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WTF happened?
WTF happened?
I am straining my brain and cannot come up with a more famous performer. He is a legend worldwide. Charlie Chaplin, Elvis...but they were limited by the technology of their times.
Outside of the USA he was nearly godlike, his legal troubles rarely mentioned. I remember seeing a 20' statue of him in the Zurich main train station. From what I heard, those statues were placed all over the world.
I still have a nagging doubt about the veracity of his death. What if it is a publicity stunt aimed at his come-back attempt? Or what if he is faking his death like Elvis (according to conspiracy theorists), to run away from the horrors of his fame?
It was an absolute madhouse here yesterday.
Our own tribute: music in our OR was all MJ, all the time.
Thriller (on cassette tape!) was the first bit of music I ever owned. He may or may not have been a sex-changing child-molesting wackjob, but damn, that boy was talented.
He was a brother. He was a father. A son. An uncle.

What did the lady at the beach say to Michael Jackson?
Excuse me sir, but you're in my son (sun)!
So, the same website that broke the story that Michael Jackson was taken to UCLA due to cardiac arrest, and the same website that said he was dead when it took CNN and MSNBC another 45 minutes to report his death....is now reporting that the Jackson family is blaming Jackson's personal live-in doctor for overdosing him with demerol moments before Jackson's arrest. Clearly, TMZ is speaking directly to someone in the family/entourage...
Only tox results will tell of course.
So, question...is demerol uniquely/confusingly labelled? Does it require a dilution or does it already come diluted? Is a single decimal point error easy to make with IM demerol injections? If someone can shed some light, that would be interesting.
Mind you, I'm not finding fault or placing blame, just curious about the possibility that just prior to Jackson's arrest, he was given a very large dose of demerol, and if so, would this be a drug that could cause such an immediate demise. Same site is also suggesting there was evidence Lidocaine was on the scene as well.
Thoughts?
D712
Clearly, TMZ is speaking directly to someone in the family/entourage...
Don't know if he was or wasn't, but he was an amazing artist who symbolized the American dream, of rising from the bottom to going to the top with enough effort, and it is for that that he deserves praise.