Michael Jackson had a heart attack??

[ZahZoo]

Some liked to s****** at his public image, and it is true that flamboyant clothes and bizarre make-up made for a comic grotesque

Freudian slip..?

[Mr Walker]

Freudian slip..?

lol!!

[Seshmeister]

Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson - Times Online

Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson

Maurice Chittenden and John Harlow Los Angeles


THE nanny who became “mother” to Michael Jackson’s three children has told how she regularly had to pump his stomach to remove dangerous cocktails of drugs.

Grace Rwaramba, 42, who flew from London to Los Angeles yesterday in the hope of being reunited with his children, has given a graphic account of the singer’s increasingly desperate final months. She was speaking exclusively to top international interviewer Daphne Barak.

She paints a grim picture of Jackson, sometimes penniless but deluded about his “riches”, leading a nomadic life, moving from country to country and hotel to hotel, before allegedly falling under the increasing influence of the Nation of Islam, the extremist sect.
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Jackson is believed to have been taking up to eight different drugs a day, including three narcotic painkillers. Rwaramba, who is expected to be interviewed by detectives about whether she helped administer the drugs, told Barak: “I had to pump his stomach many times. He always mixed so much of it.

“There was one period that it was so bad that I didn’t let the children see him . . . He always ate too little and mixed too much.”

The nanny says she once called in the singer’s mother, Katherine, and sister, Janet, to attempt an “intervention”, trying to persuade the singer to come to terms with his addiction. Instead Jackson turned on her, accusing her of betraying him. “He didn’t want to listen; that was one of the times he let me go,” she told Barak.

Rwaramba, who is from Rwanda, worked for Jackson for more than a decade, starting as an office assistant before becoming nanny to his children, Michael Jr, known as Prince, aged 12; Paris, 11; and Prince Michael II, 7, nicknamed Blanket to distinguish him from his brother.

She was dismissed for a final time last December but still went back to see the children. When she visited them in April she claims Jackson was so hard up she had to buy “happy birthday” balloons for Paris on her own credit card.

On a previous occasion he had sent her to Florence to buy antiques for $1m. “We didn’t even have a home to live in. So we had to put the antiques in storage,” she told Barak.

Yesterday an official with the Los Angeles police revealed the singer had become “heavily addicted” to the powerful painkiller OxyContin and had received an injection of Demerol, another painkiller, an hour before his death. It is now almost certain the police will begin a full investigation into the singer’s death and that Rwaramba will be regarded as a witness. Coroners in the case said yesterday there was no suspicion of foul play but toxicology tests would take several weeks.

One theory is that Jackson was taking an increasing amount of drugs to combat the stress of his forthcoming 50 concerts at the O2 in London. The nanny told Barak: “Fifty performances! I told him . . . what are you doing? He said ‘I signed only for 10’. He didn’t know what he was signing. He never did.”

Detectives have made contact with Dr Conrad Robert Murray, a cardiologist who was with Jackson at his rented mansion when he died, and have made clear they want to interview him. Police denied a report that they also want to talk to a second doctor.

Police will also want to know whether early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) efforts to save the singer’s life were botched. On a tape of conversations between the Jackson home and the ambulance service, one of Jackson’s staff tells the dispatcher that Jackson is on the bed and that a “doctor is here”, meaning Murray.

Medical experts say it is usual for the patient to be on a hard surface because it is difficult to compress the chest on a soft surface. The operator told the caller to “get him on the floor”. A car towed by police from Jackson’s home is registered in the name of Murray’s sister in Texas.

Rwaramba claims the Nation of Islam, the sect that had become increasingly prominent in Jackson’s life, told him it cost $100,000 (£60,000) a month to rent the mansion, but she believes similar properties were on the market for no more than $25,000 a month.

The sect has supplied bodyguards to the singer and allegedly intimidated auction houses that were selling Jackson memorabilia.

“Michael had no idea about money,” Rwaramba said. “He got a proposal to make an appearance in Japan for $1m . . . By the time everyone took their share, he ended up with $200,000.” At one stage Jackson and his entourage flew economy class to Germany. One of the worst periods was after Jackson was acquitted following a five-month trial in 2005 on charges of sexually abusing a boy during sleepovers at his Neverland ranch.

Jackson, Rwaramba and the children went to Bahrain as guests of Sheikh Abdullah, a son of the king, who hoped to make a CD with the singer.

People there described yesterday how they sometimes saw Jackson walking through a mall, his frail body draped in a woman’s abaya, or robe, which covered part of the face. He drew a crowd since he did not walk like a woman.

When the singer and the sheikh fell out, Jackson and his family moved to Ireland to stay with friends of Rwaramba and then in a small house in New Jersey where Jackson slept in a downstairs room while she and the children shared a bedroom.

When Jackson did have money, he hid it in black rubbish sacks and under the carpets at the Los Angeles house. Rwaramba says Katherine Jackson rang her in London at 7am on Friday to ask where the money was, possibly to stop it being stolen.

Sources close to the Jacksons yesterday told the TMZ entertainment website, which broke the news of his death, that the children would stay with their grandmother and grandfather Joe at the family home in Encino, California.

They said: “We’re told the family is 100% behind this - feeling that Katherine and Joe Jackson are the only people who can help the children understand who their father was, help them grieve, and teach them to deal with life in the spotlight.”

[Seshmeister]

It is worth noting that the O2 Arena has the most sophisticated lip synching technology in the world – a particular attraction for a singer who can no longer sing. Had, by some miracle, the concerts gone ahead, Jackson’s personal contribution could have been limited to just 13 minutes for each performance. The rest was to have been choreography and lights.

That is a fucking disgrace!

If this is true I hope the promoters go bust.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

You can say that about any pop singer in the civilized world in concert.... None of them sing nowadays....

Notice I said "pop", though...

[ELVIS]

TOP 10 MIKE MAKES HISTORY Michael Jackson could today make history if he takes every slot in the UK top 10 singles and albums charts.

Yesterday, 16 of his albums were in online retailer Amazon's Top 20 bestsellers list, including every single position in the top 10.

[letsrock]

TOP 10 MIKE MAKES HISTORY Michael Jackson could today make history if he takes every slot in the UK top 10 singles and albums charts.

Yesterday, 16 of his albums were in online retailer Amazon's Top 20 bestsellers list, including every single position in the top 10.

great to know he wont get a penny.

[Kristy]

Nanny reveals tragic secret life of Jackson - Times Online

And so Jackson is most notably remembered by those in death as he was in life: a meal ticket for a book deal, movie offer or a 2 minute sound bite.

[Anonymous]

It. Was. A. Pedophile.

I, for one, am glad that it's dead.

One down, how many to go? Thousands? Billions?

For each pedophile that dies, the world is a better place, nonetheless.

Cheers! :bottle:

[Mr Walker]

TOP 10 MIKE MAKES HISTORY Michael Jackson could today make history if he takes every slot in the UK top 10 singles and albums charts.

Yesterday, 16 of his albums were in online retailer Amazon's Top 20 bestsellers list, including every single position in the top 10.

Another solid reason to back Imapus Sylicker's plan to repopulate the planet... wipe us out and start all over. I can't believe I live on a planet that celebrates a child molester... whoops, alleged child molester :roll eyes:

[letsrock]

Has he been melted down yet?

[ELVIS]

He still sang live in 1987...

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[ELVIS]

The last thing decent he ever did...

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[katie]

Slow down Elvis.

You will be burning candles and singing 'We are the world' next

x

[sonrisa salvaje]

I would prefer to remember the MJ that was untouchable around 1983 to 1984. Thriller was off the charts. If he was anywhere on television, especially performing live on an awards show, you didn't miss it. The guy was talented and was a great performer. Let us not forget that he quarterback'd the USA for Afica project. Who elso could have brought all those people together to make that record? Think about the diversity of the performers, from Bruce Springsteen to Ray Charles...my god. At the end of the day, it is all about the music for me. To me it is a given that there are a lot of bad people in the music industry who make great music. One that stands out in my mind is Jerry Lee Lewis. The fact that he married within his own family to his underraged cousin doesn't take away from Great Balls of Fire or Breathless. If we only knew what went on behind closed doors with some of our favorite artists, i'm sure we would never buy certain discs again. I would prefer to just have a disconnect there between what is recorded and what is played out thru the media. Do i think MJ was probably guilty of some of the things he has been accused of? Probably. Will it ever stop me from turning up Off The Wall when it comes on the radio? Hell no. Lets let MJ rest in peace and remember the good things.