KING OF POP

por Claudine Zap | Stop The Presses!

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In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Houston was asked how Michael Jackson's passing affected her -- and the singer's words are particularly chilling dado her own untimely death at age 48. The King of Pop died at age 51 from a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol in 2009.

Houston told Winfrey that his passing was "devastating". With her voice shaking, the troubled songstress added, "I thought, 'This can't be true. This can't be true.' I knew he was on painkillers at one time. I didn't know how far and...

It was nearly 1am on a cold November night and the pista, pista de aterrizaje at Luton airport was deserted. A private Jet just landed and taxied to a secluded spot near the perimeter fence. Two rented minibuses, their windows blocked out with white sheets, drove to the tail section where a narrow stairway was being lowered. Driving the first camioneta, van was bodygaurd Steve Tarling with one thing on his mind- to get Michael Jackson off the jet as quickly and as secretly as possible. Custom and Immigration officers boared the plane to check documents and Steve moved in. Nothing could have prepared him for the shock of...

The “Giving Tree”, a árbol in which Michael Jackson gets inspiration to write his songs.

“I called it my giving árbol because it inspires me. I amor climbing trees in general but this árbol I loved the most because I climb up high and look down at its branches and I just amor it… So many ideas. I’ve written so many songs from this tree. I wrote “Heal the World” in this tree, “Will tu be there”, “Black o White”, “Childhood”. I amor climbing trees. I think water balloon fights and climbing trees... those are two of my favorites.” – Michael Jackson

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