Michael Jackson may have called the aesthetic propofol his "milk," but rather than give him strength, it left him in such a vulnerable state that his urine was collected through a device for incontinent patients.
That was one view of Jackson's final days and the extreme measures he took in life to maintain his public image as a beautiful superstar, which were revealed in a six day hearing into his death that ended earlier this week.
Other details were his wearing of a surgical cap while he slept to cover his balding scalp, and the numerous tubes of skin bleach cream he used to hide the disorder vitiligo, which causes a discoloration of the skin, from which he suffered.
But for the man once dubbed Wacko Jacko in the media, there was a softer side revealed, too. He was depicted as a father who cared deeply for his three children, and even as he was hounded by paparazzi, he tried to give them a normal life.
On Tuesday this week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ordered Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the "Thriller" singer's 2009 death due to an overdose mainly of propofol.
The aesthetic is used in hospitals to sedate patients, but Jackson's doctor has admitted to giving it to him at home as a sleep aid. One prosecution witness testified to some evidence Jackson might have drank it he would a glass of milk.
At one point, Judge Pastor seemed puzzled over why Murray would make the unorthodox decision to administer -- at Jackson's request -- propofol for sleeplessness, since the drug's effects last only minutes.
"Isn't the person still sleep deprived?" Pastor asked Murray's defence attorneys. "What purpose does it do to administer a dose that's only going to keep the person asleep for five minutes?"
Joseph Low, an attorney for Murray, responded that after Jackson had experienced over many years the adrenaline of performing for thousands of fans, he found it hard to sleep.
"It's difficult to come down off your own chemistry, if you will," Low said. "The propofol doesn't allow you to sleep ... but it at least allows you to get started."
NIGHT CAP
Earlier in the hearing, witnesses testified to seeing a "condom catheter" on Jackson as he lay motionless in his bed. That is a device to collect urine through a tube in patients without control of bodily functions, such as those under deep sedation, testified Dr. Richelle Cooper, the hospital physician who pronounced Jackson dead.
Elissa Fleak, a coroner investigator, said she found a jug of urine on a chair when she combed through Jackson's room.
Paramedic Richard Senneff testified that Jackson was also wearing a surgical cap when emergency workers arrived at his bedroom. That may be because, as revealed earlier in Jackson's autopsy report, he suffered from "frontal balding" and his hair was described as "sparse and connected to a wig."
Despite years of being maligned in the media for saying he suffered from skin discoloration disease vitiligo, when few believed that would be the reason for his changed skin colour, the autopsy also disclosed that he did have the disease.
In the preliminary hearing, it was revealed that to make his skin appear one colour, he used huge amounts of skin cream. Fleak testified she found tubes of the whitening chemical hydroquinone in Jackson's bedroom, and pharmacist Tim Lopez said he shipped 20 tubes of the cream to Murray.
There was another side of Jackson, too, that was told from the witness stand. Several people said Jackson shared a joyful life with his children Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8, and on the day he died, his kids were playing, as usual, in the den, said family chef, Kai Chase.
"It was normally a happy home," Chase said. "There was always music playing. You could hear the sound of kids playing and animals playing."
Jackson family friend Firpo Carr told Reuters Jackson never sang about heaven, and that he had unique thoughts about it based on his religious beliefs.
"He did not plan on going to heaven, as you can tell from his songs, his whole thing was living in paradise on Earth with his children," Carr said.
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That was one view of Jackson's final days and the extreme measures he took in life to maintain his public image as a beautiful superstar, which were revealed in a six day hearing into his death that ended earlier this week.
Other details were his wearing of a surgical cap while he slept to cover his balding scalp, and the numerous tubes of skin bleach cream he used to hide the disorder vitiligo, which causes a discoloration of the skin, from which he suffered.
But for the man once dubbed Wacko Jacko in the media, there was a softer side revealed, too. He was depicted as a father who cared deeply for his three children, and even as he was hounded by paparazzi, he tried to give them a normal life.
On Tuesday this week, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ordered Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the "Thriller" singer's 2009 death due to an overdose mainly of propofol.
The aesthetic is used in hospitals to sedate patients, but Jackson's doctor has admitted to giving it to him at home as a sleep aid. One prosecution witness testified to some evidence Jackson might have drank it he would a glass of milk.
At one point, Judge Pastor seemed puzzled over why Murray would make the unorthodox decision to administer -- at Jackson's request -- propofol for sleeplessness, since the drug's effects last only minutes.
"Isn't the person still sleep deprived?" Pastor asked Murray's defence attorneys. "What purpose does it do to administer a dose that's only going to keep the person asleep for five minutes?"
Joseph Low, an attorney for Murray, responded that after Jackson had experienced over many years the adrenaline of performing for thousands of fans, he found it hard to sleep.
"It's difficult to come down off your own chemistry, if you will," Low said. "The propofol doesn't allow you to sleep ... but it at least allows you to get started."
NIGHT CAP
Earlier in the hearing, witnesses testified to seeing a "condom catheter" on Jackson as he lay motionless in his bed. That is a device to collect urine through a tube in patients without control of bodily functions, such as those under deep sedation, testified Dr. Richelle Cooper, the hospital physician who pronounced Jackson dead.
Elissa Fleak, a coroner investigator, said she found a jug of urine on a chair when she combed through Jackson's room.
Paramedic Richard Senneff testified that Jackson was also wearing a surgical cap when emergency workers arrived at his bedroom. That may be because, as revealed earlier in Jackson's autopsy report, he suffered from "frontal balding" and his hair was described as "sparse and connected to a wig."
Despite years of being maligned in the media for saying he suffered from skin discoloration disease vitiligo, when few believed that would be the reason for his changed skin colour, the autopsy also disclosed that he did have the disease.
In the preliminary hearing, it was revealed that to make his skin appear one colour, he used huge amounts of skin cream. Fleak testified she found tubes of the whitening chemical hydroquinone in Jackson's bedroom, and pharmacist Tim Lopez said he shipped 20 tubes of the cream to Murray.
There was another side of Jackson, too, that was told from the witness stand. Several people said Jackson shared a joyful life with his children Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8, and on the day he died, his kids were playing, as usual, in the den, said family chef, Kai Chase.
"It was normally a happy home," Chase said. "There was always music playing. You could hear the sound of kids playing and animals playing."
Jackson family friend Firpo Carr told Reuters Jackson never sang about heaven, and that he had unique thoughts about it based on his religious beliefs.
"He did not plan on going to heaven, as you can tell from his songs, his whole thing was living in paradise on Earth with his children," Carr said.
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Joe Jackson is now revealing why he put a $500 million price tag on his wrongful death lawsuit against Dr. Conrad Murray. His theory -- "The more you go, the less you get ... so I went high."
During Joe's interview with GOOM Radio -- in which sported some severely oversized MJ bling -- he said Dr. Murray was just "the fall guy" ... and that a lot of other people were to blame for his son's death.
Joe also took issue with our story that he was following Oprah Winfrey around like a puppy dog during her sit-down interview with the Jackson family earlier this month ... but you'll have to watch the video for the lowdown.
During Joe's interview with GOOM Radio -- in which sported some severely oversized MJ bling -- he said Dr. Murray was just "the fall guy" ... and that a lot of other people were to blame for his son's death.
Joe also took issue with our story that he was following Oprah Winfrey around like a puppy dog during her sit-down interview with the Jackson family earlier this month ... but you'll have to watch the video for the lowdown.
Joe Jackson says his heavy parental hand kept Michael Jackson away from gangs.
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The interview with Joe was shot by Jacksonsecretvault.com over the summer and will be used as part of a movie Katherine Jackson is producing with Howard Mann.
In the clip, an interviewer asks Joe what he thinks about Michael's past comments about Joe's parenting -- alluding to allegations of physical abuse. Joe says, "I had to be like that because when raising him, in those days, so many gangs out there getting into trouble, going to jail. Most of them are dead now. He didn't have to worry about that."
The interviewer also asked if Joe had any regrets, "No! They tried to make a big issue when I spanked Michael or some of the kids, ya know? Just like they didn't spank their kids when they did wrong. The media twists everything."
Indeed.
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The interview with Joe was shot by Jacksonsecretvault.com over the summer and will be used as part of a movie Katherine Jackson is producing with Howard Mann.
In the clip, an interviewer asks Joe what he thinks about Michael's past comments about Joe's parenting -- alluding to allegations of physical abuse. Joe says, "I had to be like that because when raising him, in those days, so many gangs out there getting into trouble, going to jail. Most of them are dead now. He didn't have to worry about that."
The interviewer also asked if Joe had any regrets, "No! They tried to make a big issue when I spanked Michael or some of the kids, ya know? Just like they didn't spank their kids when they did wrong. The media twists everything."
Indeed.
I really hope this isnt offensive in anyway. It`s just saying the reasons why MJ got the surgurys so you can tell people why and they will stop making fun of him cause i`d had enough. Thanks :)
Michael, as we all know, had many Plastic Surgurys in his life, and here are the reasons why...
-He hated his nose since he was 13.
-He broke his nose many times
-He did`nt want to look like his father
-He wanted to change him self
Thank you! And pass this on! <3
R~I~P MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS IT`S ALL FOR LOVE, L.O.V.E (WITH THE LITTLE MOTIONS! <333
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Michael, as we all know, had many Plastic Surgurys in his life, and here are the reasons why...
-He hated his nose since he was 13.
-He broke his nose many times
-He did`nt want to look like his father
-He wanted to change him self
Thank you! And pass this on! <3
R~I~P MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS IT`S ALL FOR LOVE, L.O.V.E (WITH THE LITTLE MOTIONS! <333
________________Change the World________________
It's pretty shocking ... Joe Jackson is blaming the inaction of his wife, Katherine, for Michael Jackson's demise ... allegedly because Katherine didn't want to penetrate MJ's zone of privacy.
Joe sat down with News of the World to explain his theory, that he was concerned that Michael was "looking kinda funny and and frail" and asked Katherine to see Michael to "keep him cheered up." But Joe says Katherine refused because she didn't want to invade his privacy.
Joe says he and Katherine argued about it before Michael's death, but Katherine was firm.
Joe says after Michael died, he said to Katherine, "I said this would have never happened if you had went and been with him."
Joe -- who was intentionally cut out of Michael's will -- is fighting to get an allowance from the estate. And get this -- we're told Katherine has been giving Joe money and going along with his efforts to earn a living off MJ.
Joe sat down with News of the World to explain his theory, that he was concerned that Michael was "looking kinda funny and and frail" and asked Katherine to see Michael to "keep him cheered up." But Joe says Katherine refused because she didn't want to invade his privacy.
Joe says he and Katherine argued about it before Michael's death, but Katherine was firm.
Joe says after Michael died, he said to Katherine, "I said this would have never happened if you had went and been with him."
Joe -- who was intentionally cut out of Michael's will -- is fighting to get an allowance from the estate. And get this -- we're told Katherine has been giving Joe money and going along with his efforts to earn a living off MJ.
TMZ has learned Presley sent the flowers to sunflowerguy.com -- along with a personalized card that said, "Thank you so much for donating the beautiful flowers."
As we previously reported, the florist sent more than 1,500 sunflowers to Forest Lawn Cemetery on Friday , after Lisa Marie begged MJ's fans to do a better job of decorating Michael's tomb.
Lisa Marie Presley's prayers have been answered -- TMZ has learned a flower company is about to deliver a field's worth of sunflowers to Michael Jackson's burial site in Glendale, CA.
Jason Levin from sunflowerguy.com tells TMZ he's shipping several thousand sunflowers -- which were Michael's favorite -- to his mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery today.
Levin's donation follows Lisa Marie's MySpace posting Wednesday, complaining that Michael deserves more than the few bouquets, candles and gifts that currently surround his tomb.
Ask and you shall receive ... sunflowers.
See also
Lisa Marie Presley Wants Flowers at MJ's Tomb
MJ Fans Dispute Lisa Marie's Cemetery Claims
The Force Is Strong with Blanket Jackson
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