•Feature Story -
Michael
Jackson Dies,
50. Fans gather outside
pop singer's home
- June 25,
2009.
•••
About a dozen reporters and
photographers were gathered
outside Michael Jackson's rented
Bel-Air home this afternoon as a
news helicopter hovered above.
Several tourist vans also stopped
by the house just off Sunset
Boulevard as tourists snapped
photos of the large, black
wrought-iron gates adorned with
two large wreaths decorated with
red ribbons.
•••
Tourist Sue Mossell, 46, and her
two sons, Ryan, 7, and Jimmy, 12,
who were visiting from Georgia,
were among those milling outside
the house, which was blocked from
view by trees and shrubbery.
Mossell said the family was on a
star tour the day before that
included the Jackson house and
decided to drive back this
afternoon after hearing the
news.
•••
"I was in shock," she said. "I
mean, who hasn't heard of Michael
Jackson? I think we're going to
hear a lot more of his
songs."
•••
Another tourist, Angelina
Winkvist, 28, who was visiting
from Sweden, said she also took a
tour a day earlier that stopped
by the Jackson house and rushed
back today after hearing that
Jackson had been taken to the
hospital.
•••
"It's huge," Winkvist said of
Jackson's death. "He's one of the
biggest stars in the world."
•••
A neighbor, Roxana Radnia, 21,
said she had no idea the pop star
was living at the house. She said
she always saw cars parked out
front and had worried about
possible drug activity. Radnia
said she was walking her dog,
Maddie, about 1 p.m. today and
saw three ambulances outside the
house and a lot of commotion.
•••
"I didn't know what was going
on," she said. She said she was a
big fan of Jackson and his music
and had been looking forward to
his comeback tour.
•••
"He's amazing," she said. "I
can't believe this happened."
•••
[Updated at 4:35 p.m.: Karina
LeBlanc, 29, a member of the Los
Angeles soccer team Sol, who
lives a block from Jackson's
Bel-Air house, said she drives by
every day on her way to
practice.
•••
She said she saw Jackson once as
he and his entourage were
arriving at the house. LeBlanc
said she heard helicopters
hovering above the neighborhood
this afternoon and turned on her
TV to find out what was going
on.
•••
She said she was deeply saddened
by the news. She said her soccer
team always listened to his music
before a game, particularly the
song "Man in the Mirror."
•••
"He's got the beat," she said.
"His music is so riveting and
inspiring."
•••
She said the news was especially
distressing because Jackson had
gone through such a tough time in
recent years. Still, it was hard
to believe that he was dead, she
said.] -- Anna Gorman
in
Bel-Air •
Part
02h
"This
is
It" This
Is It was a planned series
of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson
to be held at the The O2 arena in
London. They were scheduled to
begin in July 2009 and continue
through March 2010. Less than
three weeks before the first show
was due to begin and with all
concerts being sold out, Jackson
died of a cardiac arres, on June
25, 2009.
•••
Jackson
promoted the concerts by
appearing at a press conference
on the arena site. AEG Live, the
concert promoters, released a
promotional video that took up an
entire commercial break, setting
a record for ITV.
•••
The
shows were to be Jackson's first
major series of concerts since
the HIStory World Tour finished
in 1997, and had been cited as
one of the year's most important
musical events. Over one million
people would have attended in
total. Randy Phillips, president
and chief executive of AEG Live,
stated that the first
10 dates alone would have
earned the singer approximately
£50 million. Originally 10
concerts were announced, however
public demand resulted in a 50
date sold out residency. Ticket
sales broke several records and
AEG Live stated that Jackson
could have sold more dates.
•••
The
O2 arena has stated that full
refunds, including all ticket
service charges, will be
available to those who purchased
tickets through authorised
agents, but that "fans will have
the option to be sent the actual
tickets they would have received
to attend the shows in lieu of
the full refunds which are being
offered."
•••
Sony
Pictures has won the bid for the
Michael Jackson rehearsal footage
that was taped days before
Michael's death. They reportedly
paid a cool $60 million for it.
It was reported that Sony will
release the footage in film
version in October. So, fans will
get to see some of what they
might have seen had Michael lived
and had they attended his "This
Is It" concert tour.
Before
London there were rumors of a
Michael Jackson Show in Las
Vegas.
•••
Anyone
with a television or internet
connection in the past few years
has been unable to miss out on
the controversy surrounding
Michael Jackson, but it is
exactly this controversy that may
lead to a Michael Jackson show in
Las Vegas. A company called
Colony Capital has bought out the
loan on the infamous Neverland
Ranch, which means Jackson now
owes Colony Capital $23 million
in debt. This is where the
Michael Jackson Vegas show comes
in-Colony Capital owns the Las
Vegas Hilton as well as a major
share of the Station Casinos,
which includes popular locals
spot Red Rock Casino. What better
way to repay a loan than to put
the King of Pop back on
stage?
•••
While
there is currently no guarantee
of a Michael Jackson show in Las
Vegas, talks are in progress for
repayment options and the Michael
Jackson Las Vegas idea is on the
table. Venues could range from
casino concert space to even a
nightclub. Like other acts and
shows that have made the
transition to Vegas headliners
(Celine Dion, Elton John, or even
the musical Phantom at the
Venetian), it's certain that the
already glitzy pop star would be
further glitzed into a
ninety-minute show in the Las
Vegas fashion. Controversial
recent history or not, a Michael
Jackson Las Vegas show would be
incredible and perhaps a perfect
fit for Sin City. Michael Jackson
tickets everywhere tend to go
quickly, as will tickets for this
show if it becomes reality. Keep
an eye out and get your Michael
Jackson tickets early!
•
Part
03h
Michael
Jackson's Death Rocks the
World
•
New
York Times
June 25, 2009, 7:56
PM Michael
Jackson Tops the Charts on
Twitter By JENNA WORTHAM
Update | 11:27 p.m. Comment from
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter
included below.
•••
On Thursday, the unexpected news
of Michael Jackson's death rocked
Twitter as fans of the pop music
star sought the latest
information and posted their
reactions to the news.
•
Parismatch.com
A L'ORIGINE
DE MYTHE Michael Jackson, 50 ans,
s'est éteint hier soir des
suites d'un arrêt cardiaque
à Los Angeles. Retour sur
la genèse d'une idole dont
le talent s'est
révélé
très tôt à la
face du monde. Samir Hamladji -
Parismatch.com
l'APPEL AU
911; MICHAEL JACKSON NE RESPIRE
PLUS •••
La vérité est
là, dans cet appel audio
en anglais aux urgences du 911
(le nom et le numéro de
téléphone des
services d'urgence aux
Etats-Unis) : Michael Jackson
était très
probablement déjà
décédé quand
les secours ont été
appelés. En effet, la
personne anonyme qui a
composé le 911 depuis la
demeure de la star explique que
«la personne ne respire
plus». Son interlocuteur du
911 fait répéter
plusieurs fois, demandant si la
personne [Michael
Jackson] est consciente. A
chaque fois, la réponse
est la même : elle n'est
pas consciente.
•••
Le proche de Michael Jackson
explique que son médecin
personnel est bien présent
sur place. Mais le cœur du
chanteur ne répond pas aux
massages cardiaques.
LE MONDE
SOUS LE CHOC •••
Après la disparition
soudaine de Michael Jackson, qui
laisse ses fans du monde entier
sous le choc, de nombreuses
personnalités politiques
et artistiques ont tenu à
rendre hommage à l'idole
de toute une
génération.
•
LeMonde.fr LEMONDE.FR
| 26.06.09 |
17h47 • Mis
à jour le 26.06.09 |
19h16
Les
résultats de l'autopsie de
Michael Jackson attendus dans
plusieurs semaines
U ne
partie de l'entourage de Michael
Jackson spéculait sur les
causes du décès
brutal de la star, jeudi à
l'âge de 50 ans, avant que
l'institu
médico-légal
n'annonce que les
résultats finaux de
l'autopsie, qui doit être
pratiquée vendredi,
pourraient n'être
disponibles que "dans six ou huit
semaines", en raison "des
analyses toxicologiques" et de
l'"examen intensif"
prévus. Le coroner du
comté, chargé de
déterminer les causes du
décès, avait
pourtant indiqué plus
tôt qu'il parlerait dans la
soirée si l'examen du
corps permettait de statuer. Il
avait toutefois averti qu'il
faudrait probablement attendre
les résultats d'examens
toxicologiques, qui peuvent
prendre plusieurs jours, voire
plusieurs semaines.
•
El
Pais.com Viernes,
26 de junio de 2009 - 23:23
h Edición
Global
adiós
al rey del pop "Inocencia
Interrupida'
Por LUCAS ARRAUT
Con Michael Jackson muere la
grandilocuencia naïf,
sobrevivirá el pop?
'Fans' de
todo el mundo lloran a
Jackson •••
Un paro cardiaco acaba en Los
Ángeles con la vida de
Michael Jackson a los 50
años.- El llamado 'Rey del
pop' fue trasladado de urgencia a
un hospital, donde los
médicos certificaron su
muerte.- Se le está
practicando la autopsia, pero no
se espera conocer las causas de
su muerte hasta dentro de
semanas
"No respira
ni responde a la
reanimzacitonn!" •••
Los bomberos de Los
Ángeles divulgan la
llamada de auxilio desde el
domicilio de Michael Jackson,
cuyo fallecimiento investiga
ahora la
policía
•
EL
MUNDO Michael
Jackson, un rey que se convierte
in mito
La ciudad de
Los Angeles vio partir ayer a dos
de sus estrellas. Un paro
cardiacot sego la vida del
llamado Rel del Pop, el canante
Michael Jackson, a sus 50 anos.
ver detalle …
•
SPIEGEL
ONLINE TOTER
KING OF POP Mitschnitt
von Notruf aus Michael Jacksons
Villa veröffentlich •••
"Er atmet nicht, er ist nicht bei
Bewusstsein." Mit diesen Worten
wurde aus der Villa von Michael
Jackson der Notarzt für den
Popstar angefordert. Die
Spekulationen über die
genauen Umstände seines
Ablebens mehren sich. Jetzt wird
der Arzt des Sängers von der
Polizei gesucht. mehr...
•••
Obama zum Tod Jacksons: "Teile
seines Lebens waren tragisch"
Fans, Stars, Politiker: Millionen
trauern um Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson tot: Das
monströse Genie
Ein Leben in Bildern: Michael
Jackson - Zwischen Tragik und
Thriller
Wie
das Netz um einen toten Star
trauert •••
Die erste Nachricht von Michael
Jacksons Tod kam aus dem Netz -
und dort trauern nun Fans, werden
Erinnerungen ausgetauscht und
böse Witze gerissen: ein
gigantisches weltweites,
multimediales Gespräch
über den King of Pop. . . .
Von Christian
Stöcker.
•
sueddeutsche.de Zum Tod Michael
Jacksons "Polizei
sucht Arzt" •••
Während
ein Gerichtsmediziner mit der
Autopsie von Michael Jacksons
Leichnam begonnen hat, sucht die
Polizei nach dem Arzt des
verstorbenen Musikers. Die
Feuerwehr veröffentlichte
den Notruf aus Jacksons
Villa.
•
DIE
WELT TODESURSACHE Die
mysteriose Rolle von Jacksons
Leibarzt
Wer Jackson war,weiß
eigentlich niemand
•
Part
04 TVI Bylines
/ •
Telegraph.uk
Published:
8:52AM BST 04 Aug 2009
•••
Michael
Jackson was showing "signs of
cracking up" shortly before he
died over his forthcoming
concerts he was due to perform in
London, it has been reported.
•••
According
to a psychiatrist's report quoted
by The Sun newspaper, the
singer's behaviour was
increasingly erratic, with his
mood swinging from an "almost
manic" excitement about the tour
to silence and staring into
space.
•••
A source
close to the investigation into
his death reportedly told the
paper that Jackson was "clearly
not mentally or physically
equipped to cope" with the
50-night performance schedule at
the O2 Arena.
•••
"Michael
was always adamant the show must
go on - to the point where he was
obsessed with the idea he would
be 'killed' if he couldn't go on
stage," The Sun quoted the source
as saying.
•••
"He had
been backed into a corner and was
falling apart under the
strain."
•••
The
psychiatrist reportedly saw
Jackson twice. On the first
occasion, he told investigators
that he spoke openly about his
turbulent childhood, his
addiction to painkillers and his
belief that his skin cancer was
"God's punishment."
•••
On the
second occasion, on June 12, the
psychiatrist reportedly felt
"deep concern" about Jackson's
health and raised it with other
medics, including his skin
surgeon Dr Arnold Klein.
•••
He said
Jackson had refused to show him a
small cancer surgery scar on his
chest and clammed up as he
outlined a programme to wean him
off painkillers.
•••
"Michael
had been candid at their first
meeting, but showed clear signs
of cracking up when he saw him
again," the source told The
Sun.
•••
"They
discussed if it would be possible
to cancel or postpone the
gigs."
Michael
Jackson
Trivia:
In an 1981 interview, he told a
LA Times reporter, "My real goal
is to fulfill God's purpose. I
didn't choose to sing or dance.
But that's my role, and I want to
do it better than anybody else. I
still remember the first time I
sang in kindergarten class. I
sang 'Climb Every Mountain,' and
everyone got so excited.
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