Michael Jackson should have turned 52 Sunday.
His brother, Randy Jackson, was greeted and consoled by fans who gathered at Forest Lawn cemetery to pay tribute to the deceased idol.
Jackson gives an interview to X17Online which you can view below.
When asked if someone will pay for what happened, Jackson commented, “I’m going to leave it in God’s hands.”
If you paid $190,000 to buy something, what would you expect to get in return? If you ask Wanda Kelly of Los Angeles, her answer might differ a little from yours. I know I would buy a house. But $190,000 is how much Wanda paid for the glove Michael Jackson wore on his 1984 Victory Tour. After making the winning bid at Julien’s Auction at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Kelley said, “Let’s just say, I wasn’t walking out of here without that glove.” I really would like to know Wanda’s total worth to find out how much money one would have to have to be able to spend that much on a piece of celebrity history.
I am not the only one in awe here. The amount Wanda paid for the glove even took the auctioneers by surprise. The Swarovski-crystal-studded glove was expected to sell between $20,000 and $30,000 at the auction however, according to Darren Julien, the response from bidders was “unlike anything we’ve ever experienced.” He added that “People flew in from Asia, Russia, all over. Now that he’s gone, we now realize the true legend we lost.” Other Jackson items at the auction included a pair of stage-worn loafers that went for $90,000, a custom jacket he wore during a Barbara Walters interview that sold for $120,000, and one of the last autographs he signed on June 24, 2009, which went for $21,000. Now, I also wonder who is getting all of this money. I am hoping the answer is his kids.
Time to forgive and forget…Chris Brown did a kick-butt job of a tribute to Michael Jackson at the BET Awards. Just watch!
Joe Jackson has filed a complaint with the American Medical Association against AEG, the company behind Michael Jackson’s This is It tour, accusing AEG of “unlawful practice of corporate medicine.”
The complaint claims that AEG paid Dr. Conrad Murray to give Michael the lethal dose of propofol, which resulted in his death last June. The complaint further alleges: “AEG hired, directed, controlled and demanded Dr. Conrad Murray, a medical doctor, to medicate Michael Jackson, provide Jackson with dangerous medical services and to give Michael Jackson controlled substances and other drugs without providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment or nursing assistance as it had promised in writing it would provide.”
The complaint also alledges that AEG failed to provide Dr. Murray with a registered nurse and proper equipment, as required by Michael’s AEG contract, “AEG shall provide Dr. Murray for his use during the term with medical equipment requested by Dr. Murray to assist him in performing the services as approved by AEG.”
What would you do if your life were in peril, and the only doctor around to help you was the doctor on trial for allegedly killing Michael Jackson? Well, that’s exactly what happened on a US Air flight when a female passenger passed out with a dangerously low pulse. Apparently, Dr. Murray Conrad happened to be on the same flight and walked over to the woman, elevated her feet and found a weak pulse. He asked passengers to help him move the woman to the front of the plane, and that’s where Murray inserted an IV (apparently standard issue for the flight crew) and the woman began responding.
Hard to believe the odds, but TMZ has the video to prove it.
Why were MJ’s items up for auction before his death? Apparently, MJ had contacted Julien’s to sell much of his estate but then had changed his mind. Since Julien’s was already in possession of the items, MJ did agree to allow Julien’s to put the items on temporary display for public viewing. So,with that permission, Julien’s opened its doors to preview an astounding array of MJ memorabilia that was sure to blow any visitor’s mind. We’re talking 1390 lots filled with arcade games, cars, wax figurines (several Batmans, many Supermans, Elvis, at least two ETs) tour bus, Macaulay Culkin original art, concert and video outfits, Walt Disney and Looney Tunes memorabilia, the iconic white-jeweled glove, and even the grandiose entry gates to Neverland Ranch . The collection offered a surreal glimpse inside this idol’s world, as close as anyone could have gotten to being in his head during a strange and tumultuous period of his life, when he went on one of the 20th century’s greatest unchecked shopping sprees.
As Sam and I walked through the various sections of the auction, I felt more and more eerie. And dirty. Like Diana. What was I doing there? I felt like I had no right to be gawking at someone’s personal possessions even though we all had his permission. I don’t know, it just didn’t feel right.
