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Michael!
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What Really Happened To Michael Jackson | by Leonard Rowe
Great website :
http://jetzi-mjvideo.com/books/
What Really Happened
"The Evil Side of the
Entertainment Industry"
So far, I've read one chapter & all I can say is, "Thank you!" Finally, someone who actually KNEW Mike! He's speaking in the first person & I love it!
"Still to this day, I can remember, the first time I met Michael. I immediately noticed something different about him. There was something in his eyes; it was like being in the presence of someone holy." -Leonard Rowe, May 14th 2010 Atlanta, GA
http://jetzi-mjvideo.com/books/
What Really Happened
"The Evil Side of the
Entertainment Industry"
So far, I've read one chapter & all I can say is, "Thank you!" Finally, someone who actually KNEW Mike! He's speaking in the first person & I love it!
"Still to this day, I can remember, the first time I met Michael. I immediately noticed something different about him. There was something in his eyes; it was like being in the presence of someone holy." -Leonard Rowe, May 14th 2010 Atlanta, GA
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Michael Jackson sign is restored at Hollywood school
For seven years, the gleaming silver letters that once proclaimed the Michael Jackson Auditorium at Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood were hidden behind white plywood boards.
The boards had been placed there to hide the name of the pop singer at the behest of parents shortly after Jackson was arrested on suspicion of child molestation in 2003. Since his death last year, fans had rallied for the restoration of the sign, which they saw as a symbol of Jackson’s legacy.
Now, Jackson’s name gleams again.
Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Ramon C. Cortines ordered the boards stripped away Friday "in recognition of Michael Jackson’s musical legacy and contribution to modern culture."
A school district spokesman said the decision was made in large part because Jackson had been acquitted of criminal charges in the molestation case.
On Friday night, a Facebook page calling for the restoration of the sign was overflowing with joyous comments.
"I could cry!!" one person wrote. "I wish he were here to see this!!"
On the page, devotees from places as far away as Japan and Sri Lanka posted photos of themselves holding handmade posters calling for the boards to be stripped away.
Fans had planned to show up at a school board meeting Tuesday to demand that the sign be revealed.
Jackson was briefly enrolled as a student at Gardner Street Elementary. In 1969, he and his family moved to Los Angeles from Gary, Ind., so that Jackson and his brothers could make a record with Motown.
Jackson was an 11-year-old sixth-grader at the school when the Jackson 5 released their debut album, a smash hit that foreshadowed Jackson’s record-breaking solo career.
The Gardner auditorium was dedicated to Jackson in 1989. He attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, where the school's choir sang "We Are the World," a tune Jackson co-wrote.
An illustration of Jackson's face was posted in the auditorium in 1989, and a picture depicting the singer surrounded by children was hung in the main office. The auditorium drawing was removed several years ago because it kept falling down. The picture in the office also was removed to make room for a new intercom system.
-- Kate Linthicum
Photo: L.A. Times file
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I Love Wembley Stadium!
They showed Mike sooo much love!
(He’s listed first for a reason! Keep reading!)
Music
Wembley Stadium became a musical venue in August 1972 with an all-star rock 'n' roll concert called the London Rock and Roll Show. It since played host to a number of concerts and events, most notably the British leg of Live Aid, which featured such acts as David Bowie, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Who, Dire Straits and U2, was held at the stadium on 13 July 1985.
Other charity concerts which took place in the stadium were the 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness and the NetAid charity concert.
Acts who played at Wembley Stadium include:
- Michael Jackson (fifteen times, selling over 500,000 tickets in the process)
- The Rolling Stones (twelve times)
- Madonna (nine times)
- U2 (eight times)
- Genesis (they had four sold out shows in a row in early July 1987)
- Phil Collins (five times)
- Bon Jovi (five times) (they had three sold out shows in a row from 23 June to 25 June 1995)
- Tina Turner (four times, who had two sold out concerts recorded during her Twenty Four Seven Tour for the live tour DVD in the year 2000)
- The Animals (twice, once 1965 performing three songs at the NME Poll Winners Concert and the other on December 31, 1983, during their reunion tour, which was released as "Rip It To Shreds!" in 1984)
- Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams had two sold out shows, 1992 and 1996)
- Oasis (two times, and recorded their video and album Familiar To Millions at Wembley)
- The Cure (who recorded tracks for their "Pictures of You" single)
- Guns N' Roses (In 1991 Izzy Stradlin played his last show as an official member.)
- Fleetwood Mac (They had 10 sold out shows in 1988 on their "Shake The Cage" tour)
- Queen (Played two shows on the 1986 "Magic Tour", with the concert on 12 July recorded for a live album, VHS release and DVD release)
- George Michael (twice)
- The Corrs
- Gary Numan (Performing for three sold out nights in 1981)
- Grateful Dead (Halloween shows - October 30 and 31, 1990)
- Johnny Cash (Played in 1979, recorded for the BBC in 1981 and 1986)
- The Who (18 August 1979: "The Who And Friends Roar In". Following a series of smaller warm-ups this was the band's first major concert after the death of drummer Keith Moon the previous year. An 80,000 sell-out.)
- AC/DC
- Bob Dylan
- Billy Joel
- Aerosmith
- KISS
- Jethro Tull
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
- Prince
- Sting
- Celine Dion
- Rage Against the Machine
- Cliff Richard
- Cornelius Mendez
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- ABBA
- The Bee Gees
- Status Quo
- Elton John
- Jean Michel Jarre
- The Beach Boys
- The Eagles
- Van Halen
- INXS
- Blur
- Pink Floyd (2 nights in August 1988, World War II search lights were used outside the stadium for dramatic effect for approaching fans)
- Metallica
- Simple Minds
- Spice Girls (two times, one of which was recorded and released as a VHS/DVD)
During Michael Jackson's Bad Tour in 1988, seven sell-out concerts were staged at Wembley which included five in a row, and two at a later date. Each concert had an attendance of 72,000 people. According to the Guinness Book of World Records Jackson set a new world record with 504,000 people attending the seven total concerts. These seven concerts were highly anticipated and created huge media attention. A further six sell-out concerts followed in 1992 during his Dangerous Tour and his three shows in 1997 during his HIStory Tour brought total tickets sold to over 1.1 million. Until the demolition of the 1923 stadium, this record had not been beaten.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
NPR's 50 Great Voices 2010
1. Al Green
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Bing Crosby
4. Bob Marley
5. Busta Rhymes
6. David bowie
7. Dolly Parton
8. Elvis Presley
9. Gudy Garland
10. Hank Williams
11. Isaac Hayes
12. Jackie Wilson
13. Janis Joplin
14. Jonie Mitchell
15. Lauryn Hill
16. Luther Vandross
17. Notorious B.I.G.
18. Slick Rick
19. Stevie Wonder
20. Whitney Houston
21. Willie Nelson
What do the names on this list have in common? This list is 21 of 135 names picked as the final nominees for:
NPR’s 50 Great Voices 2010
Yes, that’s right – Michael is NOT listed. I searched. Several times.
As I look @ this short list (of just a few names I recognized from the complete list), it leads me to believe, this nomination doesn’t just recognize “the voice,” but the artist’s “reach” & impact – worldwide – as well as the content of their songs, as they related to the “current events” taking place @ the time.
Well, with that said, whyyy then, is Michael absent? I nominated Michael & used “Earth Song” as proof of his “voice,” showcasing his range; “content,” showcasing his song-writing abilities that expressed his heart-felt compassion for our environment – which relates to the times, then & now. I even submitted the track in the email, as well as the lyrics.
I’m really confused. Is it just me?
(I found out about the nominations on michaeljackson.com (SONY sponsored), so it’s not as if the nominations were a secret.)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Karen Faye – A Life Intersected – August 29, 2010
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Click the photo, which will take you to Karen’s blog page. there, you will be able to feast on her recollection of Michael & his heartfelt dilemma when it came to the celebration of birthdays :-(
Thank you Karen for sharing!
August 29, 2010 -- Happy Birthday Michael!
My Birthday wish for you, is not a wish, but a continuous prayer: I’m happy for you, that you’re finally @ peace! I pray you heard the words, "Well done, my good & faithful servant..." & that they were music to your ears! My dear Angelman remain forever happy, in the company of the Angels, around God's throne - singing & dancing w/eternal joy – you, the creation - becoming one w/your Creator!
Thank You & God Bless You Miss Katherine!
AnMarie
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
No Charges Filed Against Other Jackson Doctors
Date: Thursday, July 29, 2010, 5:09 am
By: Greg Risling, Associated Pres
By: Greg Risling, Associated Pres
LOS ANGELES (AP) — State investigators probing the death of Michael
Jackson have decided not to file charges against seven doctors who
treated him, authorities said Wednesday.
The doctors were part of an investigation by state Attorney General Jerry Brown's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, spokeswoman Christine Gasparac said.
One doctor whose name was not released has been referred to the California Medical Board for prescribing drugs to a Jackson alias, she said.
Candis Cohen, a board spokeswoman, declined to confirm the action, saying complaints and investigations were not public record.
Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, has pleaded not guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. Authorities say Murray provided Jackson with a mix of sedatives, including a powerful anesthetic that killed him.
Murray was not among the seven doctors involved in the state investigation.
Los Angeles police who investigated the death had asked state and federal investigators to look into the prescribing practices of doctors who previously treated the 50-year-old pop star.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency has also stopped investigating the actions of any other Jackson doctors, agency spokeswoman Sarah Pullen said.
"I am very disappointed," said attorney Brian Oxman, who represents Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson in a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray. "The misuse of medications by Michael Jackson in the last years of his life was excessive and to fail to bring that to the public eye is ignoring reality."
The state investigation included the search of a prescription drug database that tracks doctors who prescribe controlled substances. The database also monitors the quantity and recipients of those drugs.
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AP Writer Thomas Watkins and AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.
The doctors were part of an investigation by state Attorney General Jerry Brown's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, spokeswoman Christine Gasparac said.
One doctor whose name was not released has been referred to the California Medical Board for prescribing drugs to a Jackson alias, she said.
Candis Cohen, a board spokeswoman, declined to confirm the action, saying complaints and investigations were not public record.
Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, has pleaded not guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. Authorities say Murray provided Jackson with a mix of sedatives, including a powerful anesthetic that killed him.
Murray was not among the seven doctors involved in the state investigation.
Los Angeles police who investigated the death had asked state and federal investigators to look into the prescribing practices of doctors who previously treated the 50-year-old pop star.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency has also stopped investigating the actions of any other Jackson doctors, agency spokeswoman Sarah Pullen said.
"I am very disappointed," said attorney Brian Oxman, who represents Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson in a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray. "The misuse of medications by Michael Jackson in the last years of his life was excessive and to fail to bring that to the public eye is ignoring reality."
The state investigation included the search of a prescription drug database that tracks doctors who prescribe controlled substances. The database also monitors the quantity and recipients of those drugs.
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AP Writer Thomas Watkins and AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.
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THIS is why these doctors aren't needed to testify. They had nothing to do w/what transpired on June 25, 2009.Katherine Jackson Still Struggles To 'Cope'
My heart goes out to you, Miss Katherine.
As heavy as my heart is, over the loss of Michael, I can't begin to imagine her pain - or the pain of any parent who has to bury their child.
God bless you & keep you.
Love, AnMarie
Thursday, July 22, 2010
When race-baiting backfires: The Shirley Sherrod teachable moment
The attack on the USDA's former Georgia director of Rural Development, Ms. Shirley Sherrod, by conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart is the most recent example of the dangers that come from reactionary sound-bite politics being put in the context of race.
Breitbart does not take responsibility for releasing the video clip, but he blames the media for blowing the situation out of proportion. Additionally, he admitted that he did not see the full tape until this week after he had placed the editing edited clips on the Internet.
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I just love this ‘penned’ phrase: “…reactionary sound-bite politics…” This isn’t to get political on anyone, but isn’t what this gentleman did to Ms. Sherrod, the same treatment given to Michael by the media? They took any ‘little’ thing he said or did & blew it out of proportion; removed things from its original context & added their two-cents to encourage a negative perception. Isn’t this what Bashir did??! He couldn’t destroy Michael’s soul, so instead, he set out to destroy Michael’s heart. His ‘sound-bite’ game cost MJ his life.
But, Michael continued to love, anyway!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
CELEBRITY SCALES: Michael Jackson, the Wounded Messenger: Star-Studded Legal Commentary for the Celebrity Obsessed
“Through his prolific body of work, advocacy initiatives and multi-million dollar charity efforts, Michael Jackson raised international awareness and support for some of the most complex and timeless issues confronting the human condition. AIDS, cancer, famine, homelessness, gang violence, racism, totalitarianism, environmental degradation, . . . A deeper analysis of Michael Jackson’s work reveals an individual with a burning concern for improving the lives of the disadvantaged and persecuted around the world...Global events in the weeks surrounding Jackson’s death alone directly mirror the complex problems for which he attempted to raise international awareness. In Iran and before the world’s eyes, civilian demonstrations were squashed and innocent victims like the young Neda Agha-Soltan brutally murdered by instruments of a totalitarian state. In Washington, D.C., a white supremacist motivated by pure hate attempted a killing spree at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, murdering an African American security guard in his rampage. In North Korea, U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee were unjustly sentenced to twelve years of hard labor to merely serve as international bargaining chips for an evil dictator. . . How are we now missing this message when it is even more crucial for it to be absorbed into the public mind? Not only do Michael Jackson’s cries of awakening continue to be ignored but his reputation continues to be smeared...”
Matt Semino is a New York attorney and legal commentator. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School , Cornell University and is a Fulbright Scholar.
Follow Matt Semino on Twitter: @MattSemino
Contact Matt Semino at Matt@MattSemino.com
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Thank You Matt!
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Friday, July 16, 2010
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. . . & the Good Lord called him home…
“I hate to see suffering, I hate to see people in need and I feel God gave me a gift and I have to use it responsibly by giving back and I’ll do it until I have pennies left or the good lord calls me home.”
-Michael Jackson
“Night-shift” by The Commodores!
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Commodores performed at Wembley Arena in London on June 25, 2009, the night Michael Jackson died. It was a somber experience for the Commodores to hear that news as they walked off the stage . . . 
Night-shift re-recorded in love!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Rock Hill doctor helped saved Michael Jackson's life after 1995 rehearsal collapse...
http://www.heraldonline.com/front/story/1458834.html
His pic is on the site.
Published: Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 / Updated: Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 07:31 AM
Rock Hill doctor helped saved Michael Jackson's life after 1995 rehearsal collapse
By Andrew Dys, Columnist - adys@heradonline.com
When Dr. William Alleyne II heard about Michael Jackson's death last week while on vacation, this doctor who specializes in lung ailments in Rock Hill turned young again.
In his mind, he was just Bill Alleyne, the young guy who spent money out of his pocket to buy Michael Jackson albums. The guy who became a doctor and took his new bride to Michael Jackson concerts.
“It was an overwhelming sense of sadness,” Alleyne said.
Sure, Bill Alleyne is a Michael Jackson fan like millions. But Dr. William Alleyne had more reason to be sad than most fans. Alleyne said Tuesday, for the first time in 14 years, “I was the doctor who saved Michael Jackson's life.”
In December 1995, Alleyne was the critical care director at Beth Israel North Hospital, on the Upper East Side in New York City across the way from the mayor's Gracie Mansion. He was the guy in charge when one of the nurses told him, “We have Michael Jackson coming here.”
Alleyne didn't believe it then.
“I said, ‘Ha, ha, very funny,'” Alleyne recalled.
He had seen patients who were stars, or spouses of stars, but this was different. Thousands of people started clamoring outside the hospital. The place was turning into bedlam.
“Ten minutes later, they rolled Michael Jackson in on a stretcher,” Alleyne said Tuesday from his Rock Hill office where he's one of the partners at Carolina Pulmonary Physicians. But in 1995, Alleyne was the doctor to the King of Pop. Jackson had collapsed after a rehearsal for an upcoming HBO special at the nearby Beacon Theater.
Alleyne and his wife had seen Jackson before in concert, on television, and now, in 1995, Jackson was waiting, unconscious, for Bill Alleyne to save his life.
“Mr. Jackson was in critical condition,” Alleyne said. “He was dehydrated. He had low blood pressure. He had a rapid heart rate. He was near death.”
Alleyne went from doctor to a star to doctor of a man who could die. Alleyne, an acquaintance of Jackson's doctor at the time who had seen some of that doctor's patients, had been picked personally by that doctor to be the attending physician for Jackson's emergency care. Alleyne gave the order to have the defibrillator ready if needed to treat the abnormal heart rhythm of the most famous entertainer with the best rhythm on Earth.
After about an hour or so that December dusk, Alleyne said he had Jackson stabilized with intravenous fluids and other treatment, and transferred Jackson to intensive care. But in the meantime, the crowd outside had become massive, a mob scene.
“I looked outside the window, and the crowd was shoulder to shoulder, huge, far more than when the mayor's mansion across the street had hosted the pope, the president, even Nelson Mandela,” Alleyne recalled.
And inside the hospital, Alleyne said, “it was absolute pandemonium.”
Jackson's entourage had muscled into intensive care. Alleyne had a brief showdown with one bodyguard who did not want to let Alleyne in the room again after Alleyne had left briefly. Alleyne recalled he said to the bodyguard, “Your boss is dying in there, and I am going in there to save his life. You can be the one who has to say you wouldn't let me in.”
Bill Alleyne walked in and saved Michael Jackson.
But the crush of people inside wasn't over. The entourage of Jackson's then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, came in. Presley came in, too. Then through the middle of the crowd, another entourage, and Janet Jackson, Michael's sister.
“Here is Janet, drop-dead, stop-the clock gorgeous, and she said, ‘Thank you for taking care of my brother,'” Alleyne recalled.
Alleyne found time to call home. His wife, Cheryl Courtlandt, a physician herself who now is a pediatrician at Levine's Children's Hospital in Charlotte, was home with two small kids.
“I'm gonna be a little late honey,” Alleyne told his wife. “Turn on the news.”
He told his wife Michael Jackson was his patient, and she said to her husband, verbatim, in words Alleyne will never forget: “Well, you take care of Mr. Jackson and hurry home, because I have two kids here and you need to take out the garbage.”
Jackson soon was stable, and Alleyne and Jackson started a doctor/patient relationship similar to all in theory but unlike any relationship Alleyne had ever had in practice. As people were climbing trees to get pictures of inside the hospital, as Jackson's fans sang his songs outside and the world press invaded the sidewalks and street for information about the condition of this most-famous man, Bill Alleyne tried to keep Michael Jackson alive with intravenous food and care.
“Michael Jackson was the most soft-spoken, least demanding guy you would ever want to meet,” Alleyne said. “Everything he said was a whisper. His biggest concern was could he perform.
Alleyne told Jackson no way could he perform anytime soon.
Alleyne had to get permission to release information to Jackson's family. Jackson gave it. Alleyne had to deal with other doctors who came to watch his every move, and a world that wanted information that Alleyne would not give to anybody but those Jackson said to give it to.
After about 72 hours, Alleyne and Jackson's publicists and others realized they had to give a press conference. So Alleyne worked with Jackson's people to go over what could be said, what to stay away from but still tell the truth. Alleyne was blunt with the world, saying Jackson did not have any immune system problems because rumors about AIDS were swirling. He was blunt that Jackson had no drugs in his system.
News accounts from 1995 show Alleyne and his then-partner, Dr. Bob Glennon, talking about Jackson's condition to convince the world that Jackson was, in fact, critically ill.
“Michael Jackson was unconscious when he arrived,” Alleyne said. “I had to make that clear.”
Through the next few days, Alleyne was Jackson's doctor. Other doctors came to watch behind him, but Alleyne said he was not affronted. Having others sets of eyes look at his care and treatment of Jackson was understandable.
Jackson had to do what other patients who are recovering must do, Alleyne said. Walk around, be monitored. Except he had an entourage in the next room.
“After a couple of days, Mr. Jackson told me he needed to get his hair done,” Alleyne remembered. “I told him we had a barber at the hospital.”
Jackson's entourage laughed: A stylist traveled around the world with Jackson and would style those locks right there in intensive care. The makeup crew came in, too.
Near the end of Jackson's hospital stay, he asked Alleyne if he could visit other patients in intensive care. Jackson met one lady, gave her an autographed picture after he prayed with her, and the lady told Alleyne, “I can die now; I prayed with Michael Jackson.”
Alleyne recalled, laughing: “I told Mr. Jackson maybe visiting with people who had suffered heart attacks or other serious problems wasn't such a good idea.”
When Jackson was discharged, Alleyne stayed in the background as the cameras went off and the video was shot. But Jackson asked Alleyne to make house calls for the next three days. Blood pressure checks, pulse, all that stuff. Alleyne was the director of critical care — house calls were not his bag. But Michael Jackson had asked, so Alleyne said yes.
“House calls, to the penthouse of the Four Seasons hotel,” Alleyne said. “He had rented out the entire top two floors.”
In one “moment of weakness,” Alleyne said he almost asked Jackson to teach him how to moonwalk — Jackson's famous trademark dance.
But Alleyne kept it professional with Michael Jackson, as the entourages and the world watched Alleyne's every move.
Finally, about two weeks into this whirlwind relationship, Alleyne told Jackson, “Mr. Jackson, you are stable. I can stop being your doctor and return to being your fan.”
All humble Alleyne asked for was an autographed picture for his kids to have years down the road.
Before Alleyne left the hotel that day, Alleyne recalled Jackson telling him: “Thank you for saving my life.”
Then Jackson told Alleyne he understood how difficult it had been for a black man to get to such a distinguished position within the medical world, that Alleyne's accomplishments were inspiring to Jackson.
“It was very touching,” Alleyne said. “I will never forget that.”
Alleyne never gave an interview since then, never signed any book deals or made a nickel off being Michael Jackson's doctor of almost two weeks. He never spoke to Michael Jackson again.
Alleyne, other than casual conversation with friends, or associates in medicine, or among the people at his medical practice, never told anyone of his time as doctor to the most famous entertainer in the world.
Alleyne's own children, son Douglas and daughter Courtney, only learned of his role when a documentary came out a few years ago that had some of the footage of the news conferences from 1995 in it. There was Bill Alleyne.
“Daddy, are you Michael Jackson's doctor?” his daughter asked.
“I said yes, because I was his doctor,” Alleyne said. “I looked at it as always being his doctor, that I had a professional relationship with Mr. Jackson and would honor that.”
This man with Carolina roots in his family came to Charlotte in 1996, then began practicing medicine in Rock Hill in 1999. He's done what humble doctors do: give some time to reading at schools, volunteered, raised his kids.
The sign outside his Rock Hill medical practice only has his name. There is no mention of Michael Jackson anywhere in the building.
Only now, after Jackson's death, did Alleyne agree to share his remembrances of those days.
Alleyne said that he told his wife, only half-jokingly, that the world spotlight would be on the doctors who had recently been caring for Jackson before his death.
Alleyne said he would be remembered as: “I was the doctor who saved Michael Jackson's life.”
Alleyne has, at night the past few days after seeing patients, watched some coverage of the aftermath of Michael Jackson's death.
“That to this day he is so loved comes as no surprise to me,” Alleyne said. “He was very gracious and kind.”
He understands that there were accusations against Jackson after 1995, but that was not the Michael Jackson Bill Alleyne knew in 1995.
And Tuesday afternoon, as tens of millions, maybe more, watched the memorial service for Jackson from Los Angeles, here's what Bill Alleyne, doctor, did: He saw other patients. He did not watch TV.
He helped a lady with a little bit of cardiopulmonary trouble. Another with asthma. More. Each received Bill Alleyne's full attention, as he had given Michael Jackson his full attention in 1995.
Alleyne saw them all, gave this interview about that two weeks 14 years ago, then went home.
Just like he did for those crazy days in December 1995, when Bill Alleyne was Michael Jackson's doctor.
This post has been edited by Happiness4MJ: Jul 10 2009, 01:19 AM
His pic is on the site.
Published: Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 / Updated: Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 07:31 AM
Rock Hill doctor helped saved Michael Jackson's life after 1995 rehearsal collapse
By Andrew Dys, Columnist - adys@heradonline.com
When Dr. William Alleyne II heard about Michael Jackson's death last week while on vacation, this doctor who specializes in lung ailments in Rock Hill turned young again.
In his mind, he was just Bill Alleyne, the young guy who spent money out of his pocket to buy Michael Jackson albums. The guy who became a doctor and took his new bride to Michael Jackson concerts.
“It was an overwhelming sense of sadness,” Alleyne said.
Sure, Bill Alleyne is a Michael Jackson fan like millions. But Dr. William Alleyne had more reason to be sad than most fans. Alleyne said Tuesday, for the first time in 14 years, “I was the doctor who saved Michael Jackson's life.”
In December 1995, Alleyne was the critical care director at Beth Israel North Hospital, on the Upper East Side in New York City across the way from the mayor's Gracie Mansion. He was the guy in charge when one of the nurses told him, “We have Michael Jackson coming here.”
Alleyne didn't believe it then.
“I said, ‘Ha, ha, very funny,'” Alleyne recalled.
He had seen patients who were stars, or spouses of stars, but this was different. Thousands of people started clamoring outside the hospital. The place was turning into bedlam.
“Ten minutes later, they rolled Michael Jackson in on a stretcher,” Alleyne said Tuesday from his Rock Hill office where he's one of the partners at Carolina Pulmonary Physicians. But in 1995, Alleyne was the doctor to the King of Pop. Jackson had collapsed after a rehearsal for an upcoming HBO special at the nearby Beacon Theater.
Alleyne and his wife had seen Jackson before in concert, on television, and now, in 1995, Jackson was waiting, unconscious, for Bill Alleyne to save his life.
“Mr. Jackson was in critical condition,” Alleyne said. “He was dehydrated. He had low blood pressure. He had a rapid heart rate. He was near death.”
Alleyne went from doctor to a star to doctor of a man who could die. Alleyne, an acquaintance of Jackson's doctor at the time who had seen some of that doctor's patients, had been picked personally by that doctor to be the attending physician for Jackson's emergency care. Alleyne gave the order to have the defibrillator ready if needed to treat the abnormal heart rhythm of the most famous entertainer with the best rhythm on Earth.
After about an hour or so that December dusk, Alleyne said he had Jackson stabilized with intravenous fluids and other treatment, and transferred Jackson to intensive care. But in the meantime, the crowd outside had become massive, a mob scene.
“I looked outside the window, and the crowd was shoulder to shoulder, huge, far more than when the mayor's mansion across the street had hosted the pope, the president, even Nelson Mandela,” Alleyne recalled.
And inside the hospital, Alleyne said, “it was absolute pandemonium.”
Jackson's entourage had muscled into intensive care. Alleyne had a brief showdown with one bodyguard who did not want to let Alleyne in the room again after Alleyne had left briefly. Alleyne recalled he said to the bodyguard, “Your boss is dying in there, and I am going in there to save his life. You can be the one who has to say you wouldn't let me in.”
Bill Alleyne walked in and saved Michael Jackson.
But the crush of people inside wasn't over. The entourage of Jackson's then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, came in. Presley came in, too. Then through the middle of the crowd, another entourage, and Janet Jackson, Michael's sister.
“Here is Janet, drop-dead, stop-the clock gorgeous, and she said, ‘Thank you for taking care of my brother,'” Alleyne recalled.
Alleyne found time to call home. His wife, Cheryl Courtlandt, a physician herself who now is a pediatrician at Levine's Children's Hospital in Charlotte, was home with two small kids.
“I'm gonna be a little late honey,” Alleyne told his wife. “Turn on the news.”
He told his wife Michael Jackson was his patient, and she said to her husband, verbatim, in words Alleyne will never forget: “Well, you take care of Mr. Jackson and hurry home, because I have two kids here and you need to take out the garbage.”
Jackson soon was stable, and Alleyne and Jackson started a doctor/patient relationship similar to all in theory but unlike any relationship Alleyne had ever had in practice. As people were climbing trees to get pictures of inside the hospital, as Jackson's fans sang his songs outside and the world press invaded the sidewalks and street for information about the condition of this most-famous man, Bill Alleyne tried to keep Michael Jackson alive with intravenous food and care.
“Michael Jackson was the most soft-spoken, least demanding guy you would ever want to meet,” Alleyne said. “Everything he said was a whisper. His biggest concern was could he perform.
Alleyne told Jackson no way could he perform anytime soon.
Alleyne had to get permission to release information to Jackson's family. Jackson gave it. Alleyne had to deal with other doctors who came to watch his every move, and a world that wanted information that Alleyne would not give to anybody but those Jackson said to give it to.
After about 72 hours, Alleyne and Jackson's publicists and others realized they had to give a press conference. So Alleyne worked with Jackson's people to go over what could be said, what to stay away from but still tell the truth. Alleyne was blunt with the world, saying Jackson did not have any immune system problems because rumors about AIDS were swirling. He was blunt that Jackson had no drugs in his system.
News accounts from 1995 show Alleyne and his then-partner, Dr. Bob Glennon, talking about Jackson's condition to convince the world that Jackson was, in fact, critically ill.
“Michael Jackson was unconscious when he arrived,” Alleyne said. “I had to make that clear.”
Through the next few days, Alleyne was Jackson's doctor. Other doctors came to watch behind him, but Alleyne said he was not affronted. Having others sets of eyes look at his care and treatment of Jackson was understandable.
Jackson had to do what other patients who are recovering must do, Alleyne said. Walk around, be monitored. Except he had an entourage in the next room.
“After a couple of days, Mr. Jackson told me he needed to get his hair done,” Alleyne remembered. “I told him we had a barber at the hospital.”
Jackson's entourage laughed: A stylist traveled around the world with Jackson and would style those locks right there in intensive care. The makeup crew came in, too.
Near the end of Jackson's hospital stay, he asked Alleyne if he could visit other patients in intensive care. Jackson met one lady, gave her an autographed picture after he prayed with her, and the lady told Alleyne, “I can die now; I prayed with Michael Jackson.”
Alleyne recalled, laughing: “I told Mr. Jackson maybe visiting with people who had suffered heart attacks or other serious problems wasn't such a good idea.”
When Jackson was discharged, Alleyne stayed in the background as the cameras went off and the video was shot. But Jackson asked Alleyne to make house calls for the next three days. Blood pressure checks, pulse, all that stuff. Alleyne was the director of critical care — house calls were not his bag. But Michael Jackson had asked, so Alleyne said yes.
“House calls, to the penthouse of the Four Seasons hotel,” Alleyne said. “He had rented out the entire top two floors.”
In one “moment of weakness,” Alleyne said he almost asked Jackson to teach him how to moonwalk — Jackson's famous trademark dance.
But Alleyne kept it professional with Michael Jackson, as the entourages and the world watched Alleyne's every move.
Finally, about two weeks into this whirlwind relationship, Alleyne told Jackson, “Mr. Jackson, you are stable. I can stop being your doctor and return to being your fan.”
All humble Alleyne asked for was an autographed picture for his kids to have years down the road.
Before Alleyne left the hotel that day, Alleyne recalled Jackson telling him: “Thank you for saving my life.”
Then Jackson told Alleyne he understood how difficult it had been for a black man to get to such a distinguished position within the medical world, that Alleyne's accomplishments were inspiring to Jackson.
“It was very touching,” Alleyne said. “I will never forget that.”
Alleyne never gave an interview since then, never signed any book deals or made a nickel off being Michael Jackson's doctor of almost two weeks. He never spoke to Michael Jackson again.
Alleyne, other than casual conversation with friends, or associates in medicine, or among the people at his medical practice, never told anyone of his time as doctor to the most famous entertainer in the world.
Alleyne's own children, son Douglas and daughter Courtney, only learned of his role when a documentary came out a few years ago that had some of the footage of the news conferences from 1995 in it. There was Bill Alleyne.
“Daddy, are you Michael Jackson's doctor?” his daughter asked.
“I said yes, because I was his doctor,” Alleyne said. “I looked at it as always being his doctor, that I had a professional relationship with Mr. Jackson and would honor that.”
This man with Carolina roots in his family came to Charlotte in 1996, then began practicing medicine in Rock Hill in 1999. He's done what humble doctors do: give some time to reading at schools, volunteered, raised his kids.
The sign outside his Rock Hill medical practice only has his name. There is no mention of Michael Jackson anywhere in the building.
Only now, after Jackson's death, did Alleyne agree to share his remembrances of those days.
Alleyne said that he told his wife, only half-jokingly, that the world spotlight would be on the doctors who had recently been caring for Jackson before his death.
Alleyne said he would be remembered as: “I was the doctor who saved Michael Jackson's life.”
Alleyne has, at night the past few days after seeing patients, watched some coverage of the aftermath of Michael Jackson's death.
“That to this day he is so loved comes as no surprise to me,” Alleyne said. “He was very gracious and kind.”
He understands that there were accusations against Jackson after 1995, but that was not the Michael Jackson Bill Alleyne knew in 1995.
And Tuesday afternoon, as tens of millions, maybe more, watched the memorial service for Jackson from Los Angeles, here's what Bill Alleyne, doctor, did: He saw other patients. He did not watch TV.
He helped a lady with a little bit of cardiopulmonary trouble. Another with asthma. More. Each received Bill Alleyne's full attention, as he had given Michael Jackson his full attention in 1995.
Alleyne saw them all, gave this interview about that two weeks 14 years ago, then went home.
Just like he did for those crazy days in December 1995, when Bill Alleyne was Michael Jackson's doctor.
This post has been edited by Happiness4MJ: Jul 10 2009, 01:19 AM
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Windows Live Writer
Testing, testing, , 2, 3 . . . I’m using a new Windows Live feature (in Windows 7; I recently upgraded from VISTA – UGHHH!).
Let’s see if it works!
I just luv the cartoon Mikes
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Michael's "alleged" Gay Romance; Message Board Comments
A brief excerpt of my comment on the above message board:
Good grief.
"@Josephine {comment dated: 30/04/2010 14:29} Well said Josephine! Common sense is simple: Hmmm, let's see . . . 1.Dermatologist's office 2.Dermatologist has a PA (PHYSICIAN'S ..."
Good grief.
Idiots are still looking for their 15 minutes . . .
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Song Facts: The Girl is Mine (Paul McCartney & the Beatles Catalog)
... my posting from the above website ...
FACT vs. RUMOR
Here's a link that breaks it all down: http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=beatles-song-catalog-history.
There was no bidding war. Michael had his lawyers approach Paul, FIRST. Never mind, Paul had already been approached earlier by the owners, themselves, but he said the price was too "steep." Once he found out Michael was interested, he "CHANGED HIS MIND."
Hmmm ... Paul has two-faces: He has been paying someone else his entire life, & never had a problem w/it until Michael got involved. Never mind, it was on Paul's advice that Michael ventured into this area, in the first place. Now, how would Paul know that, THAT is a great way to make money? OH YEAH! That's right! Someone is PAYING HIM, every time they sing one of their own songs. As a matter-of-fact, a "whole lotta someones." Hmmm, your attitude is very interesting, Paul . . . THAT is what's disgusting. Paul needs to get over himself. He had his chance & he had the money.
FACT vs. RUMOR
Here's a link that breaks it all down: http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=beatles-song-catalog-history.
There was no bidding war. Michael had his lawyers approach Paul, FIRST. Never mind, Paul had already been approached earlier by the owners, themselves, but he said the price was too "steep." Once he found out Michael was interested, he "CHANGED HIS MIND."
Hmmm ... Paul has two-faces: He has been paying someone else his entire life, & never had a problem w/it until Michael got involved. Never mind, it was on Paul's advice that Michael ventured into this area, in the first place. Now, how would Paul know that, THAT is a great way to make money? OH YEAH! That's right! Someone is PAYING HIM, every time they sing one of their own songs. As a matter-of-fact, a "whole lotta someones." Hmmm, your attitude is very interesting, Paul . . . THAT is what's disgusting. Paul needs to get over himself. He had his chance & he had the money.
Friday, March 12, 2010
I was watching Bridge to Terabithia, a while back, & something the father told Jess, to comfort him, touched my heart as it relates to our losing MJ, "Leslie brought something special to you, when she came here, didn't she? Well, hold on to that. That's how you keep her alive."
We Luv U & we Miss U Michael!
We're holding on ...
We Luv U & we Miss U Michael!
We're holding on ...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Why do 'the Haters' hate Michael?
A thought for my friends in psychology . . . help me out, here please:
Why do 'the Haters' hate Michael?
My thoughts . . .
For SOME, could it be because they loved him? They loved him for his awesome talents & ability to entertain & mesmerize . . . therefore, with “seemingly” everything going for him – they thought he should’ve been perfect . . . ? They put him on a pedestal, & because of his flaws, they thought it was a bad "reflection on "them?" After all, "...he's different; he's not like 'other' guys..." The haters don't want anyone to know they 'secretly' adore this man...
(there’s a “thin line between love & hate”)
Their "hate" reminds me of the little boy in class who pulls on the pigtails of the little girl he's actually crazy about. You know him! He likes her, but because she doesn't give him the time of day, he has to prove to "his boys" that he isn't a punk & really doesn't care. So, what does he do? He picks on her, calls her names, pushes her around, pulls on her pigtails, whatever he can, to "put her down," publicly. Hmmm . . .
Since their love couldn’t straighten him out, “make him perfect,” they decided to turn on him . . .:
(1). . . because although, he was a perfectionist when it came to his art, his craft/talent, he wasn’t a perfect person in daily life situations; he dared to show he was a human who made mistakes just like the rest of us mere mortals:
-- bad judgment calls;
-- followed bad advice & sometimes didn’t follow good advice;
-- was no more successful w/love than the rest of us (Egad!)
-- The “haters” hate Michael, because somehow, he shows them up for their own flaws & shortcomings; after all, how could this mere human, step up & step out, & become one of if not the greatest entertainer of all time? When you look @ his humble beginnings, it boggles the mind!
No, we - who love Michael Jackson - do not believe we can love away his flaws simply because we enjoy his music. We, his fans, KNEW he was human! We accepted him for his humanness, applauded him for his talents & loved him for understanding his place in this world & proudly taking it. He knew what he was sent here to do & he did it, without apology! How many of us have felt a “calling” on our life, but backed down out of fear? Fear of failure, fear of success??! Mikey has put us all “on blast!”
(2) . . . because there were times when he was easily led, just like a child . . .
(3) . . . because they were jealous that Mike felt free to proclaim, “he never wanted to grow up!”
(4) . . . because they were jealous, since they too, didn’t want to grow up, but were too embarrassed to admit it! (after all, you’re suppose to be a grown man, or grown woman, right?)
Why do 'the Haters' hate Michael?
My thoughts . . .
For SOME, could it be because they loved him? They loved him for his awesome talents & ability to entertain & mesmerize . . . therefore, with “seemingly” everything going for him – they thought he should’ve been perfect . . . ? They put him on a pedestal, & because of his flaws, they thought it was a bad "reflection on "them?" After all, "...he's different; he's not like 'other' guys..." The haters don't want anyone to know they 'secretly' adore this man...
(there’s a “thin line between love & hate”)
Their "hate" reminds me of the little boy in class who pulls on the pigtails of the little girl he's actually crazy about. You know him! He likes her, but because she doesn't give him the time of day, he has to prove to "his boys" that he isn't a punk & really doesn't care. So, what does he do? He picks on her, calls her names, pushes her around, pulls on her pigtails, whatever he can, to "put her down," publicly. Hmmm . . .
Since their love couldn’t straighten him out, “make him perfect,” they decided to turn on him . . .:
(1). . . because although, he was a perfectionist when it came to his art, his craft/talent, he wasn’t a perfect person in daily life situations; he dared to show he was a human who made mistakes just like the rest of us mere mortals:
-- bad judgment calls;
-- followed bad advice & sometimes didn’t follow good advice;
-- was no more successful w/love than the rest of us (Egad!)
-- The “haters” hate Michael, because somehow, he shows them up for their own flaws & shortcomings; after all, how could this mere human, step up & step out, & become one of if not the greatest entertainer of all time? When you look @ his humble beginnings, it boggles the mind!
No, we - who love Michael Jackson - do not believe we can love away his flaws simply because we enjoy his music. We, his fans, KNEW he was human! We accepted him for his humanness, applauded him for his talents & loved him for understanding his place in this world & proudly taking it. He knew what he was sent here to do & he did it, without apology! How many of us have felt a “calling” on our life, but backed down out of fear? Fear of failure, fear of success??! Mikey has put us all “on blast!”
(2) . . . because there were times when he was easily led, just like a child . . .
(3) . . . because they were jealous that Mike felt free to proclaim, “he never wanted to grow up!”
(4) . . . because they were jealous, since they too, didn’t want to grow up, but were too embarrassed to admit it! (after all, you’re suppose to be a grown man, or grown woman, right?)
(5) . . . because they were jealous that Mike was strong enough to be who he was, regardless of the criticism that followed, no matter how much it hurt him . . .
They hate him because in spite of all his humanness, his awesome talents & abilities, he still possessed that heart of a child. A heart that only saw the good in a person – who, like a child, believed that those around him had his best interest @ heart, even when they didn’t. Because he could relate to children, children sensed this & therefore flocked to him. They felt Michael was “one of them!”
Below is something I read on the youtube page of my friend “shine4fairies" (http://www.youtube.com/user/shine4fairies) .” I googled it for more information. Below is the beautiful & insightful passage:
___________________________________________
Our Deepest Fear
by Marianne Williamson
Below is something I read on the youtube page of my friend “shine4fairies" (http://www.youtube.com/user/shine4fairies) .” I googled it for more information. Below is the beautiful & insightful passage:
___________________________________________
Our Deepest Fear
by Marianne Williamson
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
___________________________________________
Is this our Baybeh, or what??!
As I read the following commentary
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.
And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
___________________________________________
Is this our Baybeh, or what??!
As I read the following commentary
(http://34thcardiffscouts.org/Documents/Our%20deepest%20fear%20is%20not%20that%20we%20are%20inadequate.doc) from the unknown writer/bloggist, I couldn’t help but cry! It was Michael. I thought, “Oh my goodness, that’s it! That’s Michael!” He wanted to be a “great entertainer,” & he was; however, it was not w/o “great” sacrifice!
In closing . . .
- I never met Michael Jackson.
- I never attended a concert; I cry watching youtube as I feel the life-force that jumps from my monitor (youtube may ban me @ anytime, now – or, Comcast may start charging me more $$ for the streams - LOL!)!
- I had some of his music, but not all of it. (you know that’s changed, right ;-) ?)
I loved him for being the one to “get my parties started!” Yeah, that’s right! It wasn’t a par-tay until Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ started sum’tin!
I appreciated him for his heart & love for children . . . for being so willing to be “out there” & be that instrument God used, by sharing his gift of music & dance to bring some joy into my heart & life, as well as the hearts & lives of others! Music does that! Mikey did that & he continues to do it, even now!
Michael Jackson has always been a part of my life. The fact that he was only two years older than myself . . . well, it’s like I say in my profile: “He was one of those constants in my life, that now he’s gone – it’s a hole that will forever be empty. What can possibly fill it?”
Please, you have to read the commentary for any of this to make sense.
Yes, there’s a “thin line between love & hate,” & the passion of 'the haters' proves it.
Michael was a “child of God who refused to play small, dared to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous!”
No, he wasn’t perfect, he was human. I’m thankful for being allowed to share the same time & space as he.
Happy & sad memories, but I’ll always “Remember The Time!”
Wow! He definitely let his light shine - didn’t he?
Thank you, my dear, sweet “Supernova,” for everything!
R.I.P. Michael! I’ll LoveU4eva!
In closing . . .
- I never met Michael Jackson.
- I never attended a concert; I cry watching youtube as I feel the life-force that jumps from my monitor (youtube may ban me @ anytime, now – or, Comcast may start charging me more $$ for the streams - LOL!)!
- I had some of his music, but not all of it. (you know that’s changed, right ;-) ?)
I loved him for being the one to “get my parties started!” Yeah, that’s right! It wasn’t a par-tay until Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ started sum’tin!
I appreciated him for his heart & love for children . . . for being so willing to be “out there” & be that instrument God used, by sharing his gift of music & dance to bring some joy into my heart & life, as well as the hearts & lives of others! Music does that! Mikey did that & he continues to do it, even now!
Michael Jackson has always been a part of my life. The fact that he was only two years older than myself . . . well, it’s like I say in my profile: “He was one of those constants in my life, that now he’s gone – it’s a hole that will forever be empty. What can possibly fill it?”
Please, you have to read the commentary for any of this to make sense.
Yes, there’s a “thin line between love & hate,” & the passion of 'the haters' proves it.
Michael was a “child of God who refused to play small, dared to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous!”
No, he wasn’t perfect, he was human. I’m thankful for being allowed to share the same time & space as he.
Happy & sad memories, but I’ll always “Remember The Time!”
Wow! He definitely let his light shine - didn’t he?
Thank you, my dear, sweet “Supernova,” for everything!
R.I.P. Michael! I’ll LoveU4eva!
1958-2009
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