think they loved one another.
 
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Did anyone get the new Michael CD? I got it for Christmas because I am a huge Michael fan. The CD is amazing, just as all his music is but I'm not sure how I feel about them releasing unfinished songs without his permission.
 
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Coach+Louislove said:
Did anyone get the new Michael CD? I got it for Christmas because I am a huge Michael fan. The CD is amazing, just as all his music is but I'm not sure how I feel about them releasing unfinished songs without his permission.
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I have the new cd.I love it, although it's never going to be the same having a cd with Michael's finishing touch on it, they did a pretty good job.Fave songs are behind the mask, monster & hollywood tonight.
 
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http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/05/california.conrad.murray.hearing/index.html?hpt=T2



Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's two oldest children, Prince and Paris, watched from a bedroom doorway as Dr. Conrad Murray tried to revive their father, according to a security guard.
"Paris screamed 'Daddy!' and she started crying," Alberto Alvarez testified at a preliminary hearing for Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death in June 2009.
Michael Jackson's parents, three sisters, and brother Randy listened from the second row of the Los Angeles County courtroom as Alvarez, apparently near tears, described the scene.
"Dr. Murray then said 'Get them out, get them out. Don't let them see their father like this,'" Alvarez said. "I turned to the children and I told them 'Don't worry, children, we'll take care of it. Go outside please.'"
The Los Angeles Superior Court preliminary hearing, which began Tuesday, is expected to last two or three weeks, with 20 to 30 witnesses testifying. Judge Michael Pastor will determine whether there is probable cause to send Murray to trial.
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On Tuesday, Jackson's former security chief testified that Murray seemed not to know how to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation as he waited for paramedics to arrive at the singer's house.
Faheem Muhammed said he and Alvarez saw Murray crouched next to Jackson's bed "in a panicked state asking, 'Does anyone know CPR?'"
"I looked at Alberto because we knew Dr. Murray was a heart surgeon, so we were shocked," Muhammed said.
When defense lawyer Ed Chernoff asked if perhaps Murray was only asking for help because he was tired, Muhammed said, "The way that he asked it is as if he didn't know CPR."
Jackson appeared to be dead at that time, with his "eyes open and his mouth open, just laying there," Muhammed said.
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney David Walgren earlier said that Murray used "ineffectual CPR with one hand while the patient was prone on a soft bed." Using two hands with the patient prone on a hard surface is the proper method, he said.
Muhammed, the third witness on the opening day of the hearing, said he never saw Murray performing CPR on Jackson before paramedics arrived and transported the singer to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
Muhammed's testimony on Tuesday also described Prince and Paris watching from the bedroom door.
"Paris was on the floor on her hands and knees and she was just crying," he said.
The children would learn two hours later, when Murray and Jackson manager Frank Dileo talked to them in a hospital room, that their father had died.
"Frank blurted out and said, 'Your daddy had a heart attack and died,'" Jackson personal assistant Michael Williams testified.
The hearing began Tuesday with a prosecutor saying that Murray waited at least 21 minutes after he found Jackson unresponsive before calling for an ambulance.
"By all accounts, Michael Jackson was dead in the bedroom at 100 North Carolwood prior to the paramedics' arrival," Walgren said.
The coroner concluded Jackson died from "acute propofol intoxication," in combination with "the contributory effects of the benzodiazepines," he said.
Propofol is a powerful anesthetic used to "put people under for surgery," and the benzodiazepines were sedatives Murray later acknowledged giving Jackson in the morning before his death, he said.
"Michael Jackson was preparing for one of the most important tours of his life" in the months before his death, Walgren said.
Murray's defense team has hinted it would argue that Jackson was under pressure from the concert promoter, which led him to demand treatments to help him sleep.
Kenny Ortega, who was directing what would have been Jackson's comeback concerts, was the first of about 30 witnesses to be called by the prosecution.
Ortega described Jackson as "involved, active, participating" at his last rehearsal, which ended just 12 or 14 hours before the singer died.
"He was in a delightful mood and we had an absolutely fantastic day," Ortega testified.
But Ortega described a different, "scary" Michael Jackson at the Staples Center rehearsal on June 19, six nights before his death.
"I just felt that he appeared, you know, really lost," Ortega said. "It was scary. I didn't know what was wrong. I couldn't put my finger on it."
Ortega suggested to Jackson that he cut his rehearsal short and go home to rest.
He was called to a meeting at Jackson's home the next day, where he was "scolded" by Murray for having sent Jackson home the night before, Ortega said.
"Dr. Murray told me that this was not my responsibility and he asked me not to act like a doctor or psychologist," he said.
Ortega said it was an emotional meeting, but he denied yelling at Jackson. "It wasn't yelling," he said. "It was about caring."
"Michael said, 'I know you love me and I know you care about me, but you don't have to worry. I'm fine,'" Ortega said. "It was Michael's voice that calmed me."
Randy Phillips, the CEO of concert promoter AEG Live, and Dileo were at this meeting, along with Murray and Jackson, Ortega said.
A civil lawsuit filed last year by Michael Jackson's mother against AEG Live alleged that Phillips visited Jackson's home on June 18, 2009, to warn "that if Jackson missed any further rehearsals, they were going to 'pull the plug' on the show."
"AEG told Murray that he had to make sure Jackson got to rehearsals," Katherine Jackson's lawsuit charged.
The prosecutor told the judge that medical experts would testify that Murray, hired as Jackson's personal physician while he prepared for his concert tour, took "a number of actions" that "showed an extreme deviation from the standard of care."
In addition to the CPR performed by Murray that the prosecutor described as "ineffectual," this would include administering propofol in a home setting without proper monitoring. No medical equipment that could have monitored Jackson's pulse and breathing were found in the upstairs bedroom, Walgren said.
The 20-minute delay in calling 911 for paramedics was contrary to standard care, he said.
When paramedics arrived, Murray failed to tell them about the propofol or other drugs given to Jackson that morning, Walgren said. That, too, was contrary to standard care, he said. Murray also neglected to tell emergency room doctors who were trying to revive Jackson at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center about the drugs, Walgren said.
Murray remains free on $75,000 bond.
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From RadarOnline:

An attractive Houston waitress named Sade Anding claims that Dr. Conrad Murray could have been distracted from taking care of Michael Jackson on the day the Thriller singer died -- because he was on the phone talking to her . As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Murray, 57, was the King of Pop's live-in doctor when he died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, with his official cause of death deemed acute intoxication of a powerful anesthetic complicated by other sedatives.


Anding, 24, told Good Morning America Thursday she met Murray while she was waiting on him at a restaurant in Houston. She said Murray spoiled her with lavish gifts and about $2,000 in cash.
Anding, who didn't know Murray was married until ABC News informed her (she said Murray told her she was divorced) said they went to dinner on two occasions.


Anding said Murray began the conversation on June 25, 2009 sounding "like something was wrong.


Anding said Murray hemmed and hawed, unable to speak the words he'd been trying to tell her. She said at some point in the strained discussion, Murray dropped off the call, but she could hear coughing and the "mumbling of voices" in the background.
She said she called him back and sent text messages to continue their chat, but Murray didn't respond.


"And then I never heard from him," Anding said. "And then that's when … I felt like something was wrong."
Anding said later that week, the Los Angeles Police Department called her with questions about Murray.
"I knew that they were going to reach out to me after that phone call," Anding said. "Like, I knew as soon as I heard what happened, it clicked to me like, 'Oh God, I'm in it!'"


Anding said that Murray was rattled when she told him the police had contacted her, and said little about Jackson's death in further conversations with her out of concern their "phones may be tapped."
Anding said Jackson's death made her sad, and she even felt guilty about talking on the phone to Murray at the very moments the King Of Pop might have been dying.
"I felt like it was my fault," she said, crying. "But I really felt like, if he wouldn't have called me, then maybe all that stuff that happened wouldn't have happened."


Asked if she thinks Murray is guilty of manslaughter, Anding said, "Not at all."
Murray has entered a plea of not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of pop icon. Murray, who remains free on $75,000 bond, faces up to four years in prison, as well as losing his medical license, if he’s convicted.
 
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