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Janet Jackson Blames Doctor for Michael’s Death

Speculation about how the entire Jackson family considered Michael’s personal doctor and the last person to see him alive, Dr. Murray, responsible for his death has been around since immediately after the singer passed on. Now, in a first interview of the kind, Janet Jackson opens up about what Michael meant to...

18 November 2009
04:26 GMT

Judge Denies Joe Jackson a Share of Michael’s Money

A few days ago, Joe Jackson, the estranged father of late singer Michael Jackson, instructed his attorneys on his desires as regarded the Michael Jackson Estate. Consequently, they filed a petition asking the court to grant him a monthly allowance, on the grounds that the Estate made over $100 million off Michael&rsq...

11 November 2009
06:35 GMT

Lisa Niemi Talks Pain of Losing Husband Patrick Swayze

This week at Women’s Conference 2009, during a talk on Grief, Healing and Resilience, Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze’s wife of 34 years, opened for the first time since the actor’s death on what losing him meant for her. Struggling to keep back the tears, Niemi said that grief was like “an animal&...

28 October 2009
08:21 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Children Are in Therapy

Michael Jackson’s three children have all found their own ways of dealing with the sudden death of their only caring parent, La Toya Jackson says, as cited by ABC News. Still, since this is an event that a child can hardly cope with on his or her own, a counselor has also been hired to talk them through this di...

27 October 2009
12:22 GMT

Michael Jackson Speaks to La Toya from Beyond the Grave

Not long ago, La Toya was saying both she and the other members of the family knew for a fact there was nothing “natural” about Michael Jackson’s death, as many stood to make more money off him dead than alive. Now, the singer insists she’s close to finding the key to the mystery of Michael&rs...

26 October 2009
11:39 GMT

La Toya Jackson Fears for Her Life

Michael Jackson’s death still remains a mystery that the police are investigating, with many reports indicating that it could be the late singer’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who might have had a hand in his sudden demise. La Toya Jackson, Michael’s sister, for one, is certain that this i...

22 October 2009
03:55 GMT

Bizarre Kanye West Film Debuts, Is Pulled Down

Kanye West has been laying low for quite a while, either because he’s finally taking the holiday he was talking about some time ago on Jay Leno or because he simply doesn’t feel like facing the backlash for what he did to Taylor Swift at the VMAs, an incident people still talk about. With this in mind, an...

21 October 2009
10:19 GMT

Kanye West Dies in Car Crash – False Report

Ever since the now (in)famous Taylor Swift incident at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, rapper Kanye West has been keeping a very low profile. In fact, he’s been putting so few public appearances, that some even suggest he’s run away to India looking for spiritual guidance. While the India rumor ...

21 October 2009
09:19 GMT

New Explanation for Why Pygmies Are So Small

A new scientific study, covering a span of 115 years, has determined that the height levels of three distinct pygmy populations rose and fell in direct correlation with death rates. The controversial conclusion, which appears in the October issue of the top scientific journal Current Anthropology, shows that, as dea...

21 October 2009
05:43 GMT

Britney Spears Pronounced Dead in Court Papers

According to legal documents filed last Friday in the case of her conservatorship, Britney Jean Spears is deceased. However, the singer is not the object of a prank, as it has been the case with “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson, but rather of a misunderstanding and a secretarial honest mistake, as TMZ has ...

15 October 2009
06:16 GMT

Boyzone’s Stephen Gately Found Dead in Spain

Singer Stephen Gately of the boyband Boyzone was found dead in his luxury villa in Majorca. The body of the 33-year-old singer was discovered by his civil partner Andy Cowles, who also tried to revive him, but to no avail. There is no indication that Gately’s untimely death was a suicide or the result of foul p...

12 October 2009
02:44 GMT

Stressful Childhood Causes Premature Dying

Children who experience verbal and physical abuse may be at significant risk of dying faster than peers who were not subjected to such treatments, a study finds. The paper reveals that beatings and curse words can take years of a child's life, and that those who went through six or more so-called adverse childho...

6 October 2009
11:03 GMT

ICUs Still Unequipped to Handle Emergencies

Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are the first places in hospitals where people arrive after suffering severe injuries. Statistics indicate that as much as half of the patients that die in these units do so within the first 24 hours after their arrival. In a new University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska Academy thesis, by nurs...

5 October 2009
05:02 GMT

Michael Jackson Was Healthy When He Died, Autopsy Reveals

Despite reports that have been surfacing in the media for the past several years, Michael Jackson was in good health when he died of an overdose on Propofol in June this year. He was thin, but not too much so for his height, he had a strong heart and did not have any alcohol or illegal drugs in his stomach, autopsy r...

2 October 2009
06:14 GMT

Michael Jackson Honored at MOBO 2009 Awards

Jermaine Jackson and sister La Toya were in Glasgow last night, where the late King of Pop was awarded the first posthumous accolade for his impressive career at the Music Of Black Origin Awards, MOBO 2009. The two performed a very touching tribute for Michael, while also speaking of the Jackson family's duty to...

1 October 2009
05:58 GMT

DJ AM’s Death Ruled Accidental Overdose

DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, was found dead in his NYC apartment at the end of August. Since he had been sober for the past 11 years and no one seemed to know whether he had relapsed into drugs again, it was initially believed that he had committed suicide. Toxicology results indicate, though, that he was using d...

30 September 2009
04:56 GMT

‘I’m a Dead Man,’ Patrick Swayze Wrote in His Memoir

“I’m a dead man” was Patrick Swayze’s first thought when he was told for the first time that he had pancreatic cancer, as the actor himself revealed in his tell-all memoir “The Time of My Life,” out today, September 29. Still, he did not stop there to fall prey to desperation and s...

29 September 2009
11:14 GMT

Rabbi Goes Public with Secret Michael Jackson Tapes

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who was a close friend of Michael Jackson, has waited eight years to step forward and come to his defense by releasing a series of tapes with private talks the two had between 2000 and 2001. The tapes in question include confessions and discussions on anything from Michael’s fear of growi...

28 September 2009
03:51 GMT

Michael Jackson Thought He Could Have Changed Hitler

Michael Jackson is often described by those who knew or worked with him as the ultimate dreamer. As interviews with him also reveals, the late King of Pop truly believed in a better future that could be made possible if all of us acknowledged the changes that need to be made and then operate them accordingly. Accordi...

26 September 2009
01:56 GMT

John Travolta Refused Medical Help for Dying Son

A Bahamas court recently convened in the case of the extortion plot involving actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston over the death of their 16-year-old son Jett, which occurred in January this year. First testimonies show the actor refused medical help for Jett on the spot, asking that he be taken to the airport...

23 September 2009
04:13 GMT

Patrick Swayze Dies of Cancer

Following a two-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze died last night in his LA home, surrounded by his family. The 57-year-old star “quietly” passed away, his publicist has confirmed. The family has yet to make another comment for the media. Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with pan...

15 September 2009
02:28 GMT

Notes Reveal Michael Jackson’s Troubled State of Mind on Final Day

Michael Jackson was in a very troubled state of mind the days before his sudden death, as a series of notes he scrambled and then stuck on his bathroom mirror reveal. Some of them are inspirational messages meant to give him some sort of confidence before the grand comeback at London’s O2 Arena, while others ar...

14 September 2009
11:08 GMT

Randy Jackson Furious over MJ Funeral Footage

Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest last week, no less than ten weeks after he was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest. Because the Jackson clan also organized, with the help of AEG Live, the public memorial service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, the funeral was only for friends and family – me...

7 September 2009
05:28 GMT

Stars Gather for Extraordinary Funeral of Michael Jackson

Precisely ten weeks after he passed away, Michael Jackson has been buried in an extraordinary ceremony that saw 200 of his closest friends and relatives come together at the Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale, LA Times informs. There were no paparazzi and no fans allowed this time, as A-list celebrities and people...

4 September 2009
04:25 GMT

Donations, Not Flowers at DJ AM Funeral, Family Asks

DJ AM, the renowned disc-jokey whose body was discovered in his New York City apartment late last Friday, has been laid to rest. As friends and family still struggle to cope with the loss of the 36-year-old Adam Goldstein, AM’s real name, a member of his family has taken to MySpace to urge all fans to hold the ...

3 September 2009
05:41 GMT

DJ AM’s Death Not a Suicide

On Friday, DJ AM’s body was found lifeless in his NYC apartment, after not being seen or heard of for days. Paramedics pronounced the star, real name Adam Goldstein, dead on the scene, concluding that he might have OD’ed based on the drug paraphernalia scattered around the house. Toxicology results are un...

31 August 2009
02:57 GMT

DJ AM Dies at 36

He was a regular presence on the party scene, having long crossed over from being just a disc-jokey to a bona fide celebrity. 36-year-old Adam Goldstein, generally known as DJ AM, was found dead in his apartment this Friday. His death has already been ruled an overdose, after police discovered drug paraphernalia on t...

29 August 2009
04:58 GMT

Time of Death for Michael Jackson Will Remain a Mystery

Michael Jackson’s death has been ruled a homicide after a police affidavit filed in Houston the other day concluded that the singer’s heart stopped after being administered high levels of the anesthetic Propofol. Traces of other drugs were also found in his body, but were not in high enough quantities to ...

27 August 2009
08:14 GMT

Swine Flu Vaccine to Be Completed After Mid-October

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it may be that the swine flu vaccine, a new drug created specifically for the recent strain of the virus that caused a global pandemic, won't be available to the general public until after mid-October. The announcement was made yesterday by Dr...

27 August 2009
04:54 GMT

Michael Jackson Is Alive, Video Proves It

Michael Jackson is alive and well, and only staged his death either to rid himself of creditors or to finally be able to live life like a normal person, as he always wanted. A video that is currently making the rounds on the Internet allegedly shows the King of Pop walking out on his feet from the Coroner’s van...

26 August 2009
03:35 GMT

Michael Jackson Died of Lethal Dose of Propofol, Affidavit Says

Late last month, a report surfaced saying that Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, admitted to police officers that he had, indeed, administered Propofol to the late singer on the night of his death. The anesthetic is believed to have caused his heart to stop beating, which, in turn, led to hi...

25 August 2009
03:12 GMT

Ryan Jenkins Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

Former reality star Ryan Alexander Jenkins, the main suspect in the murder of his wife, former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore, was found dead in a room in a Canadian motel. Jenkins, once a star on “Megan Wants a Millionaire,” is believed to have hanged himself, Canadian authorities say, as quoted by CNN. F...

24 August 2009
07:59 GMT

Neurotics at Higher Risk of Premature Death

People have noticed since the earliest days that the type of life someone leads, as in happy, sad, depressed, ecstatic, neurotic, and so on, may be a clear indicator of that person's life span. Now, new scientific studies come to add to this belief. One of these papers reveals that personality and psychological ...

20 August 2009
17:11 GMT

Dr. Conrad Murray Charged with Manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s Death

Michael Jackson’s personal cardiologist, Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor who was with him when his heart stopped beating and he literally slept to death following administration of the anesthetic Propofol, will be charged with manslaughter. The police initially wanted to charge him with second-degree murder, but ...

20 August 2009
09:49 GMT

Severe Sleep Apnea May Cause Death

According to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-supported study, it would appear that severe sleep apnea increases the risk of death in middle-aged citizens, and especially in males. This is the first landmark study to prove that serious scientific connections ...

18 August 2009
10:49 GMT

Michael Jackson to Be Buried on His Birthday, August 29

Michael Jackson has not yet been buried, despite the fact that almost seven weeks have gone by since he passed away. Although some reports claimed, at one point, that the Jackson clan had laid his body to rest in an unmarked grave during a secret ceremony, according to Joe Jackson, Michael’s father, this couldn...

18 August 2009
02:54 GMT

Establishing the Chemical 'Fingerprint' of Death

Discovering dead bodies at accident scenes, disaster sites, and in graves hastily dug up by murderers is, at this point, a painstaking process, revolving mostly around a trial-and-error methodology. Some people who survive an earthquake, for instance, die under the rubble, but they cannot be found even after their de...

17 August 2009
04:52 GMT

Michael Jackson Autopsy Complete

The results for Michael Jackson’s first autopsy have all returned, which means a cause of death is now certain. However, the public will have to wait indeterminately to learn what killed the King of Pop because the Coroner’s Office will not release the results until the LAPD homicide investigation is also...

11 August 2009
09:11 GMT

Michael Jackson Secretly Buried in Unmarked Grave

Six weeks after the tragic and sudden death of King of Pop Michael Jackson, his body has finally been laid to rest during a secret ceremony to which no fan and no media representative had access, or knowledge of for that matter. Michael was buried at a secret location in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Los ...

11 August 2009
02:57 GMT

Michael’s Friend Mark Lester Says Daughter Paris Jackson Is His

Michael Jackson’s only daughter, the 11-year-old Paris, is not his, close friend of the late singer Mark Lester tells News of the World. The former actor and longtime Jackson friend makes the shocking revelation that he might be the father of the girl, judging by the fact that she looks so much like his own dau...

10 August 2009
08:29 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Drug-Fueled Final Hours Revealed

As the LAPD is still trying to find out how Michael Jackson spent the last hours of his life and, more importantly, whether Dr. Conrad Murray, the prime suspect in the homicide investigation, administered him the powerful and dangerous anesthetic Propofol, biographer Ian Halperin already seems to have all the answers...

10 August 2009
03:04 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Burial Place Confirmed

Six weeks after his body was found unresponsive presumably after being administered an IV drip with the highly powerful anesthetic Propofol, Michael Jackson will finally be laid to rest. The Jackson family has finally come to an understanding as to where they want Michael’s body to rest, and it is the Forest La...

7 August 2009
10:33 GMT

Katherine Jackson Demands Third Autopsy

On Geraldo earlier this week, Katherine Jackson, still grieving from the sudden and tragic death of her 50-year-old son Michael, revealed she and the rest of the family believed his passing was not from natural causes. Chances are she did not say that on live television for nothing and she might actually be taking st...

6 August 2009
05:59 GMT

Katherine Jackson Talks Michael’s Death on Geraldo

Katherine Jackson, Michael’s mother, has finally broken her silence on the death of the King of Pop by doing a telephone interview on Geraldo at Large, as People magazine can confirm. She too, like the other members of the family who have addressed the issue publicly, believes foul play was the case, since the ...

4 August 2009
08:20 GMT

Michael Jackson Spent Last Hours of His Life in Doctor’s Bed

Police are currently investigating to determine the exact hour when Michael Jackson died, as well as the identity of those who may have played a part in his drug addiction and, subsequently, cause of death. As such, police have learned that chances are high Jackson did not die in his own room, as he had fallen asleep...

3 August 2009
04:13 GMT

Joe Jackson Confirms Omer Bhatti Is Michael’s Secret Son

Although the exact relationship between Michael Jackson and his father, Joe Jackson, is still subject to much speculation, it seems the two were close enough to allow Joe to know that the late King of Pop did, indeed, have a secret lovechild. That other son is Omer Bhatti, whose name recently popped up in the press a...

30 July 2009
11:50 GMT

Doctor Admits to Giving Michael Jackson Propofol

The LAPD investigation into Michael Jackson’s sudden death at the age of 50 is slowly closing in on one major suspect, Dr. Conrad Murray, who was with the singer at the time his heart stopped and who called the ambulance. According to a recent TMZ report, Murray might have done more than just this, as he willin...

28 July 2009
10:51 GMT

Boxer Vernon Forrest Shot Twelve Times, Killed

Former world boxing champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed over the weekend in what was probably supposed to be an ordinary car hijacking. Forrest was attacked by a group of men as he was putting air in the tires of his car, tried to chase them down, and was shot a dozen times and probably killed on the spot, Re...

28 July 2009
04:17 GMT

Michael Jackson Was Dead When Ambulance Arrived

Dr. Conrad Murray, the official target of the LAPD homicide investigation in Michael Jackson’s death, is not an anesthesiologist, yet he may have administered Propofol to the singer and then fell asleep as his patient was dying. When the paramedics arrived on the scene, Michael Jackson was dead, TMZ informs, an...

27 July 2009
08:56 GMT

Omer Bhatti Says He’s Not Michael Jackson’s Secret Lovechild

A few days ago, several publications stated that Omer Bhatti, a young man who literally grew up next to the late Michael Jackson, might actually be his secret lovechild. Speculation was prompted by the observation that Bhatti was seated with the Jackson clan, in the front row, at the public memorial held at Staples C...

27 July 2009
04:02 GMT


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