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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><caption class="infobox-title summary">Death of Michael Jackson</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:#aaa solid 1px"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, showing flowers for fans to express grief." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg/260px-Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg/390px-Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg/520px-Michael_Jackson_Star_on_Hollywood_Blvd_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="425" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Jackson's star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> became a focal point for fans, surrounded by barriers and covered with flowers.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">June 25, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-06-25)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">2:26 p.m. (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone#Daylight_time" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific Daylight Time</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Westwood,_Los_Angeles" title="Westwood, Los Angeles">Westwood, Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Accidental_death" title="Accidental death">Accidental homicide</a> by acute propofol intoxication</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Convicted</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Murray" title="Conrad Murray">Conrad Robert Murray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trial</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/People_v._Murray" title="People v. Murray">People v. Murray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Verdict</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Guilt_(law)" title="Guilt (law)">Guilty</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Convictions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Manslaughter_(United_States_law)#Involuntary_manslaughter" title="Manslaughter (United States law)">Involuntary manslaughter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sentence</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">4 years in prison (<a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">paroled</a> after 1 year and 11 months)</td></tr></tbody></table> On June 25, 2009, the American singer <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a> died of acute <a href="/wiki/Propofol" title="Propofol">propofol</a> intoxication in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 50. His personal physician, <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Murray" title="Conrad Murray">Conrad Murray</a>, said that he found Jackson in his bedroom at his North Carolwood Drive home in the <a href="/wiki/Holmby_Hills,_Los_Angeles" title="Holmby Hills, Los Angeles">Holmby Hills</a> area of the city not breathing and with a weak pulse; he administered <a href="/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation" title="Cardiopulmonary resuscitation">cardiopulmonary resuscitation</a> (CPR) to no avail, and security called <a href="/wiki/9-1-1" class="mw-redirect" title="9-1-1">9-1-1</a> at 12:21 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific Daylight Time</a> (<a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9207:00" title="UTC−07:00">UTC–7</a>). Paramedics treated Jackson at the scene, but he was pronounced dead at the <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_UCLA_Medical_Center" title="Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center">Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westwood,_Los_Angeles" title="Westwood, Los Angeles">Westwood</a> at 2:26 p.m.<a href="#cite_note-Michael_Jackson_dead_at_50_after_cardiac_arrest-1">[1]</a> On August 28, 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Department_of_Medical_Examiner-Coroner" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner">Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner</a> concluded that Jackson's death was a <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicide</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Reuters20090828-2">[2]</a> Jackson had been administered propofol and anti-anxiety benzodiazepines <a href="/wiki/Lorazepam" title="Lorazepam">lorazepam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Midazolam" title="Midazolam">midazolam</a> by his doctor.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson_investigator's_errors-3">[3]</a> Murray was <a href="/wiki/People_v._Murray" title="People v. Murray">convicted</a> of <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_manslaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Involuntary manslaughter">involuntary manslaughter</a> in November 2011, and was released in 2013 after serving two years of his four-year prison sentence with time off for good behavior.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-NYT-AP-release-5">[5]</a> At the time of his death, Jackson had been preparing for a series of comeback concerts, <a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)" title="This Is It (concert residency)">This Is It</a>, due to begin in July 2009 in London, United Kingdom. Following his death there were unprecedented surges of Internet traffic and a spike in sales of his music.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson_memorial_service" title="Michael Jackson memorial service">televised memorial service</a>, held at the Staples Center (later renamed to <a href="/wiki/Crypto.com_Arena" title="Crypto.com Arena">Crypto.com Arena</a>) in Los Angeles, had an estimated 2.5 billion viewers.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> signed a US$250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and to release seven posthumous albums of unreleased material over the following decade, but only two were ever released.<a href="#cite_note-auto-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-11">[11]</a><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-2"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Circumstances">Circumstances</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Two white multi-floored squared buildings with blue colored windows. There is a street and clear sky surrounding the buildings." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG/250px-UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG/375px-UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG/500px-UCLA_Reagan_Medical_Center.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Jackson was taken by ambulance to the <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_UCLA_Medical_Center" title="Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center">Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center</a> on June 25 where he arrived at 1:14 p.m. and was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.</figcaption></figure> At the time of his death, Jackson was preparing for a series of comeback concerts, <a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)" title="This Is It (concert residency)">This Is It</a>, due to begin in July 2009 at <a href="/wiki/The_O2_Arena" title="The O2 Arena">the O2 Arena</a> in London.<a href="#cite_note-LATimesRehearsal-12">[12]</a> On June 24 Jackson arrived for rehearsal at the <a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, Los Angeles, at around 6:30 p.m. According to the magician <a href="/wiki/Ed_Alonzo" title="Ed Alonzo">Ed Alonzo</a>, Jackson jokingly complained of <a href="/wiki/Laryngitis" title="Laryngitis">laryngitis</a> and did not rehearse until 9 p.m. "He looked great and had great energy," Alonzo said. The rehearsal went past midnight.<a href="#cite_note-LATimesRehearsal-12">[12]</a> Jackson returned to his home at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the <a href="/wiki/Holmby_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Holmby Hills">Holmby Hills</a> neighborhood around 12:30 a.m. the following morning and retired to bed one hour later.<a href="#cite_note-Final_Days-13">[13]</a> Jackson had long suffered from insomnia, and had a history of using drugs in an attempt to help him sleep.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Jackson's personal physician, <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Murray" title="Conrad Murray">Conrad Murray</a>, was present to help Jackson sleep and gave him various drugs including <a href="/wiki/Diazepam" title="Diazepam">diazepam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorazepam" title="Lorazepam">lorazepam</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Midazolam" title="Midazolam">midazolam</a> while monitoring him by his bedside. After several hours and several drug injections, Jackson was still unable to fall asleep, and, according to Murray, was repeatedly asking him for "milk", a nickname for the powerful surgical general anesthetic <a href="/wiki/Propofol" title="Propofol">propofol</a>, which Jackson had used in the past as a sleep aid. At 10:40 a.m., with Jackson still not asleep, Murray relented to his requests and injected him with 25 milligrams of propofol diluted with <a href="/wiki/Lidocaine" title="Lidocaine">lidocaine</a>. With Jackson finally asleep, Murray testified that he left his bedside to go to the bathroom, and after returning two minutes later, discovered that Jackson was not breathing and had a weak pulse.<a href="#cite_note-Final_Days-13">[13]</a> Murray testified that he tried to revive Jackson for around ten minutes by performing <a href="/wiki/Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation" title="Cardiopulmonary resuscitation">CPR</a> and administering <a href="/wiki/Flumazenil" title="Flumazenil">flumazenil</a>, a drug used to counteract <a href="/wiki/Sedative" title="Sedative">sedative</a> overdose, after which he called for help from staff present in the house.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Statements described Murray using a non-standard CPR technique on Jackson. The recording of the emergency call was released on June 26, one day after Jackson's death, and it described Murray administering CPR on a bed, not on a hard surface such as a floor which would be both standard practice and more effective.<a href="#cite_note-GumbelJune28-16">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph911-17">[17]</a> Murray said that he placed one hand underneath Jackson and used the other for chest compression, whereas standard practice is to use both hands for compression.<a href="#cite_note-PeopleJune29-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-ChildsSchlief-19">[19]</a> Murray controversially did not call 9-1-1; he said that he was hindered because there was no <a href="/wiki/Landline" title="Landline">landline</a> telephone in the house and because he did not know the house's exact address.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-SitRoomJune29-21">[21]</a> It was later discovered that Murray had made several private calls on his cell phone in the hour after discovering Jackson's state which he did not inform law enforcement about.<a href="#cite_note-Final_Days-13">[13]</a> A security guard eventually called 9-1-1 at 12:21 p.m., nearly an hour and a half after Jackson was first discovered not breathing. Paramedics reached Jackson at 12:26 p.m. and found that he was not breathing and had no pulse.<a href="#cite_note-LATimesMobileJune25-22">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-Rayner-23">[23]</a> Paramedics performed CPR for 42 minutes at the house.<a href="#cite_note-BBCRuda-24">[24]</a> Murray's attorney stated that Jackson had a pulse when he was taken out of the house and put in the ambulance.<a href="#cite_note-PeopleJune29-18">[18]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Fire_Department" title="Los Angeles Fire Department">Los Angeles Fire Department</a> (LAFD) official gave a different account, stating that paramedics found Jackson in "full <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a>", and that they did not observe a change in his status en route to the hospital.<a href="#cite_note-JEMSJune26-25">[25]</a> LAFD transported him to the <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_UCLA_Medical_Center" title="Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center">Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center</a>.<a href="#cite_note-LATimesMobileJune25-22">[22]</a> The ambulance arrived at the hospital at approximately 1:14 p.m., and a team of medical personnel attempted to resuscitate him for more than an hour. They were unsuccessful, and Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. at the age of 50.<a href="#cite_note-FoxNewsJune26-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-HarveyJune26-27">[27]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tourtellotte-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation">Investigation</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autopsies">Autopsies</h3></div> Jackson's corpse was flown by helicopter to the Los Angeles County Coroner's offices in <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Heights,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California">Lincoln Heights</a>, where a three-hour <a href="/wiki/Autopsy" title="Autopsy">autopsy</a> was performed the next day (June 26) on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Coroner" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County Coroner">Los Angeles County Coroner</a> by the chief medical examiner <a href="/wiki/Lakshmanan_Sathyavagiswaran" title="Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran">Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a> arranged for a private, second autopsy, a practice that could yield expedited, albeit limited, results.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> After the preliminary autopsy was completed, Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the coroner's office, said there was no evidence of trauma or <a href="/wiki/Crime" title="Crime">foul play</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Steinhauer-32">[32]</a> On August 28, 2009, the Los Angeles County coroner classified Jackson's death as a <a href="/wiki/Homicide" title="Homicide">homicide</a>, determining that Jackson died from acute propofol intoxication, exacerbated by the <a href="/wiki/Anxiolytic" title="Anxiolytic">anxiolytic</a> <a href="/wiki/Lorazepam" title="Lorazepam">lorazepam</a>, and less significantly <a href="/wiki/Midazolam" title="Midazolam">midazolam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diazepam" title="Diazepam">diazepam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lidocaine" title="Lidocaine">lidocaine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ephedrine" title="Ephedrine">ephedrine</a>. The coroner kept the complete toxicology report private, as requested by the police and district attorney.<a href="#cite_note-Reuters20090828-2">[2]</a> The autopsy report revealed that Jackson was otherwise healthy<a href="#cite_note-VERY_healthy-33">[33]</a> for his age (age 50) and that his heart was strong; his most significant health issue was that his lungs were chronically inflamed, but this did not contribute to his death.<a href="#cite_note-cnn.com-34">[34]</a> His other major organs were normal and he had no <a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">atherosclerosis</a> except for some slight plaque accumulation in the arteries in his leg.<a href="#cite_note-nj.com-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-bbc-36">[36]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> reported that his weight was within the acceptable range.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement_agencies">Law enforcement agencies</h3></div> Jackson's death was investigated by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department" title="Los Angeles Police Department">Los Angeles Police Department</a> (LAPD)<a href="#cite_note-Esposito-37">[37]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> (DEA); the latter agency had the authority to investigate issues otherwise protected by <a href="/wiki/Physician-patient_privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Physician-patient privilege">doctor-patient confidentiality</a>, allowing it to trace the complex trail of prescription drugs supplied to Jackson.<a href="#cite_note-AC360July1-38">[38]</a> On August 28, 2009, the LAPD announced that the case would be referred to prosecutors.<a href="#cite_note-Reuters20090828-2">[2]</a> Because the LAPD did not secure Jackson's home and allowed the Jackson family access to it as well before returning to remove certain items, the department raised concerns by some observers that the <a href="/wiki/Chain_of_custody" title="Chain of custody">chain of custody</a> had been broken.<a href="#cite_note-AC360July1-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-Deutsch-39">[39]</a> The police maintained that they had followed protocol.<a href="#cite_note-Deutsch-39">[39]</a> California Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Brown" title="Jerry Brown">Jerry Brown</a> announced that his office was helping the LAPD and DEA to create a statewide database of all medical doctors and prescriptions filled.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> The LAPD <a href="/wiki/Subpoena" title="Subpoena">subpoenaed</a> medical records from doctors who had treated Jackson. Police considered, but did not bring, homicide charges against those who had supplied drugs to Jackson.<a href="#cite_note-BoneJuly9-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-LATimesJuly19-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drug_use_allegations">Drug use allegations</h3></div> Marc Schaffel, Jackson's former video producer, said that the singer had used propofol, <a href="/wiki/Alprazolam" title="Alprazolam">alprazolam</a> (generic name for the <a href="/wiki/Benzodiazepine" title="Benzodiazepine">benzodiazepine</a> Xanax) and <a href="/wiki/Sertraline" title="Sertraline">sertraline</a> (generic name for the <a href="/wiki/Selective_serotonin_reuptake_inhibitor" title="Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor">SSRI antidepressant</a> Zoloft).<a href="#cite_note-Donaldson-43">[43]</a> Other drugs included <a href="/wiki/Omeprazole" title="Omeprazole">omeprazole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydrocodone" title="Hydrocodone">hydrocodone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paroxetine" title="Paroxetine">paroxetine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carisoprodol" title="Carisoprodol">carisoprodol</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hydromorphone" title="Hydromorphone">hydromorphone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Crawford-44">[44]</a> After his death, police found several drugs in his home, which included propofol. Some of these drugs had labels made out to fraudulent names, and others were unlabeled.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-GloverJuly4-46">[46]</a> A 2004 police document prepared for the 2005 <a href="/wiki/People_v._Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="People v. Jackson">People v. Jackson</a> child abuse trial said that Jackson was taking up to 40 alprazolam pills a night.<a href="#cite_note-BoneJuly9-41">[41]</a> Alprazolam was not found in his bloodstream at the time of death.<a href="#cite_note-Jackson_investigator's_errors-3">[3]</a> Jackson's friend A. J. Farshchian stated that Jackson was scared of drugs.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> Eugene Aksenoff is a Tokyo-based physician who had treated Jackson and his children on a few occasions, and he expressed concern about Jackson's use of various drugs.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> He said that Jackson asked for stimulants so that he could get through some demanding performances, but Aksenoff said that he refused to prescribe them. He recalled that Jackson had chronic fatigue, fever, insomnia, and other symptoms, and he took a large amount of drugs. He suspected that one of the major factors causing these symptoms was excessive use of steroids or other skin-whitening medications.<a href="#cite_note-Aksenoff-49">[49]</a> His sister <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a> claimed that their family tried to stage an intervention in early 2007 when Michael was living in Las Vegas.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> She and a number of their brothers allegedly traveled to his home but were turned away by security guards who were ordered not to let them enter. He was also rumored to have refused phone calls from his mother. However, the family denied that they had tried to intervene.<a href="#cite_note-DukeJuly8-51">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Propofol">Propofol</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Propofol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An ampoule of propofol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Propofol.jpg/100px-Propofol.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Propofol.jpg/150px-Propofol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Propofol.jpg/200px-Propofol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="542" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/Ampoule" title="Ampoule">ampoule</a> of propofol</figcaption></figure> Of all the drugs found in Jackson's home, the one that most concerned investigators was <a href="/wiki/Propofol" title="Propofol">propofol</a> (Diprivan), a powerful anesthetic administered intravenously in hospitals to induce and maintain <a href="/wiki/Anesthesia" title="Anesthesia">anesthesia</a> during surgery.<a href="#cite_note-APJuly3-52">[52]</a> Nicknamed "milk of <a href="/wiki/Amnesia" title="Amnesia">amnesia</a>" because of its opaque, milk-like appearance (and a <a href="/wiki/Play_on_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Play on words">play on the words</a> "<a href="/wiki/Milk_of_magnesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Milk of magnesia">milk of magnesia</a>"), the drug has been associated with cardiac arrest,<a href="#cite_note-APJuly3-52">[52]</a> but it still may be increasingly <a href="/wiki/Off-label_use" title="Off-label use">used off-label</a> for <a href="/wiki/Anxiolytic" title="Anxiolytic">anxiolytic</a> and other medically unsubstantiated purposes.<a href="#cite_note-GloverJuly4-46">[46]</a> Several propofol bottles—both opened and not—were found in his home.<a href="#cite_note-GloverJuly4-46">[46]</a> On June 30, Cherilyn Lee, a <a href="/wiki/Nurse_practitioner" title="Nurse practitioner">nurse practitioner</a> who had worked as Jackson's nutritionist, said that he had asked her in May to provide propofol to help him sleep, but she refused. He told her he had been given the drug before for persistent <a href="/wiki/Insomnia" title="Insomnia">insomnia</a>, and that a doctor had said it was safe as long as he was being monitored. Lee said she received a telephone call 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 body was hot, the other side cold. She advised the aide to send Jackson to a hospital; Lee thought she recognized the symptoms, and suspected that Jackson was on propofol.<a href="#cite_note-Elber-53">[53]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification needed</a>] Arnold Klein said that Jackson used an anesthesiologist to administer propofol to help him sleep while he was on tour in Germany. The anesthesiologist would "<a href="/wiki/Depressant" title="Depressant">take him down</a>" at night and "<a href="/wiki/Stimulant" title="Stimulant">bring him back up</a>" in the morning during the <a href="/wiki/HIStory_World_Tour" title="HIStory World Tour">HIStory World Tour</a> of 1996 and 1997.<a href="#cite_note-DukeJuly8-51">[51]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_professionals">Medical professionals</h3></div> The DEA focused on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Jackson, trying to determine whether they had had a "face to face" relationship with him and whether they had made legally required diagnoses.<a href="#cite_note-GloverJuly4-46">[46]</a> At least nine doctors were under investigation.<a href="#cite_note-WinterJuly15-54">[54]</a> The police wanted to question 30 doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, including Arnold Klein.<a href="#cite_note-HarlowJuly5-55">[55]</a> Klein said that he occasionally had given Jackson <a href="/wiki/Pethidine" title="Pethidine">pethidine</a> to sedate him, but had administered nothing stronger and that he had turned his records over to the medical examiner.<a href="#cite_note-LKLJuly8-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Personal_physician">Personal physician</h4></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/People_v._Murray" title="People v. Murray">People v. Murray</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A one-story tan colored building. Bushes, trees, a sidewalk, and a sky with multiple clouds surround the building." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG/220px-ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG/330px-ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG/440px-ArmstrongMedicalClinicHoustonTX.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Murray practiced out of the Armstrong Clinic in Houston. The clinic was raided during an investigation of Murray in July 2009.</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Cardiology" title="Cardiology">Cardiologist</a> Conrad Murray joined Jackson's camp in May 2009 as part of Jackson's agreement with <a href="/wiki/AEG_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="AEG Live">AEG Live</a>, the promoter of <a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)" title="This Is It (concert residency)">his London concerts</a>. Murray first met Jackson in Las Vegas when he treated one of Jackson's children. AEG Live said Jackson insisted the company hire Murray to accompany him to England.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> During Murray's trial it emerged that AEG employed Murray and that Jackson did not sign the contract for the above-cited employment either.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> Murray said through his attorney that he did not prescribe or administer pethidine or <a href="/wiki/Oxycodone" title="Oxycodone">oxycodone</a> to Jackson, but did not say what, if anything, he did prescribe or administer.<a href="#cite_note-APJuly3-52">[52]</a> Los Angeles police said Murray spoke to officers immediately after Jackson's death, and during an extensive interview two days later. They stressed that they found "no red flag" and did not suspect foul play.<a href="#cite_note-GumbelJune28-16">[16]</a> On June 26, police towed away a car used by Murray, stating that it might contain medication or other evidence. The police released the car five days later.<a href="#cite_note-AC360July1-38">[38]</a> Politician and <a href="/wiki/Minister_(Christianity)" title="Minister (Christianity)">minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a>, a friend of Michael Jackson's family, said that the family was concerned about Murray's role. "They have good reason to be ... he left the scene."<a href="#cite_note-HarrisJune28-59">[59]</a> Over the next few weeks, law enforcement grew increasingly concerned about Murray, and on July 22 detectives searched Murray's medical office and storage unit in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, removing items such as a computer and two hard drives, contact lists and a hospital suspension notice.<a href="#cite_note-ItemsTake-60">[60]</a> On July 27, an anonymous source reported that Murray had administered propofol within 24 hours of Jackson's death.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-CNN28July09-62">[62]</a> Investigators had searched Murray's home and office in Las Vegas,<a href="#cite_note-NightlineJuly28-63">[63]</a> as well as a Las Vegas pharmacy.<a href="#cite_note-NYTimesAug11-64">[64]</a> Jackson monthly paid Murray $150,000 (equivalent to about $213,000 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-2010-02-11_CNN-65">[65]</a> On February 8, 2010, Murray was charged with <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_manslaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Involuntary manslaughter">involuntary manslaughter</a> by <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">prosecutors</a> in Los Angeles. Murray pleaded not guilty and was released after posting US$75,000 bail.<a href="#cite_note-usatodaymurraycharged-66">[66]</a> Shortly thereafter, the <a href="/wiki/California_Medical_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="California Medical Board">California Medical Board</a> issued an order preventing Murray from administering heavy sedatives.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> On January 11, 2011, the judge from Murray's preliminary hearing determined that Murray should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter in the Jackson case. The judge also suspended Murray's license to practice medicine in California.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> After several delays,<a href="#cite_note-trialdelay-69">[69]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Jury_trial" title="Jury trial">jury trial</a> began on September 27, 2011.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> On November 7, 2011, Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> and he was held without bail to await sentencing.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> On November 29, 2011, Murray received the maximum sentence of four years in prison.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Murray was released on October 28, 2013,<a href="#cite_note-NYT-AP-release-5">[5]</a> due to California <a href="/wiki/Prison_overcrowding" class="mw-redirect" title="Prison overcrowding">prison overcrowding</a> and good behavior.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Health_and_appearance_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Health and appearance of Michael Jackson">Health and appearance of Michael Jackson</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A white piece of paper with personal information about the death of a person. The paper's writing is all in black and has multiple sections blacked out." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg/150px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg/225px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg/300px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1853" /></a><figcaption>Michael Jackson's initial death certificate, issued pending toxicology reports</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Another white piece of paper, with black writing and multiple sections blacked out, amending the prior form shown" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg/150px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg/225px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg/300px-Michael_Jackson_death_certificate_amendment_form.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption>The amendment form issued by the coroner for his death certificate, after toxicology reports became available. The cause is changed from "deferred" to "acute propofol intoxication" and the ruling of "Homicide" is added.</figcaption></figure> Stacy Brown, a biographer, said Jackson had become "very frail, totally, totally underweight", and that his family had been worried about him. Another biographer, <a href="/wiki/J._Randy_Taraborrelli" title="J. Randy Taraborrelli">J. Randy Taraborrelli</a>, said Jackson had been addicted to painkillers periodically for decades.<a href="#cite_note-Steinhauer-32">[32]</a> <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Klein" title="Arnold Klein">Arnold Klein</a>, Jackson's <a href="/wiki/Dermatology" title="Dermatology">dermatologist</a>, stated that Jackson misused prescription drugs, and that he had diagnosed him with <a href="/wiki/Vitiligo" title="Vitiligo">vitiligo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Systemic_lupus_erythematosus" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic lupus erythematosus">lupus</a>. However, Klein said when he saw Jackson at his office three days before his death, he "was in very good physical condition. He was dancing for my patients. He was very mentally aware when we saw him and he was in a very good mood."<a href="#cite_note-LKLJuly8-56">[56]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_legal_affairs">Family and legal affairs</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5" title="The Jackson 5">The Jackson 5</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_reaction">Family reaction</h3></div> The <a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a> released a statement following the death: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">Our beloved son, brother, uncle 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.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></blockquote> <a href="/wiki/La_Toya_Jackson" title="La Toya Jackson">La Toya Jackson</a> believed her brother "was murdered for his music catalogue".<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Shortly after Jackson's death, his family raised questions about the role of <a href="/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group">AEG Live</a>, the This Is It concert promoter, in the last few weeks of his life.<a href="#cite_note-HarrisJune28-59">[59]</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Jackson (manager)">Joe Jackson</a>, their father, filed a complaint with the California Medical Board alleging that AEG Live was illegally practicing medicine by demanding that Murray get Jackson off various medications. The complaint also alleged that AEG Live failed to provide the resuscitation equipment and nurse which Murray had requested. AEG spokesman Michael Roth declined to comment on the complaint.<a href="#cite_note-CNNJune18-77">[77]</a> After Murray pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge, several members of the Jackson family said they felt he deserved a more severe charge.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> On June 25, 2010, Joe filed a <a href="/wiki/Wrongful_death" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrongful death">wrongful death</a> lawsuit against Murray. The lawsuit alleged that Murray repeatedly lied to cover up his use of propofol, did not keep sufficient medical records and was negligent in his use of medications on Jackson. Murray's civil attorney, Charles Peckham, denied that Murray gave Jackson anything life-threatening.<a href="#cite_note-APMSNBCJune25-79">[79]</a> On August 15, 2012, Joe Jackson dropped his wrongful death lawsuit against Murray.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> The Jackson family praised the guilty verdict against Murray.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> In 2017, Michael's daughter <a href="/wiki/Paris_Jackson" title="Paris Jackson">Paris Jackson</a> stated that she was "absolutely" convinced that her father had been murdered.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> As of 2023, Conrad Murray has returned to Trinidad and Tobago to practice medicine. In 2010, Jackson's three children and his <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Jackson" title="Katherine Jackson">mother</a> sued Jackson's concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG) and its subsidiaries and principals, alleging that AEG had negligently hired the doctor.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> In 2013, following a 21-week trial in Los Angeles, the jury rendered a verdict in AEG's favor, finding that AEG had no reason to know that Murray would be "unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired" and therefore was not <a href="/wiki/Negligence_(law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Negligence (law)">negligent</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Estate">Estate</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Estate_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Estate of Michael Jackson">Estate of Michael Jackson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing#Valuation" title="Sony Music Publishing">Sony Music Publishing § Valuation</a></div> Jackson's last will was filed by attorney <a href="/wiki/John_Branca" title="John Branca">John Branca</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County">Los Angeles County</a> courthouse on July 1, 2009. Signed July 7, 2002, it names Branca and accountant John McClain as executors; they were confirmed as such by a Los Angeles judge on July 6, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> All assets are given to the (pre-existing) Michael Jackson Family Trust (amended March 22, 2002),<a href="#cite_note-JGwill-86">[86]</a> the details of which have not been made public. The <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> reports that, in 2007, Jackson had a net worth of $236.6 million: $567.6 million in assets, which included <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Ranch" title="Neverland Ranch">Neverland Ranch</a> and his 50% share of <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing" title="Sony Music Publishing">Sony/ATV Music Publishing</a>' catalog, and debts of $331 million.<a href="#cite_note-MacAskillJuly1-87">[87]</a> The guardianship of his three children is given to his mother, Katherine, or if she is unable or unwilling, to singer <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Jackson's will allocates 20% of his fortune as well as 20% of money made after death to unspecified charities.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> Media reports suggested that the settlement of Jackson's <a href="/wiki/Estate_(law)" title="Estate (law)">estate</a> could last many years.<a href="#cite_note-BrownLewis-90">[90]</a> The value of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is estimated by Ryan Schinman, chief of Platinum Rye, to be US$1.5 billion. Shinman's estimate makes Jackson's share of Sony/ATV worth $750 million, from which Jackson would have had an annual income of $80 million. In September 2016, a deal was finalized for Sony's acquisition of Jackson's share of Sony/ATV from the Jackson estate for $750 million.<a href="#cite_note-Sony_Finalizes_Acquisition_of_Michael_Jackson_Estate's_Stake_in_Sony/ATV_Publishing-91">[91]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_reaction">Public reaction</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_and_internet_coverage">Media and internet coverage</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png/250px-Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png/375px-Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Mjackson-apache-load-spike.png 2x" data-file-width="397" data-file-height="154" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> spikes at 15:00 hrs in Los Angeles, June 25.</figcaption></figure> Jackson's death was first reported by the Los Angeles-based celebrity news website <a href="/wiki/TMZ" title="TMZ">TMZ</a>. Doctors at <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_UCLA_Medical_Center" title="Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center">Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center</a> pronounced Jackson dead at 2:26 p.m., and TMZ announced the death 18 minutes later.<a href="#cite_note-Rayner-23">[23]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> confirmed the report at 2:51 p.m. PDT (5:51 p.m. EDT).<a href="#cite_note-Rawlinson-92">[92]</a> The news spread quickly online, causing websites to slow down and <a href="/wiki/Crash_(computing)" title="Crash (computing)">crash</a> from user overload. TMZ and the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> suffered outages.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> initially believed that the millions of search requests meant their <a href="/wiki/Google_Search" title="Google Search">search engine</a> was under a <a href="/wiki/Distributed_denial-of-service_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Distributed denial-of-service attack">DDoS attack</a>, and blocked searches related to Michael Jackson for 30 minutes. <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> reported a crash, as did <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> at 3:15 p.m. PDT (22:15 UTC).<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> reported nearly a million visitors to Jackson's biography within one hour, probably the most visitors in a one-hour period to any article in Wikipedia's history up to that point.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> <a href="/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AOL Instant Messenger</a> collapsed for 40 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Around 15 percent of Twitter posts (5,000 <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tweet#Noun" class="extiw" title="wikt:tweet">tweets</a> per minute) mentioned Jackson after the news broke,<a href="#cite_note-crash2-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-Wortham2-98">[98]</a> compared to the 5 percent recalled as having mentioned the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian presidential election, 2009">Iranian elections</a> or the <a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic">flu pandemic</a> that had made headlines earlier in the year.<a href="#cite_note-Wortham2-98">[98]</a> Overall, <a href="/wiki/Web_traffic" title="Web traffic">web traffic</a> ranged from 11 percent to at least 20 percent higher than normal.<a href="#cite_note-crash2-97">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> and <a href="/wiki/BET" title="BET">BET</a> aired <a href="/wiki/Marathon_(media)" title="Marathon (media)">marathons</a> of Jackson's music videos.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> Specials about Jackson aired on multiple television stations around the world. The British soap opera <a href="/wiki/EastEnders" title="EastEnders">EastEnders</a> added a last-minute scene to the June 26 episode, in which the character <a href="/wiki/Denise_Fox" title="Denise Fox">Denise Johnson</a> discussed the news with <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Trueman" title="Patrick Trueman">Patrick Trueman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> Magazines including <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> published commemorative editions.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> A scene that had featured Jackson's sister La Toya was cut from the film <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCno" title="Brüno">Brüno</a> out of respect toward Jackson's family.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> According to an analysis released by the <a href="/wiki/Global_Language_Monitor" title="Global Language Monitor">Global Language Monitor</a> (GLM), 72 hours after his death, Jackson became the ninth-most-covered news item in global print and electronic media. For the Internet and social media, Jackson was number two, behind the <a href="/wiki/Election_of_Barack_Obama" class="mw-redirect" title="Election of Barack Obama">election of President Barack Obama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> Commentators discussed Jackson's work and his "profoundly tragic figure".<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> Le Figaro columnist Yann Moix said that although Jackson, like his <a href="/wiki/Moonwalk_(dance)" title="Moonwalk (dance)">moonwalk dance move</a>, lived life in reverse, the world at his death shed "identical and universal tears".<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a> survey found that two-thirds of Americans believed the coverage of Jackson's death was excessive, while 3 percent felt it was insufficient.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> In the UK, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> received over 700 complaints from viewers who thought his death dominated the news.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> On June 29, <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">American conservative</a> commentator <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a> said the coverage was a "horrible disgrace" and lent his support to activist-ministers Jesse Jackson and <a href="/wiki/Al_Sharpton" title="Al Sharpton">Al Sharpton</a>, who were fighting to stem the press' speculation about what caused the death.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Other conservatives, including commentator <a href="/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_(political_commentator)" title="Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)">Bill O'Reilly</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> and Congressman <a href="/wiki/Peter_T._King" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter T. King">Peter T. King</a>,<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> also disapproved the receiving of the media attention about Jackson's death. Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Hugo Chávez">Hugo Chávez</a>, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Venezuela" title="President of Venezuela">President of Venezuela</a>, called the pop star's death some "lamentable news",<a href="#cite_note-AP_Chavez-112">[112]</a> but criticized <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> for covering the death more heavily than the <a href="/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2009 Honduran coup d'état">Honduran coup d'état</a>.<a href="#cite_note-El_Universal-113">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-AP_Chavez-112">[112]</a> In 2009, Jackson's family paid social media marketing company uSocial.net to increase the numbers of followers on Jackson's Twitter profile.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> According to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a>, uSocial was contracted to deliver 25,000 followers to the account.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grief">Grief</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The floor on an area on the ground is covered with flowers, cards and balloons. The area is closed off with metal barricades." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG/150px-Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG/225px-Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG/300px-Michael_Jackson_star6272009.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Jackson's star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> became a focal point for public grief.</figcaption></figure> News of Jackson's death triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Fans gathered outside the UCLA Medical Center, <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Ranch" title="Neverland Ranch">Neverland Ranch</a>, his <a href="/wiki/Holmby_Hills,_Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California">Holmby Hills</a> home, the <a href="/wiki/Hayvenhurst" title="Hayvenhurst">Hayvenhurst</a> Jackson family home in Encino, the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Theater" title="Apollo Theater">Apollo Theater</a> in New York, and at <a href="/wiki/Hitsville_U.S.A." title="Hitsville U.S.A.">Hitsville U.S.A.</a>, the old <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a> headquarters in Detroit where Jackson's career began, now the Motown Museum. Streets around the hospital were blocked off.<a href="#cite_note-Coleman-116">[116]</a> A small crowd, including the city's mayor, gathered outside Jackson's childhood home in <a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary</a>, where the flag on city hall was flown at <a href="/wiki/Half-staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Half-staff">half-staff</a> in his honor.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> Fans in Hollywood initially gathered around the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Walk of Fame</a> star of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(radio_commentator)" title="Michael Jackson (radio commentator)">another Michael Jackson</a>, as they were unable to access Jackson's star, which had been temporarily covered by equipment in place for the <a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCno" title="Brüno">Brüno</a> film premiere.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> Grieving fans and memorial tributes relocated from the talk radio host's star the next day.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> From <a href="/wiki/Odessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Odessa">Odessa</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>,<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> and beyond, fans held their own memorial gatherings. U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> sent a letter of condolence to the Jackson family,<a href="#cite_note-GumbelJune28-16">[16]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> observed a <a href="/wiki/Moment_of_silence" title="Moment of silence">moment of silence</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Obama later stated that Jackson "will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers".<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Former South African President <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a> said that Jackson's loss would be felt worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of people standing outside a gated area. There are trees, bushes, and grassed areas. A majority of the area the people and in are shadowed by the trees by the gate." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg/250px-Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg/375px-Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg/500px-Neverland-ranch-memorial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="422" /></a><figcaption>Fans visiting the makeshift memorial set up outside the Neverland Ranch entrance shortly after Jackson's death</figcaption></figure> In Japan, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Sato_(politician)" title="Tsutomu Sato (politician)">Tsutomu Sato</a> told reporters, "I feel sad as I had watched him since he was a member of Jackson Five [<a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a>]." Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Yasukazu_Hamada" title="Yasukazu Hamada">Yasukazu Hamada</a> credited him with building a generation with his music.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%8Dichi_Masuzoe" title="Yōichi Masuzoe">Yōichi Masuzoe</a> called the death an "extremely tragic loss".<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In the United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>'s spokesperson said: "This is very sad news for the millions of Michael Jackson fans in Britain and around the world."<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">opposition leader</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> said: "I know Michael Jackson's fans in Britain and around the world will be sad today. Despite the controversies, he was a legendary entertainer." Russian fans gathered outside the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Moscow" title="Embassy of the United States, Moscow">U.S. Embassy in Moscow</a> to mourn.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> French Minister of Culture <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mitterrand" title="Frédéric Mitterrand">Frédéric Mitterrand</a>, said, "We all have a Michael Jackson within."<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, a long-time friend, said that she could not imagine life without him.<a href="#cite_note-TaylorJune26-130">[130]</a> <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> told CBS, "When the autopsy comes, all hell's going to break loose, so thank God we're celebrating him now."<a href="#cite_note-GumbelJune27-131">[131]</a> His sister La Toya stated that his daughter 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'. I felt so bad."<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tributes">Tributes</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of males and a female performing on stage in front of a crowd of people. A male is shown blowing a kiss to the audience while wearing a white glove in his right hand and a white shirt with black pants and a jacket. An African American male wearing a white and dark gray shirt is shown in a crouched-down position. The female is waving her hands in the air while wearing black fingerless gloves with a black shirt and pink shorts. There are also two other African American males in the background making hand gestures. Behind the people on the stage, there is a screen that shows a black and white photo." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg/210px-Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg/315px-Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg/420px-Sticky-holiday-MJ-tribute.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2039" data-file-height="1780" /></a><figcaption>During the second leg of Madonna's <a href="/wiki/Sticky_%26_Sweet_Tour" title="Sticky & Sweet Tour">Sticky & Sweet Tour</a> in July 2009, she and a Jackson impersonator performed a medley of Jackson's songs while photos of Jackson's were shown on a screen behind them.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Local">Local</h4></div> On June 30, 2009, <a href="/wiki/U2" title="U2">U2</a> while performing their first show of the <a href="/wiki/U2_360_tour" class="mw-redirect" title="U2 360 tour">U2 360 tour</a> in Barcelona dedicated the song "<a href="/wiki/Angel_of_Harlem" title="Angel of Harlem">Angel of Harlem</a>" to Jackson. U2 vocalist <a href="/wiki/Bono" title="Bono">Bono</a> sang verses from "<a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror" title="Man in the Mirror">Man in the Mirror</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_%27Til_You_Get_Enough" title="Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough">Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough</a>" at the end of the song. On July 10, 2009, six thousand fans attended a musical tribute in Jackson's hometown of <a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary, Indiana</a>. Local performers staged a medley of his songs, and mayor <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_M._Clay" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolph M. Clay">Rudolph M. Clay</a> unveiled a seven-foot memorial to him. <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> addressed the crowd, stating, "This is where Michael learned to dance, where he learned to sing, where he learned to sacrifice."<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> The day after Jackson's death, rapper <a href="/wiki/The_Game_(rapper)" title="The Game (rapper)">The Game</a> released a tribute song, "<a href="/wiki/Better_on_the_Other_Side" title="Better on the Other Side">Better on the Other Side</a>", produced by <a href="/wiki/DJ_Khalil" title="DJ Khalil">DJ Khalil</a> and featuring vocals by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Diddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Brown_(American_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chris Brown (American singer)">Chris Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polow_da_Don" title="Polow da Don">Polow da Don</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mario_Winans" title="Mario Winans">Mario Winans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Usher_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Usher (entertainer)">Usher</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boyz_II_Men" title="Boyz II Men">Boyz II Men</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> A variety of other artists recorded tributes, including <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a>,<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akon" title="Akon">Akon</a> and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Buckethead" title="Buckethead">Buckethead</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Landing_Beacon-136">[136]</a> On June 26, artists including <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lily_Allen" title="Lily Allen">Lily Allen</a> paid tribute to Jackson at the UK <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival" title="Glastonbury Festival">Glastonbury Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbctributeconcert1-137">[137]</a> Allen wore a single white glove (a <a href="/wiki/Trademark_look" title="Trademark look">signature look</a> for Jackson), while <a href="/wiki/The_Streets" title="The Streets">the Streets</a> performed a cover of "<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>".<a href="#cite_note-bbctributeconcert1-137">[137]</a> Tributes to Jackson at the festival continued over the weekend.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> On July 5, 2009, <a href="/wiki/Madonna" title="Madonna">Madonna</a> performed a medley of Jackson's songs during her <a href="/wiki/Sticky_%26_Sweet_Tour" title="Sticky & Sweet Tour">Sticky & Sweet Tour</a>,<a href="#cite_note-mtvtribute-139">[139]</a> while a Jackson impersonator performed Jackson's signature dances and photos of Jackson were displayed behind them.<a href="#cite_note-mtvtribute-139">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-madonnatribute-140">[140]</a> <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a> performed an extended version of "<a href="/wiki/Halo_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Halo (Beyoncé song)">Halo</a>", dedicating it to Jackson in various shows during her <a href="/wiki/I_Am..._(Beyonc%C3%A9_tour)" title="I Am... (Beyoncé tour)">I Am... World Tour</a>. <a href="/wiki/Coldplay" title="Coldplay">Coldplay</a> covered "<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>" for the remainder of the 2009 shows of their <a href="/wiki/Viva_la_Vida_Tour" title="Viva la Vida Tour">Viva la Vida Tour</a>.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Metal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> acts who performed Jackson songs in tribute include <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a>,<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cornell" title="Chris Cornell">Chris Cornell</a>,<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Timmons" title="Andy Timmons">Andy Timmons</a>,<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a> <a href="/wiki/Extreme_(band)" title="Extreme (band)">Extreme</a>,<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> and <a href="/wiki/CKY_(band)" title="CKY (band)">CKY</a>.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> <a href="/wiki/Buckethead" title="Buckethead">Buckethead</a> wrote a song entitled "<a href="/wiki/The_Homing_Beacon/The_Landing_Beacon" title="The Homing Beacon/The Landing Beacon">The Homing Beacon</a>", inspired by Jackson's film <a href="/wiki/Captain_EO" title="Captain EO">Captain EO</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Landing_Beacon-136">[136]</a> Statements of tribute came from rock musicians including <a href="/wiki/Judas_Priest" title="Judas Priest">Judas Priest</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hill" title="Ian Hill">Ian Hill</a>,<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian May</a>,<a href="#cite_note-blabbermouth.net-148">[148]</a> members of <a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>,<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a> former <a href="/wiki/Skid_Row_(American_Band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Skid Row (American Band)">Skid Row</a> frontman <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Bach" title="Sebastian Bach">Sebastian Bach</a>,<a href="#cite_note-http-151">[151]</a> <a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>,<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a> <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Tate" title="Geoff Tate">Geoff Tate</a> of <a href="/wiki/Queensr%C3%BFche" title="Queensrÿche">Queensrÿche</a>,<a href="#cite_note-http-151">[151]</a> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen" title="Eddie Van Halen">Eddie Van Halen</a> (who worked with Jackson during the recording of Thriller)<a href="#cite_note-blabbermouth.net-148">[148]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slash_(musician)" title="Slash (musician)">Slash</a> (who played guitar on Jackson's single "<a href="/wiki/Give_In_to_Me" title="Give In to Me">Give In to Me</a>").<a href="#cite_note-blabbermouth.net-148">[148]</a> In October 2013, a tribute album was released featuring current and former members of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead" title="Motörhead">Motörhead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Testament_(band)" title="Testament (band)">Testament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fozzy" title="Fozzy">Fozzy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quiet_Riot" title="Quiet Riot">Quiet Riot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dio_(band)" title="Dio (band)">Dio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mr._Big_(American_band)" title="Mr. Big (American band)">Mr. Big</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a> Jackson's sister La Toya released her song "<a href="/wiki/Home_(La_Toya_Jackson_song)" title="Home (La Toya Jackson song)">Home</a>" on July 28 as a <a href="/wiki/Charity_single" class="mw-redirect" title="Charity single">charity single</a> in her brother's honor. All proceeds were donated to one of Michael's favorite charities.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> <a href="/wiki/BET_Awards_2009#Michael_Jackson_tribute" title="BET Awards 2009">BET's annual awards show</a> aired three days after Jackson's death, on June 28, 2009, and included a tribute to him. Host <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> said, "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else." The ceremony featured performances of several of Jackson's songs, including pieces from his time with <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jackson Five">The Jackson Five</a> and those from his solo career.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Joe Jackson and Al Sharpton were in the audience, and Janet Jackson spoke briefly on behalf of the family. The show was the most-watched in the awards shows history.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International">International</h4></div> The day after Jackson's death, the mayor of <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> announced that the city would erect a statue of him in the favela of <a href="/wiki/Dona_Marta" class="mw-redirect" title="Dona Marta">Dona Marta</a>. Jackson visited the community in 1996 and filmed a music video for "<a href="/wiki/They_Don%27t_Care_About_Us" title="They Don't Care About Us">They Don't Care About Us</a>" there. The mayor said that Jackson had helped make the community into "a model for <a href="/wiki/Social_change" title="Social change">social development</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Cobo-157">[157]</a> Memorials were held in locations as diverse as <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Cobo-157">[157]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>,<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Midyat" title="Midyat">Midyat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Salat_al-Janazah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salat al-Janazah">Salat al-Janazah</a> (Islamic funeral prayer) was performed, and traditional funeral <a href="/wiki/Halva#Turkey" title="Halva">helva</a> distributed.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> The music video for "<a href="/wiki/Do_the_Bartman" title="Do the Bartman">Do the Bartman</a>", a <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">Simpsons</a> song co-written by Jackson, was broadcast ahead of an episode rerun of The Simpsons on June 28. It featured a title card paying tribute to Jackson.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> The 1991 Simpsons episode "<a href="/wiki/Stark_Raving_Dad" title="Stark Raving Dad">Stark Raving Dad</a>", which Jackson guest-starred in, was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Fox_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox network">Fox</a> on July 5.<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> The episode had been broadcast on the Dutch <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> the day after his death and was dedicated to Jackson's memory.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> His 1978 film <a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a> (in which he co-starred alongside <a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a>) was briefly rereleased in a rare 35mm format and was shown at the Hollywood Theater in his honor. It was also re-released a week prior to the release of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_This_Is_It" title="Michael Jackson's This Is It">Michael Jackson's This Is It</a> in select cities. Madonna opened the <a href="/wiki/2009_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="2009 MTV Video Music Awards">2009 MTV Video Music Awards</a> with a speech about Michael Jackson. Janet Jackson made an appearance at the VMAs to pay a musical tribute to her brother and honor his career.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a> He was honored with a posthumous lifetime achievement award during the <a href="/wiki/52nd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="52nd Annual Grammy Awards">52nd Annual Grammy Awards</a> on January 31, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a> Jackson was featured in the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards" title="82nd Academy Awards">82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony</a>'s <a href="/wiki/82nd_Academy_Awards#Memorial_montage" title="82nd Academy Awards">"In Memoriam" tribute</a>.<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Record_sales">Record sales</h3></div> Jackson's record sales increased eighty-fold by June 29, according to <a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a> Bill Carr of <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon</a> said the website sold out of all Jackson and <a href="/wiki/The_Jackson_5" title="The Jackson 5">Jackson 5</a> CDs within minutes of the news breaking, and that demand surpassed that for <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> after their sudden deaths in 1977 and <a href="/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon" title="Murder of John Lennon">1980</a> respectively.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> In Japan, six of his albums made SoundScan Japan's Top 200 Albums chart,<a href="#cite_note-Cobo-157">[157]</a> and in Poland, <a href="/wiki/Thriller_25" title="Thriller 25">Thriller 25</a> topped the national album chart and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/King_of_Pop_(album)" title="King of Pop (album)">King of Pop</a> the following week.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> In Australia, 15 of his albums occupied the <a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a> top 100 as of July 5, four of them in the top ten, with three occupying the top three spots. He had 34 singles in the top 100 singles chart, including four in the top ten. Album sales were 62,015 for the previous week; singles tallied 107,821 units.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> In the second week, album sales rose from the previous week and tallied 88,650 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.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> In Germany, King of Pop topped the album chart,<a href="#cite_note-media_KoP-172">[172]</a> and from June 28 to July 4, nine of his albums occupied the Top 20 of <a href="/wiki/CAPIF" class="mw-redirect" title="CAPIF">CAPIF</a> in Argentina.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> In Billboard's European Top 100 Albums, he made history with eight of his albums in the top ten positions.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> As of August 3, King of Pop has spent four weeks atop Billboard's European Top 100 Albums chart.<a href="#cite_note-UK_and_Euro_August_3-175">[175]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="The Collection (Michael Jackson album)">The Collection</a> also spent two weeks atop the same chart.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> In the UK, on the Sunday following his death, his albums occupied 14 of the top 20 places on the Amazon.co.uk sales chart, with <a href="/wiki/Off_the_Wall_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Off the Wall (album)">Off the Wall</a> at the top. Number Ones reached the top of the <a href="/wiki/UK_Album_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Album Chart">UK Album Chart</a>, and his studio albums occupied number two to number eight on the iTunes Music Store top albums. Six of his songs charted in the top 40: "<a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror" title="Man in the Mirror">Man in the Mirror</a>" (11), "<a href="/wiki/Thriller_(song)" title="Thriller (song)">Thriller</a>" (23), "<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>" (25), "<a href="/wiki/Smooth_Criminal" title="Smooth Criminal">Smooth Criminal</a>" (28)", "<a href="/wiki/Beat_It" title="Beat It">Beat It</a>" (30), and "<a href="/wiki/Earth_Song" title="Earth Song">Earth Song</a>" (38).<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> The following Sunday, 13 of Jackson's songs charted in the top 40, including "Man in the Mirror", which reached number two.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> He broke <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Murray" title="Ruby Murray">Ruby Murray</a>'s 1955 record of five songs in the top 30.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> The Essential Michael Jackson topped the album chart, giving Jackson a second number one album in as many weeks. He had five of the top ten albums in the album chart.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a> In third week sales, The Essential Michael Jackson retained the number one position and Jackson held three other positions within the top five.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> By August 3, Jackson had sold 2 million records and spent six consecutive weeks atop the album chart.<a href="#cite_note-UK_and_Euro_August_3-175">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> He retained the top spot on the album chart for a seventh consecutive week.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> In the U.S., Jackson broke three chart records on the first Billboard issue date that followed his death. The entire top nine positions on <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Top_Pop_Catalog_Albums" title="Top Pop Catalog Albums">Top Pop Catalog Albums</a> featured titles related to him. By the third week it would be the entire top 12 positions.<a href="#cite_note-billboard.biz-184">[184]</a> Number Ones was the best-selling album of the week and topped the catalog chart with sales of 108,000, an increase of 2,340 percent. The Essential Michael Jackson (2) and Thriller (3) also sold over 100,000 units. The other titles on the chart are Off the Wall (4), Jackson Five's <a href="/wiki/Jackson_5:_The_Ultimate_Collection" title="Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection">Ultimate Collection</a> (5), <a href="/wiki/Bad_(album)" title="Bad (album)">Bad</a> (6), <a href="/wiki/Dangerous_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)">Dangerous</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/HIStory:_Past,_Present_and_Future,_Book_I" title="HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I">HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I</a> (8) and Jackson's <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_The_Ultimate_Collection" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection">Ultimate Collection</a> (9). Collectively, his solo albums sold 422,000 copies in the week following his death, 800,000 copies in the first full week, and 1.1 million copies in the following week of his memorial service.<a href="#cite_note-billboard.biz-184">[184]</a> He also broke a record on the Top Digital Albums chart, with six of the top 10 slots, including the entire top four. On the <a href="/wiki/Hot_Digital_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Digital Songs">Hot Digital Songs</a> chart he placed a record of 25 songs on the 75-position list. In the U.S., Jackson became the first artist to sell over one million downloads in a week, with 2.6 million sales.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a><a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> By August 5, Jackson had sold nearly 3.8 million albums and 7.6 million tracks in the U.S. Number Ones was the best-selling album for six out of seven weeks that followed his death.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> By year's end in 2009, Jackson had become the best-selling artist of the year selling 8.2 million albums in the U.S.<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a> He also became the first artist in history to have four of the top 20 best-selling albums in a single year in the U.S., nearly doubling the sales of his nearest competitor.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a> Jackson was also the third best-selling digital artist of 2009 in the U.S., selling approximately 12.35 million units.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> In the 12 months that followed his death Jackson sold nine million albums in the U.S., and 35 million albums worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> His estate also generated revenues of $1 billion.<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> signed a $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and to release seven posthumous albums of unreleased material over the decade following his death.<a href="#cite_note-auto-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memorial">Memorial</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson_memorial_service" title="Michael Jackson memorial service">Michael Jackson memorial service</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A white round building that has one glass front wall showing with a sign in red text that reads "Staples Center" in capital letters. In the background, there are multiple people walking in front of the building and a white parked car and a cloudy blue sky." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg/220px-MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg/330px-MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg/440px-MichaelJacksonMemorial_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption> A worldwide audience of an estimated 2.5 to 3 billion people saw coverage of the memorial held in the <a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a>, pictured here during the memorial service.</figcaption></figure> A private family service was held at <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Hollywood_Hills)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a> in Los Angeles, after a public memorial at the <a href="/wiki/Staples_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Staples Center">Staples Center</a> in Los Angeles, California on July 7, where Jackson had rehearsed on June 24, the day before he died. The memorial service was organized by Jackson's concert promoter, <a href="/wiki/AEG_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="AEG Live">AEG Live</a> (who also own and operate the Staples Center).<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> AEG originally planned to charge for tickets,<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a> but following public pressure, AEG instead distributed the 17,500 tickets for free through an online lottery that attracted over 1.2 million applicants in 24 hours,<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a> and over a half-billion views of the webpage.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a> The service was broadcast live around the world, and was believed to have been watched by more than 2.5 billion persons.<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a> Jackson's solid-bronze casket (which reportedly cost $25,000)<a href="#cite_note-HarlowJuly5-55">[55]</a> was placed in front of the stage. Numerous celebrity guests attended the services.<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a> His brothers each wore a single, white, sparkling glove, while <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Jackson" title="Jermaine Jackson">Jermaine Jackson</a> and others sang his songs. Jackson's then 11-year-old daughter, <a href="/wiki/Paris_Jackson" title="Paris Jackson">Paris</a>, broke down as she told the crowd, "I just want to say, ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine ... and I just want to say I love him ... so much."<a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a> <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Jackson" title="Marlon Jackson">Marlon Jackson</a> said, "Maybe now, Michael, they will leave you alone."<a href="#cite_note-BBCJuly7-203">[203]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Burial">Burial</h3></div> According to reports, Jackson's burial was originally scheduled for August 29, 2009 (which would have been his 51st birthday).<a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a> His service and burial were held at <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park,_Glendale" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale">Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a> on September 3, 2009.<a href="#cite_note-time-090903-205">[205]</a> The burial was attended by his family members, his first wife <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Presley" title="Lisa Marie Presley">Lisa Marie Presley</a>, and his friends <a href="/wiki/Macaulay_Culkin" title="Macaulay Culkin">Macaulay Culkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Tucker" title="Chris Tucker">Chris Tucker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, among others.<a href="#cite_note-mtv-090904-206">[206]</a> The service began with Jackson's three children placing a golden crown on his casket.<a href="#cite_note-mtv-090904-206">[206]</a> Jackson's funeral cost $1 million,<a href="#cite_note-funeralcost1-207">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-rollingstonefuneralcosts-208">[208]</a> including $590,000 for Jackson's crypt; $11,716 for guest invitations;<a href="#cite_note-funeralcost1-207">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-rollingstonefuneralcosts-208">[208]</a> $30,000 for security and luxury cars; $16,000 for the florist; and $15,000 for the funeral planner.<a href="#cite_note-funeralcost1-207">[207]</a> Jackson's family planned the funeral. 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His unmarked <a href="/wiki/Crypt" title="Crypt">crypt</a>, which is partially visible at the tinted entrance of the Holly Terrace mausoleum, is covered in flowers fans leave, which are placed by security guards outside the crypt.<a href="#cite_note-time-090903-205">[205]</a> The family had considered burying Jackson at <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Ranch" title="Neverland Ranch">Neverland Ranch</a>. However, some family members objected to the site, saying that the ranch had been tainted by the 2005 trial and police raids of the property.<a href="#cite_note-time-090903-205">[205]</a> Also, the owners of the ranch would have had to go through a permitting process with county and state government before establishing a cemetery at the site. 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September 28, 2013. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221019151901/https://blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-motorhead-testament-ex-iron-maiden-members-pay-tribute-to-michael-jackson">Archived</a> from the original on October 19, 2022. 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Retrieved March 8, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=LaToya+Song+Re-Released+as+Michael+Jackson+Tribute&rft.date=2009-07-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FEntertainment%2FMichaelJackson%2FwireStory%3Fid%3D8112623&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Michael+Jackson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-155"><a href="#cite_ref-155">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/26/jackson.bet.awards/">BET Awards to pay tribute to Jackson</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210112181151/http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/26/jackson.bet.awards/">Archived</a> January 12, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, CNN. 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January 21, 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221021173400/https://www.ntv.com.tr/id/25315736/">Archived</a> from the original on October 21, 2022. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/06/28/michael-jackson-the-simpsons-to-air-do-the-bartman-video-in-tribute/">the original</a> on July 25, 2009. 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March 8, 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221018222624/https://www.accesshollywood.com/farrah-fawcett-bea-arthur-absent-from-oscar-in-memoriam-montage_article_29869">Archived</a> from the original on October 18, 2022. 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June 28, 2009; Wood, Daniel B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/0627/p25s09-usgn.html">Outpouring over Michael Jackson unlike anything since Princess Di</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100630103329/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2009/0627/p25s09-usgn.html">Archived</a> June 30, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2009; <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoyle2009" class="citation news cs1">Boyle, Catherine (July 1, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215910/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/">"Michael Jackson's post-death music sales outstrip Elvis and John Lennon"</a>. The Times. London. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6613436.ece">the original</a> on October 18, 2022. 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Billboard. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622232646/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267866/michael-jackson-black-eyed-peas-control-uk-charts">Archived</a> from the original on June 22, 2013. 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Retrieved March 8, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard%2C+Inc&rft.atitle=Michael+Jackson+Continues+U.K.+Chart+Run&rft.date=2009-08-17&rft.aulast=Sexton&rft.aufirst=Paul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Farticles%2Fnews%2F267689%2Fmichael-jackson-continues-uk-chart-run&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Michael+Jackson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-177"><a href="#cite_ref-177">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/">Singles chart for 04/07/2009</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210104085354/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/">Archived</a> January 4, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Chart Stats, June 29, 2009. </li> <li id="cite_note-178"><a href="#cite_ref-178">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Give%20Give%20Give%20Me%20More%20More%20More">"The Official Charts Company – Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221019153824/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/give%20give%20give%20me%20more%20more%20more/">Archived</a> from the original on October 19, 2022. 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July 12, 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215910/https://www.nme.com/news/michael-jackson/46043">Archived</a> from the original on October 18, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NME&rft.atitle=Michael+Jackson+increases+chart+dominance&rft.date=2009-07-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nme.com%2Fnews%2Fmichael-jackson%2F46043&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADeath+of+Michael+Jackson" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-182"><a href="#cite_ref-182">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215909/https://www.reuters.com/?edition-redirect=in">"Jackson still top of British album charts"</a>. Thomson Reuters. August 3, 2009. 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"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/13134.html">Michael Slept Here</a>", Washingtonian, August 1, 2009.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090904002552/http://stats.grok.se/en/200906/michael%20jackson">Wikipedia article traffic statistics – Michael Jackson – June 2009</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a> Media related to <a 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href="/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Cultural impact of Michael Jackson">Cultural impact</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Got_to_Be_There" title="Got to Be There">Got to Be There</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Ben (Michael Jackson album)">Ben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_%26_Me" title="Music & Me">Music & Me</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forever,_Michael" title="Forever, Michael">Forever, Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Off_the_Wall" title="Off the Wall">Off the Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_(album)" title="Thriller (album)">Thriller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_(album)" title="Bad (album)">Bad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)">Dangerous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIStory:_Past,_Present_and_Future,_Book_I" title="HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I">HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invincible_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Invincible (Michael Jackson album)">Invincible</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Posthumous albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Michael (Michael Jackson album)">Michael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xscape_(album)" title="Xscape (album)">Xscape</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anniversary reissues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_25" title="Thriller 25">Thriller 25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_25" title="Bad 25">Bad 25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_40" title="Thriller 40">Thriller 40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Remix albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Original_Soul_of_Michael_Jackson" title="The Original Soul of Michael Jackson">The Original Soul of Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor:_HIStory_in_the_Mix" title="Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix">Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Stripped_Mixes" title="The Stripped Mixes">The Stripped Mixes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Remix_Suite" title="The Remix Suite">The Remix Suite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(soundtrack)" title="The Wiz (soundtrack)">The Wiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(album)" title="E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album)">E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_This_Is_It_(album)" title="Michael Jackson's This Is It (album)">Michael Jackson's This Is It</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immortal_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Immortal (Michael Jackson album)">Immortal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Michael_Jackson" title="The Best of Michael Jackson">The Best of Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Day_in_Your_Life_(album)" title="One Day in Your Life (album)">One Day in Your Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18_Greatest_Hits_(Michael_Jackson_and_the_Jackson_5_album)" title="18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 album)">18 Greatest Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_My_Summer_Love" title="Farewell My Summer Love">Farewell My Summer Love</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Looking_Back_to_Yesterday" title="Looking Back to Yesterday">Looking Back to Yesterday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Michael_Jackson_Mix" title="The Michael Jackson Mix">The Michael Jackson Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Michael_Jackson" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson">20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Love_Songs_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Love Songs (Michael Jackson album)">Love Songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Number_Ones_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Number Ones (Michael Jackson album)">Number Ones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Essential_Michael_Jackson" title="The Essential Michael Jackson">The Essential Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Pop_(album)" title="King of Pop (album)">King of Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Michael Jackson album)">The Definitive Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Michael_Jackson" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson">Icon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scream_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Scream (Michael Jackson album)">Scream</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Box sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthology_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="Anthology (Michael Jackson album)">Anthology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Collection_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (Michael Jackson album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visionary:_The_Video_Singles" title="Visionary: The Video Singles">Visionary: The Video Singles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Motown_Years" title="The Motown Years">The Motown Years</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Collection_(Michael_Jackson_album)" title="The Collection (Michael Jackson album)">The Collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hello_World:_The_Motown_Solo_Collection" title="Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection">Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Michael_Jackson_concerts" title="List of Michael Jackson concerts">Concert tours</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bad_(tour)" title="Bad (tour)">Bad World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_World_Tour" title="Dangerous World Tour">Dangerous World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIStory_World_Tour" title="HIStory World Tour">HIStory World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/This_Is_It_(concert_residency)" title="This Is It (concert residency)">This Is It</a> (canceled)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Motown_25:_Yesterday,_Today,_Forever" title="Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever">Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXVII_halftime_show" title="Super Bowl XXVII halftime show">Super Bowl XXVII halftime show</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MJ_%26_Friends" title="MJ & Friends">MJ & Friends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_30th_Anniversary_Celebration" title="Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration">30th Anniversary Celebration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_We_Stand:_What_More_Can_I_Give" title="United We Stand: What More Can I Give">United We Stand: What More Can I Give</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_Live_at_the_Apollo_2002" title="Michael Jackson: Live at the Apollo 2002">Live at the Apollo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dangerous:_The_Short_Films" title="Dangerous: The Short Films">Dangerous: The Short Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_Greatest_Hits_%E2%80%93_HIStory" title="Video Greatest Hits – HIStory">Video Greatest Hits – HIStory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIStory_on_Film,_Volume_II" title="HIStory on Film, Volume II">HIStory on Film, Volume II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Number_Ones_(video)" title="Number Ones (video)">Number Ones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_One_(video)" title="The One (video)">The One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_in_Bucharest:_The_Dangerous_Tour" title="Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour">Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Vision" title="Michael Jackson's Vision">Michael Jackson's Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Wembley_July_16,_1988" title="Live at Wembley July 16, 1988">Live at Wembley July 16, 1988</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz_(film)" title="The Wiz (film)">The Wiz</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_3" title="Sonic the Hedgehog 3">Sonic the Hedgehog 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Channel_5" title="Space Channel 5">Space Channel 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Channel_5:_Part_2" title="Space Channel 5: Part 2">Space Channel 5: Part 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dreamcast_Collection" title="Dreamcast Collection">Dreamcast Collection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moonwalk_(book)" title="Moonwalk (book)">Moonwalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dancing_the_Dream" title="Dancing the Dream">Dancing the Dream</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_The_Life_of_an_Icon" title="Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon">The Life of an Icon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bad_25_(film)" title="Bad 25 (film)">Bad 25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_The_Last_Photo_Shoots" title="Michael Jackson: The Last Photo Shoots">The Last Photo Shoots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson%27s_Journey_from_Motown_to_Off_the_Wall" title="Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall">Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Square_One:_Michael_Jackson" title="Square One: Michael Jackson">Square One: Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_Michael_Jackson" title="Killing Michael Jackson">Killing Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_40_(film)" title="Thriller 40 (film)">Thriller 40</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Biographical films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Theatrical films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_(2025_film)" title="Michael (2025 film)">Michael</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Television films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Jacksons:_An_American_Dream" title="The Jacksons: An American Dream">The Jacksons: An American Dream</a> (miniseries)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror:_The_Michael_Jackson_Story" title="Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story">Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_Searching_for_Neverland" title="Michael Jackson: Searching for Neverland">Searching for Neverland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage shows</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thriller_%E2%80%93_Live" title="Thriller – Live">Thriller – Live</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Forever_%E2%80%93_The_Tribute_Concert" title="Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert">Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_The_Immortal_World_Tour" title="Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour">The Immortal World Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motown:_The_Musical" title="Motown: The Musical">Motown: The Musical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson:_One" title="Michael Jackson: One">One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MJ_the_Musical" title="MJ the Musical">MJ the Musical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personal life</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_and_appearance_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Health and appearance of Michael Jackson">Health and appearance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_relationships_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Personal relationships of Michael Jackson">Personal relationships</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_family" title="Jackson family">Jackson family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paris_Jackson" title="Paris Jackson">Paris Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Presley" title="Lisa Marie Presley">Lisa Marie Presley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Rowe" title="Debbie Rowe">Debbie Rowe</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Abuse allegations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Michael_Jackson_sexual_abuse_allegations" title="1993 Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations">1993 allegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Michael_Jackson" title="Trial of Michael Jackson">2005 trial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leaving_Neverland" title="Leaving Neverland">Posthumous allegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBI_files_on_Michael_Jackson" title="FBI files on Michael Jackson">FBI files</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Death</a></th><td 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