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Did drugs kill Michael Jackson?

Posted Fri 26 Jun 2009 9:05AM BST by Mitch Carter in The Guestlist
Could Michael Jackson's death have been caused by prescription painkillers?

According to the Jackson family's lawyer Brian Oxman, the singer had been taking painkillers to deal with injuries sustained whilst rehearsing.

Speaking to CNN, Mr Oxman said "His injuries, which he had sustained performing, where he had broken a vertebra and he had broken his leg from a fall on the stage, were getting in the way."

Elsewhere, stress has been cited as a possible cause for Jacksons death. 

Close friend Uri Geller told Sky News that preperations for his upcoming O2 dates may have been to blame "Stress is a killer, any doctor will tell you that. I think the anticipation of this mammoth challenge that was coming upon him, doing these 50 concerts, wanting to be close to perfection when he was going to be on stage, put him under huge, huge pressure. That could have done it, though this is just my opinion. I didn't think it was a mistake to take the tour but I think it was a mistake to do so."

An autopsy is now underway with the results of the toxicology tests due to be released later today.

24 Comments

1. Charry -
mmmmmmmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Iwuagwu -
hi ,my name is Adams.,drugs are of defferent type.i don`t think an ordinary pain-killer can kill a big fish like Jackson.before i make any comment,i will like you to please be spacific on the type of drug. thank you.

3. Suky -
I dont think Micheal Died of Drugs , May his soul rest in Peace, I will miss U Micheal Suky ( UG)

4. tara -
hmmmm? but id doubt it...I thought he`d live forever...I`ll say he`l moonwalk the whole way to heaven..

5. Yahoo! Music User -
To comment no.4. I am disgusted that you would spam on an article as sensitive as this. Have you no respect for the dead? There is no place for your rubbish spamming here, and so as a result I have taken a print screen of this article, and will subsequently be forwarding it on to your host, hopefully they will share the same offense that I feel. I, along with many others, find it extremely offensive that you would take the death of Michael Jackson as an attempt to make a fast buck, you are scum, there's no other word for you.

6. PHYLLIS -
I hope this Icon's death is not typical of all our icons who passed before him. Hopefully, he simply was called by God, or Higher Power, what ever your belief may be. However, with all the BAD publicity, I feel he more than likely was on LOADS OF PRESCRIPTION MEDS. and, like Elvis, Maryilnn,etc. The meds probably caused the heart attack. If this is the case, I blame the doctor's prescribing meds. known to interact with one another, and the SPECIALIST , so called, my opioin of doctors, is they are simply spolied brats, born with silver spoon in mouth,and therefore , pursued a college degree, to PARTY, LONGER IN COLLEGE, and not have to deal with the realities of life, because mom and dad would take care of that for them. I am saying MOST, doctors could care less about ANY OF THEIR PATIENTS, totally ignore a patient's complaints, and by doing so, cause either serious life threatening illnesses, or as I have just experienced DEATH!!! The LOVE of my life, MY TEDDY BEAR, the FATHER OF MY CHILDREN,was diagnosed with a pinced nerve in his back, then the ER, when he was in excruitaing pain and had to get a pain shot, told him that he had pulled muscles in his back, sent him home with pain pills. We haven't lived together for about 4 years, however, we still had relations, our relationship was MUCH STRONGER, and we had every intention of living together again, our daughter is 23, with a daugher of her own, and my son, 17, lived with Dan in Piedmont, about 20 minutes from where I live.Anyway, on the Friday night after he was treated and released from the hospital, at 1 a.m. Bri got up to check on her daddy and he was snoring, VERY NORMAL, at 2 a.m.Dan was hurting so she gave him a pain pill, and went back to bed, at 3a.m. she went to check on him and he had already passed and was purple!! That was on Sat.June6th, she received the autopsy report showed on Sun. June 7th, that an ulcer burst in his stomach and poisoned him to death!!! We HAVE NO MONEY, DUE TO THE ECONOMY, HE HAD NO LIFE INSURANCE, we had to open a Memorial Fund at the local Sun Trust Bank in my Sister's Name, Melissa Henderson for James Daniel Hiott. The crematory wasn't going to let my daughter have Dan's remains until a certain amount of money was paid, that was taken care of , however, my children, being that I rent, and live with a MAN they HATE, the house their father passed in was a rental, and Briana's job, is shutting down on June 30th. My point is , I work at a local convenience store, only to bring in almost $200 per week, and the so called Man I am stuck with, doesn't want me to be able to get away from him, so my check is used to buy all household items, food, meds, gas for a handicapped van for his MANY doctor visits, plus we both smoke, I figured Just for cigarettes in one week, and the total for those was $120 in one week, wish to God I could quit, I have had cancer twice , and was diagnosed with COPD, due to smoking years ago, issued a Neubulizer, which I do not lik

7. FAWKES{Vv} -
painkillers tend to thin the blood so if he had taken to many over a sustained period of time the routines and workouts he was doing for the upcoming tour could have made his heart work to fast in order to pump the thinned blood round his body which culminated in a heart attack and he wasnt young anymore at 50 years old and that would up the anti as well..R.I.P MICHAEL J

8. Child of God -
Really...........lets quit the blame game here. I am so glad to have lived through a time when Michael Jackson's genius was around. Genius is rare, I loved the comment about "moonwalkig his way to heaven" I hope his soul is at peace and I for one am grateful to have witnessed such unleashing of dance, music and unbounded energy as this guy had.

9. freddymac -
YAHOO why is it your moderators are quick to remove or not pubkish any comment that they dont agree politically yet you blatantly ignore the spamming going on on all your comment sites, in many cases multiple spamm comments by the same id over and over again.
This Gillianhood17 id appears over and over again.

Sort it out on this question it IS OFFENSIVE
i hope the people behind Gillianhood17 rot in hell and i hope all their family die a nasty painful death!

10. cute_bad boi -
He never died of drugs..what rubbish do people try to say...let the man rest in peae without being bad mouthed.he has been bad mouthed for many years!! let him r.i.p

11. Kelly -
i cant belive that he should have got help

12. April -
i cant believe Micheal is dead its such a shock

13. Zwai -
may his soul rest in peace!!! Y can't media stop this thing'When a pupolar person die they start saying is bcouse they takes drugs.Let respect the dead.

14. Mario -
Yo no creo que hayan sido las drogas. Su organismo se deterioro a causa de tantas cosas que se puso con el tiempo, por eso le dio vitiligo. Michael fue un gran cantante, un gran artista, pero emocionalmente tenia muchos problemas.

15. Mario -
Michael fue un gran cantante y un gran artista. emocionalmente nunca estuvo bien .Se puso tantas cosas que daño su cuerpo. deacanse en paz

16. Dr. R A -
he is dead so he is dead. NO ONE CAN CHANGE THAT CAN THEY? true oe false?

17. Yahoo! Music User -
Comment for user no: 4......It's disgusting that you would try to make money on behalf of an 'icons' death such as Micheal Jackson. He gave so much including millions to multi charities. Gosh you must be a very cold person. Oh and Thank you no: 6

18. Yahoo! Music User -
his death is such an awful shock

19. Louise -
i think drugs did kill him coz he was a health freak so........:]

20. Yahoo! Music User -
its hard to believe this king of pop is gone it will be lonely in fans worlds im not a huge fan but he was a nice nd knd maan
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