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~ ♪ ~ Michael Jackson Memorial in Gendou ~ ♪ ~
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Michael Jackson (1958 - 2009)  Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California on June 25, 2009. He was treated by paramedics at the scene, but was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center two hours later. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, says he found Jackson in bed, not breathing but with a faint pulse, and administered CPR to no avail. Initial reports indicated that Jackson died one hour after receiving an injection of pethidine (Demerol), a painkiller to which his friends say he was addicted. Murray has said he did not prescribe or furnish Jackson with Demerol. His death triggered an outpouring of grief around the world, creating surges of internet traffic and causing sales of his music to soar. He had been scheduled to perform 50 sold-out concerts to over one million people at London's O2 arena, from July 13, 2009 to March 6, 2010, which he had implied during a press conference would be the last of his career. Jackson became ill at his rented home on 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles during the late morning or early afternoon of June 25 PDT. It was widely reported that he had received an injection of Demerol at 11:30 a.m., though his physician, cardiologist Conrad Murray, has said he neither prescribed nor furnished Jackson with Demerol. Murray said through his lawyer, Ed Chernoff, that he fortuitously went to see Jackson on the second floor of Jackson's home, and found him in bed, not breathing. There was a weak pulse in his femoral artery, the doctor said, and Jackson's body was still warm. He began to administer CPR. Chernoff told CNN's Anderson Cooper that there was no landline in the bedroom, and although Murray had a cell phone, he did not know the address of the property. Murray alerted other members of the household staff by running downstairs and speaking to security guards and the chef, which led to a delay of around 30 minutes before the emergency services were called, the lawyer said. Jackson arrived at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center at 1:14 pm local.The New York Post said the emergency services were contacted only after Jackson's father was told by a security guard that Jackson was ill. The Post reported that Jackson's 12-year-old son, Michael Joseph "Prince", was present during the resuscitation attempts. Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) paramedics received a 911 call at 12:21 pm (19:21 UTC), and arrived three minutes and seventeen seconds later, at which point Jackson was not breathing.[7] The recording of the 911 call was released by the LAFD on June 27.[8] CPR was performed for 42 minutes by paramedics at the house. They moved Jackson to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, arriving at 1:14 pm (20:14 UTC), and continued with CPR for an hour.[7][9] He was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm (21:26 UTC).[10] J. Randy Taraborrelli, who knew Jackson for forty years, said he had become "very frail, totally, totally underweight", and that his family had been worried about him. Taraborrelli said Jackson had suffered from an addiction to painkillers off and on for decades, resolving it, then losing control of it again.[11] Grace Rwaramba, a former nanny who looked after Jackson's children, told writer Daphne Barak that Jackson was a drug addict, that she had had to pump his stomach more than once, and that he had stopped looking after himself, becoming dirty and unkempt.[12] Rwaramba has since denied having made these claims, saying she does not even know how to pump a stomach.[13] Other associates of Jackson told journalist Ian Halperin that he may have been suffering from anorexia or bulimia, as well as a lung disease known as Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, for which he was receiving injections of Alpha 1-antitrypsin. The condition meant that on some days he was unable to sing or even speak, according to Halperin. He is also believed to have suffered from vitiligo and lupus.[14] Jackson's staff said he was worried about the London concerts. "He wasn't eating, he wasn't sleeping and, when he did sleep, he had nightmares that he was going to be murdered", one of them told Halperin. "He was deeply worried that he was going to disappoint his fans. He even said something that made me briefly think he was suicidal. He said he thought he’d die before doing the London concerts. He said he was worried that he was going to end up like Elvis. He was always comparing himself to Elvis, but there was something in his tone that made me think that he wanted to die, he was tired of life. He gave up. His voice and dance moves weren't there any more. I think maybe he wanted to die rather than embarrass himself on stage." Jackson's body was moved to the LA Coroner's offices in Boyle Heights, where on June 26 a three-hour autopsy was performed on behalf of the Los Angeles County Coroner by the chief medical examiner, Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran. Jackson's brain is believed to have been retained by the coroner, and the rest of the body released to his family, who arranged for a second autopsy on June 27. Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the coroner's office, said there was no evidence of trauma or foul play, but that it would take four to six weeks for toxicology tests to be completed. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) did not secure Jackson's home or any part of it, and allowed the Jackson family access to it, though the police returned days later to remove certain items. This has raised questions about the chain of custody. Jackson is survived by his three children, Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson Jr. (1997); Paris Michael Katherine Jackson (1998), born during his marriage to his second wife, Debbie Rowe; and Prince Michael Jackson II, known as "Blanket", born in 2002 to an unidentified surrogate mother. He is also survived by his brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Randy; his sisters Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet; and his parents, Joseph and Katherine. Katherine Jackson was granted temporary guardianship of Jackson's children on June 29. "In one of the darkest moments of our lives we find it hard to find the words appropriate to this sudden tragedy we all had to encounter. Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times." — The Jackson family Life and death of Michael Jackson Aug 29, 1958: Born in Gary, Indiana. 1964: Starts performing, Jackson 5. 1979: Off the Wall; broke his nose, first rhinoplasty early 1980s: Appearance starts to change. November 30, 1982: Thriller is released. Mar 25, 1983: First performance of the moonwalk. Jan 1984: Burns his scalp filming Pepsi ad; starts using painkillers; third rhinoplasty. May 14, 1984: Honored by Pres. Reagan for charity work. 1986: Diagnosed vitiligo and lupus; fourth rhinoplasty and cleft chin. 1988: Moves into Neverland. Apr 1988: Moonwalk autobiography published. Apr 5, 1990: Honoured by Pres. Bush for charity work. Sep 30, 1992: Heal the World Foundation launched. May 1992: Befriends Jordan Chandler, 13. January 31, 1993: Performance at Super Bowl XXVII Feb 10, 1993: Discusses his abuse as a child with Oprah. July 1993: Surgery to fix scalp after 1984 burn; given painkillers. Aug 18, 1993: LAPD starts investigaton after Chandler says he was molested. Nov 13, 1993: Cancels the Dangerous tour; checks into rehab in London for analgesia abuse. Winter 1993: La Toya publicly accuses him of pedophilia; she later retracts. Dec 20, 1993: 25-minute police strip search; friends say he never recovered. Jan 1, 1994. Settles with Chandlers for $10–22 million. May 26, 1994: Marries Lisa Marie Presley. Jan 1996: Presley files for divorce. Sep 7, 1996: HIStory tour begins. Anesthesiologist accompanies him. Nov 14, 1996: Marries Debbie Rowe. Feb 13, 1997: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. born to Rowe. Apr 3, 1998: Paris-Michael Katherine born to Rowe. Oct 8, 1999: Rowe and Jackson divorce. Feb 2002: Prince Michael Jackson II born to unidentified surrogate. Feb 3, 2003: Living with Michael Jackson airs; shown holding hands with Gavin Arvizo, 13. Nov 18, 2003: 70 police officers raid Neverland. Dec 18, 2003: Jackson charged with molestation of Arvizo. Dec 25, 2003: Interview with Ed Bradley; says he will never live in Neverland again. Jan 2004: Friends say he becomes dependent on morphine. Jan 31, 2005. People v. Jackson begins. Jun 13, 2005. Not guilty verdict. Mar 10, 2009: Announces This is It tour to begin in July. Jun 25, 2009: Dies, cardiac arrest. REST IN PEACE MJ! 
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Okay, you're a new member, so I'll let you off easy, but you need to ready the rules of the forums before creating threads. I'm already kind of annoyed with some spamming on the forums lately... Repeat thread: http://gendou.com/t/24902 
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