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1st Michael Jackson statue in China

Loyal Chinese fans of the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson have donated 158,000 yuan ($23,000) to erect the first bronze statue of their idol in China.

This project has been approved by the local government and will be completed and installed on January 1, 2011, said Huang Zhenhui, the head of the project. The statue will stand in Guangzhou Sculpture Park in Guangzhou City, capital of south China's Guangdong Province.

Huang said they will hold a ceremony on the inaugural day and raise money for charities, which will spread Jackson’s message of love.

"I'm thrilled to see our dreams will finally come true," Huang said.

Famous sculptor Lu Zhenkang has been designing the statue.

Jackson died on June 25, 2009 after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood in Los Angeles. His death triggered an outpouring of grief and tributes worldwide.

pictures of the statue's progress so far in the link http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-10/13/content_21117156.htm

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Epic/Legacy readies 'Michael Jackson's Vision'

Box-set DVD will include all of performer's videos

By Christopher Morris

Epic/Legacy will release "Michael Jackson's Vision," a three-disc boxed set comprising all the late performer's solo videos, on Nov. 22.

Collection will bring together more than 40 image-defining Jackson clips, including short films helmed by top directors John Landis (the classic "Thriller"), Martin Scorsese ("Bad"), John Singleton, David Fincher and Spike Lee, as well as animator Will Vinton, special effects director Stan Winston and photographer Herb Ritts.

Set's third bonus disc will includes several Jacksons videos, the clip for the Jackson-Paul McCartney duet "Say Say Say" and director Lee's alternate version of "They Don't Care About Us."

"Vision" succeeds the February home video release of "This Is It," Jackson's posthumous 2009 concert rehearsal feature, which shot to No. 1 on the DVD release chart with first-week sales of 1.2 million.

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MICHAEL JACKSON’S NAME ON DISPLAY AGAIN AT GARDNER SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

Elementary School’s Most Famous Alum Recognized for His Musical Legacy

October 15, 2010

Los Angeles — The silver, foot-high letters gleam once again, proclaiming The Michael Jackson Auditorium at Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood. It is the last public school attended by Jackson—then an 11-year-old sixth grader — who was the lead in a singing group with his brothers. Three months after school started, Motown released their debut album “Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5.” And, the young entertainer was on his way to becoming an international star.

“It’s important for the District to value the artistic impact and humanitarian contribution that will be the lasting legacy of Michael Jackson,” said Los Angeles School Board member Steven Zimmer. I’m happy that we will be recognizing and appreciating Michael’s LAUSD moment.”

The sign was originally unveiled at the then newly-refurbished auditorium in 1989. However, when the King of Pop was charged with child molestation, the sign was covered with layered board. For the record, the entertainer was never convicted. After his death last year fans began a campaign to have his name revealed.

At the direction of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines, the tribute was uncovered today.

“In recognition of Michael Jackson’s musical legacy and contribution to modern culture I have directed our maintenance and operations department to remove the layered board covering the tribute to Mr. Jackson at Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood,” said LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines. 

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Lisa Marie Presley 'regrets' she didn't save Michael Jackson

Oprah Winfrey, who sat down last night at the University of Illinois in Chicago to present Toni Morrison the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, aired a revealing interview with Lisa Marie Presley on her show today.

The topic was Presley's ex-husband, Michael Jackson. Presley has not spoken about her ex-husband's death except for a blog post soon after he died on June 25, 2009. And at the end of this interview, she swore she is never going to talk about Jackson again.

Lisa Marie recalled that the day Michael died. "I was crying all day," she told Oprah. She didn't know why. Finally, she got word. "Actually, John Travolta was one of the first texts I got, asking, "Are you all right?'"

Her reaction: "Real honest-to-goodness shock. I was floored. Honestly floored."

In the lengthy interview, Presley also revealed:

- "In every sense it was a normal marriage."

- "He was like a little gnome. because it was hard for him to sleep. I'd hear him piddling. It was a bit endearing and I didn't mind it. But he did have a hard time sleeping, yes."

- "I loved taking care of him. It was the highest point of my life."

-"He was like a drug for me. I always wanted to be around him. I never felt like that feeling with another human being except for one -- my father."

-Was there a lot of pressure to have a baby? "Yes," she said adding that Michael told her Debbie Rowe was willing to have one.

- "We would have three-day arguments, taking a break to eat or sleep," she said. Michael "really tried" to make the relationship work at times. "I didn't appreciate it then."

- "We were so united and then at some point he pushed me out."

- Their last "coherently good" conversation was in 2005. "I was so removed from him and he could feel it and hear it. I was very distant ... He was asking me, he wanted to tell me that I was right about a lot of people around him. And he asked if I still loved him. ... I told him I was indifferent and he didn't like that word. And the final part of the conversation was him telling me that someone was going to try and kill him to get a hold of his catalog and estate. And I really didn't know what to do with that."

- As she stood over his casket, was she able to make peace? "No. I wanted to apologize. I felt like I wanted to apologize for not being around."

- Could she have saved him? "Naively, I want to say: I wanted to. Could I have? Had I made a call? Had I stopped being so shut off from him? Had I just said, 'How are you?' I really did regret that I didn't."

- "If he didn't want you around, he could make you go away, including his own family. I think that was a train headed in a certain direction I don't think anyone could have stopped."

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/en...chael-jackson/1

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MUCH ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM FROM THE KING OF POP

MICHAEL

TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 14

Exclusive Teaser and Song to be Unveiled on MichaelJackson.com

New York, NY – The much anticipated album of newly completed recordings from Michael Jackson entitled MICHAEL will be released on December 14 by Epic Records in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson. Tomorrow, an exclusive teaser for the project will appear on www.michaeljackson.com; on Monday, November 8th the world premiere of “Breaking News,” a full track from the album, will stream on the site for one week only.

The creative process never stopped for the King of Pop who was always planning for his next album; unbeknownst to many fans around the world Michael Jackson was writing and recording songs continuously everywhere from a friend’s home in New Jersey to studios in Las Vegas and Los Angeles with a small group of handpicked collaborators. Now, through the unique stories that will be told about the songs that comprise MICHAEL, fans will get mind-blowing insight into how this artist worked and a chance to hear the songs he most recently created along with tracks that Michael had a desire to bring to fruition.

“Breaking News,” a never heard before song by Michael that appears on the new album was recorded in New Jersey in 2007 and recently brought to completion. Fans can begin pre-ordering the album on www.michaeljackson.com in the next 24 hours.

The attached image of the album cover of MICHAEL was created by painter Kadir Nelson in 2009. In the oil painting, Kadir – who is known for story telling through his art – takes us on a journey through some key moments and important people in Michael Jackson’s life.

Stay tuned for the worldwide launch of the official first single from MICHAEL later this month.

www.michaeljackson.com

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Katherine Jackson: 'I think of my son all through the day'

"Sometimes during the day I can hear his laughter in my mind," said Katherine Jackson during her sweet and sad interview with Oprah Winfrey today. "I think of my son all through the day, all the time. I don't like to talk about him because I get all choked up." She wiped tears away.

Later, she said, "It hurts. It really hurts." However, when Oprah asked if it was always sad to think of MJ, his mom said, "I think about him with a smile sometimes. I have a lot of good memories. That's one thing they can't take away from me."

June 25? "The worst day of my life," she said. Ms. Jackson, as Oprah respectfully called her, had been out doing "field service," going door-to-door as a Jehovah's Witness. She recounted finding out that Michael was at the hospital and, eventually, that he was dead. The children "were crying. I thought Paris was going to pass out. ... I felt so bad. ... It was so sad."

Added Jackson, "You know what broke my heart more than anything else in this world? When the people in the hospital told us, you can leave now. And Paris said, 'Grandma, where are we going?'"

Michael's children, Paris, Prince and Blanket, joined the conversation in the backyard with several other Jackson family kids who live at the house. Paris said she wants "to be an actress" and Prince said he wants to "produce and direct." Paris and Prince go to school outside the house; Blanket is home-schooled. Oprah asked the kids about Michael taking them out with veils over their faces. Paris said, "It wasn't always comfortable," but she said, "I appreciated it."

Paris' favorite memory of Michael? "One time we went on the roof in Las Vegas of our house and we saw all the city lights and we were eating Snickers. Sometimes he would take me to an art museum, because we both loved art. We would play tag. He got us Kenya (the dog) four years ago." And, she said, "He was the best cook ever. ... He made the best French toast in the world. He was the best dad ever."

Other highlights:

- On Michael's many plastic surgeries on his nose. "It was too small, like a toothpick," said his mom, adding "I hear people get addicted to plastic surgery and I think that's what happened to him. I had told him that's enough." But he didn't listen. She visited his plastic surgeon, she said, to ask him to stop.

- On Lisa Marie Presley: Michael told his mom after the fact that he had married Presley, and he put her on the phone to talk. "It didn't sound like her. She sounded like a black girl," Katherine whispered to Oprah.

- On drugs: "I spoke to him about them once when I had heard (he was addicted) and he denied it," says Katherine. "I was telling him I didn't want to hear one day he had overdosed because it would break my heart, kill me, too."

- On Joe Jackson: "We're not divorced," said Katherine. Joe Jackson, joining Katherine and Oprah in the backyard, said, "We don't fight."

- On beating the kids: "He used a strap," said Katherine. Joe said he did it to "keep 'em out of jail." And he had no regrets about it doing it, he said.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/en...ough-the-day-/1

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Handwritten MJ Note -- I'm Gonna 'Make Huge $'

12/23/2010 9:35 AM PST by TMZ Staff

Michael Jackson planned to "make huge $" before his death last year -- at least according to a note handwritten by the King of Pop himself that recently sold for a ton of cash.

The memo -- which was just auctioned off on eBay for more than $3,000 -- was allegedly found in June 2009 by staff working at MJ's home in Holmby Hills.

The note -- purportedly handwritten by MJ -- seems to reference his then upcoming "This Is It" concert series in London -- "One year in London 3? International # 1 2 3 4 5 albums and single."

The note -- written on Dr. Arnie Klein's stationary -- continues, "Talk to digital people, Universal, Warner ... make huge $" ... followed by the words, "Who's doing sculpture for Halloween special."

FYI -- the red stuff on the note ain't blood ... the seller claims it's simply a drink stain.

\more on TMZ

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Christmas program honors Jackson's life

December 24, 2010

BY LISA DENEAL, POST-TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT

GARY -- Area families got the chance to have a few hours of holiday cheer and honor the late King of Pop Thursday during a party at the 529 Bar and Grill.

"Christmas for the Children: A Tribute to Michael Jackson" was sponsored by a local not-for-profit organization, United Urban Network, founded by Cassandra Cannon.

Cannon, who also serves as the organization's CEO, said while the organization was put together in 1992, it became a not-for-profit in 2004.

"Today, we decided to honor a Gary native who cared a lot about children and he has said in the past that he would love to return to his hometown and help the children," said Cannon.

After filling up on a buffet of pasta dishes, tamales, vegetable, salad and cake, children and adults enjoyed live entertainment from Ernie "Lady Sax" Shelby, American Idol's Season 9 contestant Marcus Jones and Michael Jackson impersonator Dashon Butler.

Jones, who was part of American Idol's top 100, in Season 9, performed classic Christmas songs "Silver Bells" and "Little Drummer Boy" for the audience.

"I've been singing since I was 12 and I feel honored to do this party for children in my hometown," Jones, 20, said.

Dharthula Harris, 529 Bar and Grill owner, said she was more than happy to open her business for the party.

"The children are having a good time and enjoying good food," she said.

Tara Watkins of Gary brought her three children, Drakori Nicks, 6, Ya'Shaya Nicks, 3 and Amiya Nicks, 2, to the party.

"Drakori's teacher invited us to the party and it is really wonderful. My Christmas gift however, came early seeing Amiya eat a full meal for the first time since Thanksgiving.

"She was stricken with a virus that infected and inflamed her intestines and she could not eat. Watching her eat today is a great gift," Watkins said.

http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/2984960...son1224.article

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Loyal Chinese fans dedicate a statue to Michael

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Michael Jackson's doctor frantically tried to cover up singer's treatment

In the first day of a hearing to determine if cardiologist Conrad Murray should be tried for involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors say he delayed calling 911, seemed not to know CPR and misled paramedics and doctors.

By Harriet Ryan and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times

January 5, 2011

As Michael Jackson's life slipped away, his personal physician delayed calling 911, hid evidence of his medical treatment, misled paramedics and doctors, and then abuptly left the hospital before police could question him, prosecutors and the pop star's employees said in court Tuesday.

The picture of Dr. Conrad Murray frantically trying to cover up his treatment of the pop star emerged during the first day of a hearing in Los Angeles County Superior Court to determine whether prosecutors have enough evidence to try the 57-year-old cardiologist for involuntary manslaughter.

Two members of Jackson's staff summoned to the witness stand by prosecutors described the physician as panicked, drenched in sweat and, according to one security guard, too flustered to recall even the most basic medical skills.

"I remember him asking if anyone in the room knew CPR," testified Jackson's head of security, Faheem Muhammad. He said he and another guard stared at each other in shock.

Jackson stopped breathing June 25, 2009, in a bedroom of his rented Holmby Hills mansion from what the coroner determined was a fatal combination of the surgical anesthetic propofol and several sedatives.

Murray initially did not return police calls, but two days after Jackson's death he met with police and acknowledged that he had given the 50-year-old singer the drugs as a sleep aid on a daily basis for two months, including the day he died, prosecutors said.

Tuesday's testimony focused on the minutes and hours when the cause of Jackson's death remained a mystery.

Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren said phone records and witness interviews indicated that Murray was on his cellphone when he discovered that his famous client was not breathing.

Walgren said that based on phone records, at least nine minutes and as many 21 minutes elapsed between the time Murray realized something was wrong and he asked someone to call 911.

Before summoning paramedics, Murray left a frantic message on the cellphone of Jackson's personal assistant, Michael Amir Williams. When he returned the call, Williams testified, the physician told him that Jackson "had a bad reaction" and that he should "get someone" to the house immediately.

Walgren said that during this period Murray ordered another security guard, Alberto Alvarez, to help him collect pill bottles and medical paraphernalia in a bag.

Alvarez saw the doctor performing CPR with one hand on a bed, the prosecutor said.

Muhammad, sent to Jackson's bedroom by Williams, testified that he saw Murray kneeling over the singer, who was by this time sprawled out on the floor next to the bed with his eyes and mouth open.

"Did he appear to be alive?" Walgren asked.

"No, sir, he didn't," Muhammad said.

He said Murray then asked whether he or Alvarez knew CPR.

"It was very frantic," Muhammad said of the question.

Adding to the chaos, the witness said, was the presence of two of Jackson's children near the entrance to the bedroom.

The singer's daughter, Paris, was on "the ground on her hands and knees and she was crying," Muhammad recalled.

Walgren told the judge that when paramedics arrived and asked about Jackson's "underlying medical condition," Murray did not mention propofol, instead telling them that the performer was "exhausted from rehearsals."

At Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, emergency room doctors questioned Murray, but again he failed to mention the anesthetic he had administered, the prosecutor alleged.

"Not a word was said about propofol to the UCLA doctors," Walgren said.

Williams' voice faltered as he recalled how Jackson's children, still thinking their father was alive, began listing his allergies for the doctors.

"It was horrible," he said.

Shortly thereafter, the children were told their father was dead, and Murray took Williams aside with a strange request.

"He said, 'Brother Michael, Mr. Jackson has some cream in the house that I know he wouldn't want the world to know about,' " Williams said.

The doctor asked for a ride back to the mansion, but Williams said he and other security guards demurred. Subsequently, Murray said he was going to get something to eat and left the hospital, Williams testified.

Renowned choreographer Kenny Ortega also testified at the hearing. He recounted working as the co-creator and co-director of Jackson's planned comeback concerts.

Six days before Jackson's death, the singer showed up for a rehearsal at Staples Center seeming "lost" and too weak to perform.

"It was scary. I didn't know what was wrong, but I knew there was something going on," Ortega recalled.

The next day, he said, he was summoned to a meeting at Jackson's mansion with the singer, his manager, the concert promoter and Murray. He said the doctor insisted that Jackson was emotionally and physically strong enough to perform and scolded Ortega for sending Jackson home — something he said he hadn't done.

"Dr. Murray told me that this was not my responsibility and asked me to not act like a doctor or psychologist … and leave Michael's health to him," he said.

Murray, who could face up to four years in prison if convicted, has pleaded not guilty. His attorney, Ed Chernoff, declined to make an opening statement. Prosecutors plan to call as many as 30 witnesses for the hearing, which is expected to last seven to eight days.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-co...85.story?page=2

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Michael Jackson hearing: Security guard says Dr. Conrad Murray told him to grab evidence before calling 911

January 5, 2011

In the moments after Michael Jackson stopped breathing, the singer’s doctor performed a one-handed version of CPR while Jackson was in bed and frantically grabbed evidence from the room before instructing a security guard to call 911, the guard testified Wednesday.

Alberto Alvarez, who was the first person to walk into Jackson’s bedroom after Dr. Conrad Murray realized his patient had stopped breathing, gave the dramatic testimony in the second day of the physician's preliminary hearing.

The proceedings in L.A. County Superior Court will determine whether there is enough evidence for Murray to be tried on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with Jackson’s June 25, 2009, death. Several members of the Jackson family -– Janet, Rebbie, Randy, Katherine and LaToya Jackson -– were in the courtroom Wednesday.

Alvarez said that when he walked into the second-floor bedroom of Jackson’s Holmby Hills mansion, the pop singer was sprawled out on the bed with his eyes and mouth open, and Murray was administering chest compressions with one hand.

“I said, ‘Dr. Murray, what happened?’" Alvarez said. "'He had a bad reaction, he had a bad reaction,’ that’s all he said.”

Alvarez said Jackson’s children followed him into the room, and Jackson’s daughter, Paris, screamed “Daddy,” and started crying, Alvarez testified, choking up as he described the scene.

Murray told him to get the children out of the room, saying, "'Don’t let them see their father like this,'" Alvarez said. “I turned to the children and I told them, ‘Don’t worry children, we’ll take care of him, please go outside,’” he said.

After he escorted the children out of the room, Alvarez noticed the singer’s penis was out of his underwear and tubing was attached to it.

Deputy Dist. Atty. David Walgren asked Alvarez if he knew what a condom catheter was; he responded that he did not.

Murray then began grabbing a handful of medicine bottles and instructed Alvarez to put them in a bag, Alvarez testified. Alvarez said he grabbed a plastic bag from a chair and held it out as the doctor dropped the bottles inside, then put them in a brown canvas bag on the floor as Murray asked him to do.

Murray also instructed him to grab one of two bags from an IV stand next to Jackson’s bed and put it into another bag, Alvarez said. He noticed a “milk-like substance” at the bottom of the IV bag, he said. Jackson died from intoxication of propofol, a powerful surgical anesthetic.

It was then that Murray instructed him to call 911, Alvarez testified.

“After you had collected the bottles per Dr. Murray’s instructions, and after you had collected the bags per Dr. Murray’s instructions, did Dr. Murray instruct you to call 911?” Walgren said.

“Yes, sir,” Alvarez responded.

Walgren then played the 911 call from the morning of Jackson’s death. When Alvarez told the emergency operator that a 50-year-old man was on a bed, unconscious and not breathing, the operator instructed him to move the man to the floor to perform CPR.

When Alvarez told the operator that the man’s personal physician was there, the operator expressed surprise.

“Oh, you have a doctor there?” the operator said, adding that the doctor would be the “higher authority.”

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011...urray.html#more

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Witness: Jackson doctor got distracted on call

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY

The Associated Press

Friday, January 7, 2011; 2:19 PM

LOS ANGELES -- A former girlfriend of the doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson testified Friday that he was distracted when he called her on the morning of the singer's death and she heard commotion in the background.

Sade Anding said she realized at one point that Dr. Conrad Murray wasn't paying attention to her. She heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray, she said.

"I heard commotion as if the phone was in a pocket or something," Anding said.

The testimony added details to a timeline being developed by prosecutors at a preliminary hearing where a judge will decide if there is enough evidence for Murray to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. He has pleaded not guilty.

Authorities contend Jackson died after Murray gave him a lethal dose of propofol and other sedatives in the bedroom of his rented mansion then delayed calling 911 while he collected and bagged medications.

Phone records show Murray called Anding at 11:51 a.m. She said she stayed on the line for five to six minutes, but Murray never got back on the phone.

The records indicate 911 was dialed at 12:21 p.m.

Emergency room doctor Dr. Richelle Cooper testified Thursday that she believed Jackson died in his bedroom. Still, he was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where more than an hour of resuscitation efforts didn't change her opinion.

Based on what Murray told her, though, she said she didn't know why the singer died.

Cooper said Murray told her he had seen Jackson stop breathing and immediately started CPR, but prosecutors say that's not what happened.

Cooper said Murray never told her he had given propofol to Jackson or mention several other sedatives tests later showed were administered.

Murray's defense attorney, J. Michael Flanagan, asked Cooper if propofol use would be relevant information, since the drug wears off quickly.

Cooper said it wouldn't have changed her efforts to revive Jackson, but knowing the singer had been given several sedatives and propofol would have added to her understanding of why the singer died.

Cooper said other sedatives could have amplified the effects of the propofol and caused Jackson to stop breathing before his heart stopped beating.

"I would be concerned particularly if there were other medications given, that it would lead to a respiratory arrest, which would lead to a cardiac arrest," Cooper said.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren has said he will use Murray's statements to police and testimony to show his actions represented "an extreme deviation from the standard of care."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...1010701147.html

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Testimony: Jackson's doctor e-mailed that star was OK on fatal day

By Alan Duke, CNN

January 10, 2011 4:52 p.m. EST

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray sent an e-mail to a British insurance agent assuring him that Michael Jackson was in good health just 40 minutes before the doctor realized the pop star had stopped breathing, according to testimony Monday.

The e-mail, found on Murray's iPhone, was introduced Monday at a preliminary hearing to decide if the involuntary manslaughter case against Murray will go to trial.

Murray ordered more than 15 liters of propofol -- a surgical anesthetic -- and 80 vials of injectable sedatives from a Las Vegas pharmacy in the three months before Jackson's death, a pharmacist testified.

The drugs were shipped to the Santa Monica, California, apartment where Murray stayed with a girlfriend while he worked as Jackson's personal physician, according to pharmacist Tim Lopez and earlier witnesses.

A Los Angeles coroner's investigator testified Friday about finding empty and unused drug vials near Jackson's bed and in a closet after Jackson's death.

The coroner concluded that "acute propofol intoxication" in combination with sedatives killed Jackson on June 25, 2009.

Murray injected Jackson with a series of sedatives and finally with propofol that morning, according to Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney David Walgren. While Jackson slept, Murray made and received several phone calls and replied to e-mails.

"As far as the statement of his health published by the press, let me say they're all malicious to the best of my knowledge," Murray wrote in an e-mail sent from his iPhone at 11:17 a.m. to an insurance agent.

The agent, who was considering "cancellation insurance" for Jackson's upcoming London concerts, sent Murray an e-mail earlier in the morning raising concerns about media reports about Jackson's health.

After sending the e-mail, Murray apparently began a series of cell phone calls, including the last conversation with Houston cocktail waitress Sade Anding. She testified Friday that she was on the phone with Murray when he suddenly stopped responding.

That moment, at about 11:57 a.m., is when prosecutors contend Dr. Murray first realized that Michael Jackson has stopped breathing.

"I didn't hear him on the phone anymore," Anding said. "I heard commotion as if the phone was in a pocket and I heard coughing and I heard a mumbling of voices."

Several of Jackson's family members were in court for Monday's testimony, including sisters Janet, La Toya and Rebe. His mother, Katherine, and brothers Jackie and Randy Jackson also were in court.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/10/califo...murray.hearing/