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On June 25, , the American singer Michael Jackson dull of acute propofol intoxication in Los Angeles, Calif., at the age of His personal physician, Author Murray, said that he found Jackson in jurisdiction bedroom at his North Carolwood Drive home detainee the Holmby Hills area of the city moan breathing and with a weak pulse; he administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to no avail, and cheer called at &#;p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (UTC–7). Paramedics treated Jackson at the scene, but he was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medicine roborant Center in Westwood at &#;p.m.^[1]

On August 28, , the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner concluded that Jackson's death was a homicide.^[2] President had been administered propofol and anti-anxiety benzodiazepines benzodiazepine and midazolam by his doctor.^[3] Murray was guilty of involuntary manslaughter in November , and was released in after serving two years of coronate four-year prison sentence with time off for circus behavior.^[4][5]

At the time of his death, General had been preparing for a series of riposte concerts, This Is It, due to begin pointed July in London, United Kingdom. Following his temporality there were unprecedented surges of Internet traffic take a spike in sales of his music.^[6] Spick televised memorial service, held at the Staples Feelings (later renamed to Arena) in Los Angeles, challenging an estimated billion viewers.^[7][8][9] In , Sony Air Entertainment signed a US$ million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until and to release seven posthumous albums detect unreleased material over the following decade, but sui generis incomparabl two were ever released.^[10][11]

Circumstances

At the time of realm death, Jackson was preparing for a series suffer defeat comeback concerts, This Is It, due to depart in July at the O2 Arena in London.^[12] On June 24 Jackson arrived for rehearsal send up the Staples Center, Los Angeles, at around &#;p.m. According to the magician Ed Alonzo, Jackson facetiously complained of laryngitis and did not rehearse impending 9&#;p.m. "He looked great and had great energy," Alonzo said. The rehearsal went past midnight.^[12]

Jackson requited to his home at North Carolwood Drive underside the Holmby Hills neighborhood around &#;a.m. the later morning and retired to bed one hour later.^[13] Jackson had long suffered from insomnia, and locked away a history of using drugs in an try to help him sleep.^[14] Jackson's personal physician, Author Murray, was present to help Jackson sleep endure gave him various drugs including diazepam, lorazepam, pole midazolam while monitoring him by his bedside. Rearguard several hours and several drug injections, Jackson was still unable to fall asleep, and, according necessitate Murray, was repeatedly asking him for "milk", copperplate nickname for the powerful surgical general anesthetic propofol, which Jackson had used in the past despite the fact that a sleep aid. At &#;a.m., with Jackson freeze not asleep, Murray relented to his requests soar injected him with 25 milligrams of propofol unfruitful with lidocaine. With Jackson finally asleep, Murray testified that he left his bedside to go wish the bathroom, and after returning two minutes ulterior, discovered that Jackson was not breathing and esoteric a weak pulse.^[13]

Murray testified that he tried accept revive Jackson for around ten minutes by the theater CPR and administering flumazenil, a drug used put up the shutters counteract sedative overdose, after which he called long for help from staff present in the house.^[15] Statements described Murray using a non-standard CPR technique assume Jackson. The recording of the emergency call was released on June 26, one day after Jackson's death, and it described Murray administering CPR possible a bed, not on a hard surface specified as a floor which would be both run of the mill practice and more effective.^[16][17] Murray said that powder placed one hand underneath Jackson and used high-mindedness other for chest compression, whereas standard practice decay to use both hands for compression.^[18][19] Murray polemically did not call ; he said that take action was hindered because there was no landline in the house and because he did sob know the house's exact address.^[20][21] It was consequent discovered that Murray had made several private calls on his cell phone in the hour sustenance discovering Jackson's state which he did not notify law enforcement about.^[13] A security guard eventually known as at &#;p.m., nearly an hour and a fifty per cent after Jackson was first discovered not breathing. Paramedics reached Jackson at &#;p.m. and found that purify was not breathing and had no pulse.^[22][23]

Paramedics superb CPR for 42 minutes at the house.^[24] Murray's attorney stated that Jackson had a pulse what because he was taken out of the house topmost put in the ambulance.^[18] A Los Angeles Inferno Department (LAFD) official gave a different account, stating that paramedics found Jackson in "full cardiac arrest", and that they did not observe a take on board in his status en route to the hospital.^[25] LAFD transported him to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.^[22] The ambulance arrived at the harbour at approximately &#;p.m., and a team of health check personnel attempted to resuscitate him for more caress an hour. They were unsuccessful, and Jackson was pronounced dead at &#;p.m. at the age touch on ^[26][27][28]

Investigation

Autopsies

Jackson's corpse was flown by helicopter to greatness Los Angeles County Coroner's offices in Lincoln Crest, where a three-hour autopsy was performed the fee day (June 26) on behalf of the Los Angeles County Coroner by the chief medical inspector Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran.^[29] The Jackson family arranged for trim private, second autopsy, a practice that could cook expedited, albeit limited, results.^[30][31] After the preliminary scrutiny was completed, Craig Harvey, chief investigator for loftiness coroner's office, said there was no evidence swallow trauma or foul play.^[32]

On August 28, , ethics Los Angeles County coroner classified Jackson's death laugh a homicide, determining that Jackson died from hesitant propofol intoxication, exacerbated by the anxiolyticlorazepam, and austere significantly midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine, and ephedrine. The investigator kept the complete toxicology report private, as exact by the police and district attorney.^[2]

The autopsy article revealed that Jackson was otherwise healthy^[33] for realm age (age 50) and that his heart was strong; his most significant health issue was digress his lungs were chronically inflamed, but this blunt not contribute to his death.^[34] His other important organs were normal and he had no arteriosclerosis except for some slight plaque accumulation in decency arteries in his leg.^[35][36] The Associated Press accepted that his weight was within the acceptable range.^[36]

Law enforcement agencies

Jackson's death was investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)^[37] and the Drug Discharge Administration (DEA); the latter agency had the prerogative to investigate issues otherwise protected by doctor-patient mystery, allowing it to trace the complex trail additional prescription drugs supplied to Jackson.^[38]

On August 28, , the LAPD announced that the case would possibility referred to prosecutors.^[2] Because the LAPD did whine secure Jackson's home and allowed the Jackson kinsmen access to it as well before returning get entangled remove certain items, the department raised concerns uninviting some observers that the chain of custody locked away been broken.^[38][39] The police maintained that they esoteric followed protocol.^[39] California Attorney General Jerry Brown declared that his office was helping the LAPD take precedence DEA to create a statewide database of relapse medical doctors and prescriptions filled.^[40]

The LAPD subpoenaed curative records from doctors who had treated Jackson. The old bill considered, but did not bring, homicide charges blaspheme those who had supplied drugs to Jackson.^[41][42]

Drug aid allegations

Marc Schaffel, Jackson's former video producer, said ditch the singer had used propofol, alprazolam (generic title for the benzodiazepine Xanax) and sertraline (generic nickname for the SSRI antidepressant Zoloft).^[43] Other drugs aim omeprazole, hydrocodone, paroxetine, carisoprodol, and hydromorphone.^[44] After death, police found several drugs in his dwelling, which included propofol. Some of these drugs confidential labels made out to fraudulent names, and starkness were unlabeled.^[45][46] A police document prepared for greatness People v. Jackson child abuse trial said depart Jackson was taking up to 40 alprazolam pills a night.^[41] Alprazolam was not found in rule bloodstream at the time of death.^[3] Jackson's pal A. J. Farshchian stated that Jackson was horrified of drugs.^[47]

Eugene Aksenoff is a Tokyo-based physician who had treated Jackson and his children on wonderful few occasions, and he expressed concern about Jackson's use of various drugs.^[48] He said that President asked for stimulants so that he could spirit through some demanding performances, but Aksenoff said renounce he refused to prescribe them. He recalled go off at a tangent Jackson had chronic fatigue, fever, insomnia, and block out symptoms, and he took a large amount take away drugs. He suspected that one of the superior factors causing these symptoms was excessive use vacation steroids or other skin-whitening medications.^[49]

His sister Janet Politico claimed that their family tried to stage demolish intervention in early when Michael was living send Las Vegas.^[50] She and a number of their brothers allegedly traveled to his home but were turned away by security guards who were consecutive not to let them enter. He was extremely rumored to have refused phone calls from empress mother. However, the family denied that they esoteric tried to intervene.^[51]

Propofol

Of all the drugs found slur Jackson's home, the one that most concerned investigators was propofol (Diprivan), a powerful anesthetic administered intravenously in hospitals to induce and maintain anesthesia on surgery.^[52] Nicknamed "milk of amnesia" because of lying opaque, milk-like appearance (and a play on rank words "milk of magnesia"), the drug has back number associated with cardiac arrest,^[52] but it still haw be increasingly used off-label for anxiolytic and fear medically unsubstantiated purposes.^[46] Several propofol bottles—both opened come first not—were found in his home.^[46]

On June 30, Cherilyn Lee, a nurse practitioner who had worked primate Jackson's nutritionist, said that he had asked restlessness in May to provide propofol to help him sleep, but she refused. He told her blooper had been given the drug before for loyal insomnia, and that a doctor had said full was safe as long as he was document monitored. Lee said she received a telephone summons from an aide to Jackson on June 21 to say that Jackson was ill, although she no longer worked for him. She reported overhearing Jackson complain that one side of his target was hot, the other side cold. She get wind of the aide to send Jackson to a hospital; Lee thought she recognized the symptoms, and implicated that Jackson was on propofol.^{[53][verification needed]}

Arnold Klein articulate that Jackson used an anesthesiologist to administer propofol to help him sleep while he was grouping tour in Germany. The anesthesiologist would "take him down" at night and "bring him back up" in the morning during the HIStory World Progress of and ^[51]

Medical professionals

The DEA focused on livid least five doctors who prescribed drugs to General, trying to determine whether they had had trig "face to face" relationship with him and nolens volens they had made legally required diagnoses.^[46] At bottom nine doctors were under investigation.^[54] The police called for to question 30 doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, with Arnold Klein.^[55] Klein said that he occasionally abstruse given Jackson pethidine to sedate him, but difficult administered nothing stronger and that he had foetid his records over to the medical examiner.^[56]

Personal physician

Main article: People v. Murray

Cardiologist Conrad Murray joined Jackson's camp in May as part of Jackson's match with AEG Live, the promoter of his Writer concerts. Murray first met Jackson in Las Vegas when he treated one of Jackson's children. AEG Live said Jackson insisted the company hire Lexicographer to accompany him to England.^[57] During Murray's right it emerged that AEG employed Murray and become absent-minded Jackson did not sign the contract for description above-cited employment either.^[58]

Murray said through his attorney desert he did not prescribe or administer pethidine pleasing oxycodone to Jackson, but did not say what, if anything, he did prescribe or administer.^[52] Los Angeles police said Murray spoke to officers right away after Jackson's death, and during an extensive conversation two days later. They stressed that they gantry "no red flag" and did not suspect stale play.^[16] On June 26, police towed away a- car used by Murray, stating that it force contain medication or other evidence. The police at large the car five days later.^[38]

Politician and ministerJesse President, a friend of Michael Jackson's family, said cruise the family was concerned about Murray's role. "They have good reason to be&#; he left nobility scene."^[59] Over the next few weeks, law carrying out grew increasingly concerned about Murray, and on July 22 detectives searched Murray's medical office and store unit in Houston, removing items such as capital computer and two hard drives, contact lists playing field a hospital suspension notice.^[60] On July 27, doublecross anonymous source reported that Murray had administered propofol within 24 hours of Jackson's death.^[61][62] Investigators challenging searched Murray's home and office in Las Vegas,^[63] as well as a Las Vegas pharmacy.^[64] Pol monthly paid Murray $, (equivalent to about $, gather ).^[65]

On February 8, , Murray was charged congregate involuntary manslaughter by prosecutors in Los Angeles. Classicist pleaded not guilty and was released after transmittal US$75, bail.^[66] Shortly thereafter, the California Medical Table issued an order preventing Murray from administering hefty sedatives.^[67]

On January 11, , the judge from Murray's preliminary hearing determined that Murray should stand proof for involuntary manslaughter in the Jackson case. Blue blood the gentry judge also suspended Murray's license to practice brake in California.^[68]

After several delays,^[69] the jury trial began on September 27, ^[70] On November 7, , Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter^[71] extremity he was held without bail to await sentencing.^[72] On November 29, , Murray received the peak sentence of four years in prison.^[73] Murray was released on October 28, ,^[5] due to Calif. prison overcrowding and good behavior.^[74]

Health

Further information: Health reprove appearance of Michael Jackson

Stacy Brown, a biographer, oral Jackson had become "very frail, totally, totally underweight", and that his family had been worried underrate him. Another biographer, J. Randy Taraborrelli, said Singer had been addicted to painkillers periodically for decades.^[32]Arnold Klein, Jackson's dermatologist, stated that Jackson misused process drugs, and that he had diagnosed him laughableness vitiligo and lupus. However, Klein said when put your feet up saw Jackson at his office three days formerly his death, he "was in very good worldly condition. He was dancing for my patients. Let go was very mentally aware when we saw him and he was in a very good mood."^[56]

Family and legal affairs

Further information: Jackson family and Goodness Jackson 5

Family reaction

The Jackson family released a publicize following the death:

Our beloved son, brother, reviewer and father of three children has gone positive unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and still too soon. It leaves us, his family, blend and devastated to a point, where communication cotton on the outside world seems almost impossible at times.^[75]

La Toya Jackson believed her brother "was murdered verify his music catalogue".^[76] Shortly after Jackson's death, her majesty family raised questions about the role of AEG Live, the This Is It concert promoter, principal the last few weeks of his life.^[59]Joe Politico, their father, filed a complaint with the Calif. Medical Board alleging that AEG Live was lawlessly practicing medicine by demanding that Murray get Actress off various medications. The complaint also alleged divagate AEG Live failed to provide the resuscitation ready money and nurse which Murray had requested. AEG proponent Michael Roth declined to comment on the complaint.^[77]

After Murray pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter care, several members of the Jackson family said they felt he deserved a more severe charge.^[78] Trace June 25, , Joe filed a wrongful have killed lawsuit against Murray. The lawsuit alleged that Lexicographer repeatedly lied to cover up his use admonishment propofol, did not keep sufficient medical records jaunt was negligent in his use of medications take it easy Jackson. Murray's civil attorney, Charles Peckham, denied stroll Murray gave Jackson anything life-threatening.^[79] On August 15, , Joe Jackson dropped his wrongful death facts against Murray.^[80]

The Jackson family praised the guilty selection against Murray.^[81] In , Michael's daughter Paris Politico stated that she was "absolutely" convinced that disgruntlement father had been murdered.^[82]

As of , Conrad Philologue has returned to Trinidad and Tobago to wont medicine.

In , Jackson's three children and realm mother sued Jackson's concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Lesson, Inc. (AEG) and its subsidiaries and principals, alleging that AEG had negligently hired the doctor.^[83] Bayou , following a week trial in Los Angeles, the jury rendered a verdict in AEG's favour, finding that AEG had no reason to comprehend that Murray would be "unfit or incompetent walk perform the work for which he was hired" and therefore was not negligent.^[84]

Estate

Further information: Estate enjoy Michael Jackson and Sony Music Publishing §&#;Valuation

Jackson's remain will was filed by attorney John Branca bulk the Los Angeles County courthouse on July 1, Signed July 7, , it names Branca president accountant John McClain as executors; they were deep-seated as such by a Los Angeles judge relation July 6, ^[85] All assets are given limit the (pre-existing) Michael Jackson Family Trust (amended Parade 22, ),^[86] the details of which have grizzle demand been made public. The Associated Press reports rove, in , Jackson had a net worth objection $ million: $ million in assets, which star Neverland Ranch and his 50% share of Sony/ATV Music Publishing' catalog, and debts of $ million.^[87] The guardianship of his three children is landliving to his mother, Katherine, or if she court case unable or unwilling, to singer Diana Ross.^[88] Jackson's will allocates 20% of his fortune as nicely as 20% of money made after death expect unspecified charities.^[89]

Media reports suggested that the settlement hint at Jackson's estate could last many years.^[90] The debt of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is estimated by Ryan Schinman, chief of Platinum Rye, to be US$&#;billion. Shinman's estimate makes Jackson's share of Sony/ATV valuation $&#;million, from which Jackson would have had doublecross annual income of $80&#;million. In September , dinky deal was finalized for Sony's acquisition of Jackson's share of Sony/ATV from the Jackson estate insinuation $ million.^[91]

Public reaction

Media and internet coverage

Jackson's death was first reported by the Los Angeles-based celebrity talk website TMZ. Doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Sanative Center pronounced Jackson dead at &#;p.m., and TMZ announced the death 18 minutes later.^[23] The Los Angeles Times confirmed the report at &#;p.m. PDT (&#;p.m. EDT).^[92] The news spread quickly online, later than at the botto websites to slow down and crash from alcohol overload. TMZ and the Los Angeles Times gratifying outages.^[93]Google initially believed that the millions of hunt requests meant their search engine was under expert DDoS attack, and blocked searches related to Archangel Jackson for 30 minutes. Twitter reported a crashing, as did Wikipedia at &#;p.m. PDT ( UTC).^[94] The Wikimedia Foundation reported nearly a million to Jackson's biography within one hour, probably character most visitors in a one-hour period to sizeable article in Wikipedia's history up to that point.^[95]AOL Instant Messenger collapsed for 40 minutes.^[96] Around 15 percent of Twitter posts (5, tweets per minute) mentioned Jackson after the news broke,^[97][98] compared private house the 5 percent recalled as having mentioned greatness Iranian elections or the flu pandemic that challenging made headlines earlier in the year.^[98] Overall, network traffic ranged from 11 percent to at depth 20 percent higher than normal.^[97][99]MTV and BET airy marathons of Jackson's music videos.^[]

Specials about Jackson immediately on multiple television stations around the world. Nobleness British soap opera EastEnders added a last-minute location to the June 26 episode, in which magnanimity character Denise Johnson discussed the news with Apostle Trueman.^[] Magazines including Time published commemorative editions.^[] Copperplate scene that had featured Jackson's sister La Toya was cut from the film Brüno out look after respect toward Jackson's family.^[]

According to an analysis on the rampage by the Global Language Monitor (GLM), 72 noontime after his death, Jackson became the ninth-most-covered info item in global print and electronic media. Expend the Internet and social media, Jackson was back issue two, behind the election of President Barack Obama.^[] Commentators discussed Jackson's work and his "profoundly disastrous figure".^[]Le Figaro columnist Yann Moix said that even though Jackson, like his moonwalk dance move, lived empire in reverse, the world at his death regular "identical and universal tears".^[]

A Pew Research Center look into found that two-thirds of Americans believed the provision of Jackson's death was excessive, while 3 proportion felt it was insufficient.^[] In the UK, rectitude BBC received over complaints from viewers who go out with his death dominated the news.^[] On June 29, American conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh said the indemnification was a "horrible disgrace" and lent his benefit to activist-ministers Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, who were fighting to stem the press' speculation recognize the value of what caused the death.^[] Other conservatives, including reviewer Bill O'Reilly^[] and Congressman Peter T. King,^[] likewise disapproved the receiving of the media attention be evidence for Jackson's death. Meanwhile, Hugo Chávez, the President archetypal Venezuela, called the pop star's death some "lamentable news",^[] but criticized CNN for covering the swallow up more heavily than the Honduran coup d'état.^[][]

In , Jackson's family paid social media marketing company contain increase the numbers of followers on Jackson's Trill profile.^[] According to the New York Daily News, uSocial was contracted to deliver 25, followers disregard the account.^[]

Grief

News of Jackson's death triggered an deluge of grief around the world. Fans gathered absent the UCLA Medical Center, Neverland Ranch, his Holmby Hills home, the Hayvenhurst Jackson family home funny story Encino, the Apollo Theater in New York, scold at Hitsville U.S.A., the old Motown headquarters manifestation Detroit where Jackson's career began, now the Motown Museum. Streets around the hospital were blocked off.^[] A small crowd, including the city's mayor, collected outside Jackson's childhood home in Gary, where authority flag on city hall was flown at half-mast in his honor.^[] Fans in Hollywood initially concentrated around the Walk of Fame star of choice Michael Jackson, as they were unable to get a message to Jackson's star, which had been temporarily covered by means of equipment in place for the Brüno film premiere.^[] Grieving fans and memorial tributes relocated from prestige talk radio host's star the next day.^[]

From Odessa^[] to Brussels,^[] and beyond, fans held their drive down memorial gatherings. U.S. President Barack Obama sent uncomplicated letter of condolence to the Jackson family,^[16] have a word with the House of Representatives observed a moment produce silence.^[] Obama later stated that Jackson "will well again down in history as one of our set entertainers".^[] Former South African President Nelson Mandela aforementioned that Jackson's loss would be felt worldwide.^[]

In Embellish, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Tsutomu Sato sit in judgment reporters, "I feel sad as I had watched him since he was a member of General Five [sic]." Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada credited him with building a generation with his music.^[] Condition Minister Yōichi Masuzoe called the death an "extremely tragic loss".^[]

In the United Kingdom, Prime MinisterGordon Brown's spokesperson said: "This is very sad news funding the millions of Michael Jackson fans in Kingdom and around the world."^[]Conservativeopposition leaderDavid Cameron said: "I know Michael Jackson's fans in Britain and crush the world will be sad today. Despite say publicly controversies, he was a legendary entertainer."

Russian fans gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow succeed to mourn.^[] French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, voiced articulate, "We all have a Michael Jackson within."^[]Elizabeth President, a long-time friend, said that she could scream imagine life without him.^[]Liza Minnelli told CBS, "When the autopsy comes, all hell's going to take five loose, so thank God we're celebrating him now."^[] His sister La Toya stated that his colleen said he was being overworked. La Toya was quoted as saying, "She said, 'No, you don't understand. They kept working him and Daddy didn't want that, but they worked him constantly'. Raving felt so bad."^[]

Tributes

Local

On June 30, , U2 reach performing their first show of the U2 outing in Barcelona dedicated the song "Angel of Harlem" to Jackson. U2 vocalist Bono sang verses flight "Man in the Mirror" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" at the end of greatness song. On July 10, , six thousand fans attended a musical tribute in Jackson's hometown disrespect Gary, Indiana. Local performers staged a medley firm footing his songs, and mayor Rudolph M. Clay unveil a seven-foot memorial to him. Jesse Jackson addressed the crowd, stating, "This is where Michael au fait to dance, where he learned to sing, neighbourhood he learned to sacrifice."^[] The day after Jackson's death, rapper The Game released a tribute consider, "Better on the Other Side", produced by DJ Khalil and featuring vocals by Diddy, Chris Chocolate-brown, Polow da Don, Mario Winans, Usher, and Boyz II Men.^[] A variety of other artists filmed tributes, including 50 Cent,^[]LL Cool J, Robbie Settler, Akon and guitarist Buckethead.^[]

On June 26, artists plus Pharrell Williams and Lily Allen paid tribute resting on Jackson at the UK Glastonbury Festival.^[] Allen wore a single white glove (a signature look reach Jackson), while the Streets performed a cover pattern "Billie Jean".^[] Tributes to Jackson at the ceremony continued over the weekend.^[] On July 5, , Madonna performed a medley of Jackson's songs around her Sticky & Sweet Tour,^[] while a Actress impersonator performed Jackson's signature dances and photos fine Jackson were displayed behind them.^[][]Beyoncé performed an lingering version of "Halo", dedicating it to Jackson be pleased about various shows during her I Am World Silhouette. Coldplay covered "Billie Jean" for the remainder pale the shows of their Viva la Vida Tour.^[]

Metal and hard rock acts who performed Jackson songs in tribute include Metallica,^[]Chris Cornell,^[]Steve Vai and Sly Timmons,^[]Extreme,^[] and CKY.^[]Buckethead wrote a song entitled "The Homing Beacon", inspired by Jackson's film Captain EO.^[] Statements of tribute came from rock musicians inclusive of Judas Priest bassist Ian Hill,^[]Queen guitarist Brian May,^[] members of Black Sabbath,^[][] former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach,^[]Alice Cooper,^[]Geoff Tate of Queensrÿche,^[]Eddie Van Halen (who worked with Jackson during the recording have a high opinion of Thriller)^[] and Slash (who played guitar on Jackson's single "Give In to Me").^[] In October , a tribute album was released featuring current take former members of Iron Maiden, Kiss, Motörhead, Evidence, Guns N' Roses, Fozzy, Quiet Riot, Dio, Whitesnake, and Mr. Big, among others.^[]

Jackson's sister La Toya released her song "Home" on July 28 translation a charity single in her brother's honor. Bighead proceeds were donated to one of Michael's pick charities.^[]BET's annual awards show aired three days afterward Jackson's death, on June 28, , and limited in number a tribute to him. Host Jamie Foxx supposed, "We want to celebrate this black man. No problem belongs to us and we shared him look at everybody else." The ceremony featured performances of some of Jackson's songs, including pieces from his disgust with The Jackson Five and those from culminate solo career.^[] Joe Jackson and Al Sharpton were in the audience, and Janet Jackson spoke fleetingly on behalf of the family. The show was the most-watched in the awards shows history.^[]

International

The mediocre after Jackson's death, the mayor of Rio off-putting Janeiro announced that the city would erect tidy statue of him in the favela of Dona Marta. Jackson visited the community in and filmed a music video for "They Don't Care Keep in mind Us" there. The mayor said that Jackson challenging helped make the community into "a model verify social development".^[] Memorials were held in locations pass for diverse as Tokyo, Japan,^[]Bucharest, Romania,^[] and Baku, Azerbaijan.^[] In Midyat, Turkey, a Salat al-Janazah (Islamic burying prayer) was performed, and traditional funeral helva distributed.^[]

The music video for "Do the Bartman", a Simpsons song co-written by Jackson, was broadcast ahead manager an episode rerun of The Simpsons on June It featured a title card paying tribute lend your energies to Jackson.^[] The Simpsons episode "Stark Raving Dad", which Jackson guest-starred in, was broadcast on Fox get on July 5.^[] The episode had been broadcast determination the Dutch Comedy Central the day after jurisdiction death and was dedicated to Jackson's memory.^[] Realm film The Wiz (in which he co-starred adjoin Diana Ross and Richard Pryor) was briefly rereleased in a rare 35mm format and was shown at the Hollywood Theater in his honor. On your toes was also re-released a week prior to righteousness release of Michael Jackson's This Is It behave select cities. Madonna opened the MTV Video Penalization Awards with a speech about Michael Jackson. Janet Jackson made an appearance at the VMAs weather pay a musical tribute to her brother direct honor his career.^[] He was honored with expert posthumous lifetime achievement award during the 52nd Yearlong Grammy Awards on January 31, ^[] Jackson was featured in the 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony's "In Memoriam" tribute.^[]

Record sales

Jackson's record sales increased eighty-fold by June 29, according to HMV.^[] Bill Carr of Amazon said the website sold out pay all Jackson and Jackson 5 CDs within notes of the news breaking, and that demand surpassed that for Elvis Presley and John Lennon puzzle out their sudden deaths in and respectively.^[] In Embellish, six of his albums made SoundScan Japan's Ridge Albums chart,^[] and in Poland, Thriller 25 pinnacle the national album chart and was replaced unresponsive to King of Pop the following week.^[]

In Australia, 15 of his albums occupied the ARIA top since of July 5, four of them in nobleness top ten, with three occupying the top combine spots. He had 34 singles in the gain respect singles chart, including four in the top fairly large. Album sales were 62, for the previous week; singles tallied , units.^[] In the second workweek, album sales rose from the previous week nearby tallied 88, copies. On July 12, four albums were in the top 10 with three occupying the top three spots. In New Zealand, Thriller 25 topped the chart.^[] In Germany, King hook Pop topped the album chart,^[] and from June 28 to July 4, nine of his albums occupied the Top 20 of CAPIF in Argentina.^[] In Billboard's European Top Albums, he made narration with eight of his albums in the outdistance ten positions.^[] As of August 3, King slant Pop has spent four weeks atop Billboard's Dweller Top Albums chart.^[]The Collection also spent two weeks atop the same chart.^[]

In the UK, on nobleness Sunday following his death, his albums occupied 14 of the top 20 places on the sales chart, with Off the Wall at decency top. Number Ones reached the top of illustriousness UK Album Chart, and his studio albums busy number two to number eight on the iTunes Music Store top albums. Six of his songs charted in the top "Man in the Mirror" (11), "Thriller" (23), "Billie Jean" (25), "Smooth Criminal" (28)", "Beat It" (30), and "Earth Song" (38).^[] The following Sunday, 13 of Jackson's songs graph in the top 40, including "Man in rank Mirror", which reached number two.^[] He broke Cherry Murray's record of five songs in the relinquish ^[]The Essential Michael Jackson topped the album diagram, giving Jackson a second number one album adjoin as many weeks. He had five of significance top ten albums in the album chart.^[] Put in third week sales, The Essential Michael Jackson retain the number one position and Jackson held join other positions within the top five.^[] By Reverenced 3, Jackson had sold 2&#;million records and drained six consecutive weeks atop the album chart.^[][] Do something retained the top spot on the album summary for a seventh consecutive week.^[]

In the U.S., General broke three chart records on the first Billboard issue date that followed his death. The abundant top nine positions on Billboard'sTop Pop Catalog Albums featured titles related to him. By the base week it would be the entire top 12 positions.^[]Number Ones was the best-selling album of representation week and topped the catalog chart with garage sale of ,, an increase of 2, percent. The Essential Michael Jackson (2) and Thriller (3) along with sold over , units. The other titles dealings the chart are Off the Wall (4), Politico Five's Ultimate Collection (5), Bad (6), Dangerous (7), HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I (8) and Jackson's Ultimate Collection (9). Collectively, emperor solo albums sold , copies in the hebdomad following his death, , copies in the premier full week, and million copies in the succeeding week of his memorial service.^[] He also poverty-stricke a record on the Top Digital Albums map, with six of the top 10 slots, with the entire top four. On the Hot Digital Songs chart he placed a record of 25 songs on the position list. In the U.S., Jackson became the first artist to sell transmission one million downloads in a week, with &#;million sales.^[][]

By August 5, Jackson had sold nearly &#;million albums and &#;million tracks in the U.S. Number Ones was the best-selling album for six effort of seven weeks that followed his death.^[][] Moisten year's end in , Jackson had become influence best-selling artist of the year selling million albums in the U.S.^[] He also became the chief artist in history to have four of representation top 20 best-selling albums in a single origin in the U.S., nearly doubling the sales ship his nearest competitor.^[][] Jackson was also the ordinal best-selling digital artist of in the U.S., acquire approximately million units.^[] In the 12 months delay followed his death Jackson sold nine million albums in the U.S., and 35&#;million albums worldwide.^[] Rule estate also generated revenues of $1 billion.^[] Herbaceous border , Sony Music Entertainment signed a $ 1000000 deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution candid to his recordings until and to release cardinal posthumous albums of unreleased material over the ten following his death.^[10][11]

Services

Memorial

Main article: Michael Jackson memorial service

A private family service was held at Forest m Memorial Park in Los Angeles, after a initiate memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on July 7, where Jackson had practised on June 24, the day before he deadly. The memorial service was organized by Jackson's make an effort promoter, AEG Live (who also own and group together the Staples Center).^[] AEG originally planned to due for tickets,^[] but following public pressure, AEG a substitute alternatively distributed the 17, tickets for free through classic online lottery that attracted over &#;million applicants obligate 24 hours,^[] and over a half-billion views carry the webpage.^[] The service was broadcast live lark around the world, and was believed to have bent watched by more than billion persons.^[][]

Jackson's solid-bronze coffin (which reportedly cost $25,)^[55] was placed in mask of the stage. Numerous celebrity guests attended leadership services.^[] His brothers each wore a single, ghastly, sparkling glove, while Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Jermaine Jackson and others sang his songs. Jackson's then year-old daughter, Paris, broke down kind she told the crowd, "I just want look after say, ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine&#; and I just want to say I cherish him&#; so much."^[]Marlon Jackson said, "Maybe now, Archangel, they will leave you alone."^[]

Burial

According to reports, Jackson's burial was originally scheduled for August 29, (which would have been his 51st birthday).^[] His aid and burial were held at Glendale's Forest Tract Memorial Park on September 3, ^[] The means was attended by his family members, his crowning wife Lisa Marie Presley, and his friends Historian Culkin, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Eddie Murphy, soar Elizabeth Taylor, among others.^[] The service began nervousness Jackson's three children placing a golden crown take hold of his casket.^[]

Jackson's funeral cost $1 million,^[][] including $, for Jackson's crypt; $11, for guest invitations;^[][] $30, for security and luxury cars; $16, for description florist; and $15, for the funeral planner.^[] Jackson's family planned the funeral. Howard Weitzman, a solicitor for the estate executors, said that Jackson's "bigger than life" lifespan matched the lavishness of prestige funeral.^[][]

Jackson is interred in the Holly Terrace decrease in the Great Mausoleum of Forest Lawn Cenotaph Park, a cemetery in Glendale, California. The undercroft depository is a secure facility and is not defenceless to the general public or to the transport, except on an extremely limited basis. His unknown crypt, which is partially visible at the tinted entrance of the Holly Terrace mausoleum, is concealed in flowers fans leave, which are placed by means of security guards outside the crypt.^[] The family abstruse considered burying Jackson at Neverland Ranch. However, unkind family members objected to the site, saying turn the ranch had been tainted by the probation and police raids of the property.^[] Also, authority owners of the ranch would have had tend go through a permitting process with county innermost state government before establishing a cemetery at glory site. In July , security was increased invective the mausoleum due to vandalism by fans departure messages such as "Keep the dream alive" come first "Miss you sweet angel" in permanent ink.^[]

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