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Before his sudden and tragic death, DJ AM worked on a drug intervention show with MTV called ‘Gone Too Far’. The production team was able to capture enough footage for the making of 8 episodes and the network still intends to air them. At the moment, the production heads are in talks with the late entertainer’s family about how and when to show the episodes. It is being said that since the show follows DJ AM in the role of a “sober and experienced tough-love guide for troubled addicts” and the strong implications that his own death resulted from drug abuse that the show would come off as hypocritical.

As the New York City Medical Examiner’s office struggles to find the cause of death for DJ AM, authorities have figured out the inner workings of his last hours. At 1AM on the day that he was discovered in his NYC apartment, Adam Goldstein sent a text message to two of his friends about his Las Vegas gig later than day at Rain Nightclub at the Palms. 16 hours later, his friends called 911 because the DJ couldn’t be reached before his scheduled flight as he was not answering his cell phone. According to a police source, the NYPD broke down his door to find him lifeless. The initial autopsy report was proven to be inconclusive and a toxicology report will be expected in the following weeks. They suspect that drugs may be involved due to the various paraphernalia found in the DJ’s apartment.

One of the doctors who assisted the LAPD in Michael Jackson’s death investigation has written a letter to President Barrack Obama. The topic of the letter was to make it tougher for people to obtain controlled medication. In the letter, Dr. Susan Essien Etok, the doctor who claimed that the late King of Pop offered her £500,000 to supply him with drugs, urges the President to consider “harsher punitive measures” for unethical doctors who are willing to hand out strong drugs to anyone for the right price. Etok also said that “no individual Doctor is responsible for Michael’s death.” She also compared the singer’s passing to that of Elvis Presley, Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith – all of whom died with drug cocktails in their system.

Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s under-fire personal physician say police have twisted his account of the superstar’s final hours.

Attorney Edward Chernoff called much of the contents of the search warrant affidavit “police theory”. Los Angeles Police had filed the documents to search Dr Conrad Murray’s clinic in Houston, Texas, last month.

A statement released by Chernoff said: “Much of what was in the search warrant affidavit is factual.

“However, unfortunately, much is police theory. Dr Murray simply never told investigators that he found Michael Jackson at 11am not breathing. He also never said that he waited a mere 10 minutes before leaving to make several phone calls. In fact, Dr Murray never said that he left Michael Jackson’s room to make phone calls at all.”

The Los Angeles Coroner’s office has ruled Jackson’s death a homicide caused by a mix of drugs meant to treat insomnia, according to reports.

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Michael Jackson’s parents have hired private investigators to probe the death of the pop king.

Despite a multi-agency probe mounted by US authorities, the Jacksons are clearly seeking answers of their own.

Katherine, 79, and Joe, 80, are considering wrongful death lawsuits, according to an exclusive report.

But the focus of the Jacksons’ concern appears more and more to be AEG, the tour promoter for Jackson’s last 50 concerts set to play out in the UK.

Joe maintains Jackson wanted to do ten shows only, not 50. As court hearings into Jackson’s estate unfold, Katherine’s lawyers are poring over the AEG paperwork.

They have refused to sign an agreement barring use of the contract in legal proceedings. Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray, under suspicion in the manslaughter probe, was employed by AEG on £90,000 a month.

A source said: “Joe has been obsessed with AEG’s role from the start and wanted to see the contract. Joe didn’t trust them and told Michael. He is adamant he only agreed or wanted to do ten shows and was pressured into doing more.”

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Simon Cowell has spoken of his sadness at the death of American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen.

Cohen, who became known as “Glitter Girl”, was killed after being hit by a car in New Jersey on Saturday.

Daniel Bark, 23, has since been charged with causing the hit-and-run death of Cohen.

The 25-year-old singer auditioned for Idol during the seventh and eighth seasons of the hit TV show.

“I was incredibly sad to hear the news about Alexis,” said Idol judge Cowell.

“She was one of the contestants I will always remember.

“She had a big personality and a big heart. My thoughts are now with her family and friends.”

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Fans have flocked to a tree stump in Stockton, California, where the King Of Pop’s face mysteriously appeared just days after his death.

Felix Garcia spotted the likeness as he was gardening and considers its appearance to be a spiritual sign.

“I was standing by that bush, and I looked up and saw that image here,” Garcia said.

“I walked up to it, and I said, ‘man, this looks like Michael Jackson’.”

Since his discovery, Garcia said neighbours and complete strangers have been dropping by to take a look.

Neighbour Juanita Hernandez agrees Jackson can be seen in the stump.

She said: “You can see it. There’s something there.”

Garcia said he believed the image most resembled Jackson in his early twenties before plastic surgery.

“I just hope it lasts a long time. I hope to take some pictures of it and blow them up because there are a lot of people who loved him,” Garcia said

After Michael Jackson’s sudden death last week, his greatest hits and even some of his lesser known songs have earned nonstop radio airplay to honor his memory. According to Billboard, the late King of Pop’s airplay increased by 1735% from last week. Prior to his death, the singer’s hit ‘Rock with You’ was heard around 500 times in a week. But in the past week, 22 of Michael’s song were played over 1000 times! Leading in the airplay is ‘Billie Jean’ which places the track at number 51 among the titles for the past week. That’s not bad for a song that was released back in 1983.

Michael Jackson had made it clear he would not agree to his London comeback shows unless controversial doctor Conrad Murray traveled with him.

The superstar so trusted Dr Murray – currently wanted for interviews by L.A. officials probing Jacko’s death – he wanted him with him at all times.

And he made it clear he wanted Dr Murray and not London’s finest medical minds to be with him when he finally came to Britain.

Randy Phillips, president and CEO of concert promoter AEG LIVE, said it was “almost a contractual condition” that Jackson have Dr. Murray at his side.

AEG officials told Jackson that “some of the best doctors in the world are in London” and that it “would make sense” to have those on call.

But Phillips said Jackson “insisted emphatically” on Murray and said that the doctor was prepared to go on sabbatical from his practice.

And to keep Jackson happy Phillips says AEG was preparing to advance Murray a “significant” amount of money to be with Jackson in London, with the plan to have traveled next week and stayed through next March

“Michael told me personally that he trusted this man,” Phillips said.

It was unclear how long Murray had been Jackson’s physician. Tohme Tohme, a family spokesman, said Murray had been in the position for about a year, but Phillips said he understood the relationship had been going on about three years. Tohme Tohme says the doctor had been summoned to actually live with Jackson about two weeks ago.

Phillips said Murray, who tried to resuscitate the fading Jackson inside his Bel Air home, was at the hospital when he arrived.

“He was there, very distraught all day. I saw him,” he said. “He could barely talk.”

Murray spoke briefly with investigators at UCLA Medical Center on Thursday and cops later impounded the silver BMW he had been using in search of clues leading to Jackson’s perplexing death.

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The famous pop singer, along with others from the business, have been hit by a wave of sadness after hearing about the tragic loss that occurred recently. Madonna is quoted to have said the following about Michael Jackson’s death: “I can’t stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever! My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless.” Others have also expressed their sympathies and deepest regrets: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Elton John… everybody really misses the pop wonder. Everybody seems to have lost an important source of plagiarism… erm, I mean inspiration with Michael Jackson’s death.