January 3 : Michael goes book shopping.
January 15 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills with Blanket.
January 28 : Meeting at the Carolwood mansion : Michael (with Blanket, Peter Lopez and Dr Tohme Tohme by his side), meets an AEG delegation headed by Philip Anschutz, its billionaire founder, AEG’s chief executive Tim Leiweke, Randy Phillips, who heads up AEG Live and Paul Gongaware. Michael signs a deal for 10 concerts in London next summer and he also accepts to submit to a rigorous medical check-up.
Late january : Michael meets nurse Cherilyn Lee on the adivise of Faheem Muhammadhis head of security.
January 30 : Christian Audigier visits Michael at his Carolwood home.
February 01 & 02 : Nurse Cherilyn Lee visits MJ at his home.
February 04 : Michael goes through a medical evaluation to validate his AEG ‘s contract.
February 06 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills
February 07 : Michael goes to the Bel Air Hotel for a business meeting with Dr Tohme.
February 10 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills
February 13 : Michael hosts a party for Prince’s 12th birthday at the Carolwood home.
February 18 : The medias reveal that Michael is in secret talks with AEG Live to stage his pop revival with up to 30 dates at the O2 arena in London.
February 21 : Michael hosts a party for Blanket 7th birthday at the Carolwood home.
February 22 : Michael watches the Academy Awards at home with his children.
February 23 : Michael invites his fans Robert and Talitha to his Carolwood home.
February 27 : Nurse Cherilyn Lee visits MJ at his home.
Michael goes shopping with Christian Audigier in L.A.
March 01 : In an interview to hollywood.tv, Christian Audigier reveals that Michael is about to go to London to give a press conference next march 05 in order to announce a new tour next summer!
March 03 : Michael lands via private jet of Harrod’s owner Mohammed Al-Fayeds at Luton Airport, London with Prince, Paris, Blanket and manager Dr Tohme Tohme. They check in the hotel Lanesborough, Park Lane.
March 04 : MJJ Productions, file a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on against Julien’s Auction House. It claims founder Darren Julien promised to send Michael an inventory of sale items, but that the singer hasn’t given permission to move them all.The suit claims many of the items are “priceless and irreplaceable” and describes the attempt to sell them as “malicious, fraudulent, extreme, outrageous and without any legal justification whatsoever.”MJJ Productions authorized the auction house to remove the items from Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, according to court documents, but not to sell them without Jackson’s permission.
March 05 : Wracked with anxiety, MJ locks himself in his hotel room. Dr. Thome informs Randy Phillips, who goes to MJ’s room to force him to attend the press conference. In an email to his AEG colleagues, Randy states that MJ was hungover after drinking too much alcohol the previous night. Phillips allegedly screamed at MJ, slapped him, and put him under a cold shower to wake him up.
Michael arrives one hour late at the 02 Arena for his press conference. He announces his last concerts in London beginning on July 08. The event named “This Is It” .The touring deal with concert promoter AEG Live was arranged by a Colony Capital associate Dr Tohme Tohme who has been Michael’s manager and president of MJJ Productions for a year. As part of the deal, AEG’s corporate parent, Anschutz Corp., agreed to invest in a pet project of Mr. Jackson’s, a 3-D feature film based on his song and music video “Thriller.”People close to the singer say that he is eager to return to work. “Between Anschutz and us, he’s got plenty of capital,” said Tom Barrack, Colony’s chief executive. “He’s serious, he’s focused, he’s healthy and he’s listening.”To obtain insurance for the tour, AEG arranged for an independent physician to conduct a five-hour physical exam of Mr. Jackson. “He passed with flying colors,” said AEG’s Mr. Phillips.”For the first time in his life, Michael Jackson has people around him who believe in him and look after him,” said Dr. Tohme. “And are trying to help him and advance his career.”
March 06 : Michael goes to see the musical “Oliver” at the Royal Theatre in London with Prince, Paris, Blanket as well as Mark Lester and his children Lucy, Harriet, Olivia & Felix.
March 08 : Michael and his entourage fly back to Los Angeles.
Michael writes a teaser message on the website for presale “This is It” tickets.
March 09 : Nurse Cherilyn Lee visits MJ at his home. Michael complains to her about his low energy.
Michael calls reality-television personality Jade Goody, who is suffering with cervical cancer, to offer any support, promising VIP tickets to his upcoming “This is It” show for her, husband Jack, and her two sons.
March 11 : Pre-sale begins on Ticketmaster for Michael’s concerts. 40 dates are added.
Michael goes shopping in L.A.
March 13 : Tickets for Michael’s 50 live dates at London’s O2 arena sell out within 4 hours on Ticketmaster
March 19 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
March 23 : Michael goes to Dr Kein’s in Beverly Hills with Blanket.
March 25 : In a lettrer adressed to AEG’s Randy Philips, Michael names Leonard Rowe as his authorized representative in all matters concerning his endeavors in the Entertainment Industry.
A top executive of concert promoter AEG Live wrote an email to another company executive saying, “We need to pull the plug now. I will explain.” The email is sent from Randy Phillips to Paul Gongaware. In another sent that day, Ortega writes Gongaware that it was Karen Faye’s “strong opinion that this is dangerous and impractical with consideration to MJ’s health and ability to perform.”
March 28 : Michael goes to CenterStaging, a studio in Burbank, California with Kenny Ortega and Travis Payne to start rehearsals for This Is It.
April : Miko Brando, Michael Bush, Dennis Tompkins & Karen Faye are back in the MJ TEAM.
Michael accepts a meeting with publishing company Kraken Opus to collaborate on a planned book about his life.
April 1 : Michael goes to the Bel Air Hotel for a business meeting with Dr Tohme.
April 3 : Michael hosts a party for Paris’s 11th birthday at the Carolwood home. Grace attends the party and soon after she is “terminated” by AEG.
April 4 : Michael goes to Las Vegas where he and Kenny Ortega attend the show “Le Rêve” at the Wynn resort.
April 6 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
Dr Conrad Murray orders Propofol for MJ for the first time.
April 9 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills and he visits the antique store Lladro on Rodeo Drive.
April 10 : Michael goes to the Bel Air Hotel for a business meeting.
April 12 : Michael takes the children to Elizabeth Taylor’s Easter party. Later that day, Nurse Cherilyn Lee visits him to help his sleeping problem.
April 13/14/15 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
Auditions take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood to select the dancers for Michael’s upoming concerts. Michael attends the final call back on the 15th along with his choreographer Travis Payne and creative director Kenny Ortega. They select 6 men (with 4 understudies) and 2 women (with 2 understudies) on a 2-year contract to perform “national” and “international” venues on the “This Is It” tour
April 14 : LOS ANGELES – A collection of Michael Jackson’s possessions from Neverland Ranch is safe from the auctioneer’s gavel now that the pop singer and Julien’s Auction House have reached a settlement to their dispute over whether 2,000 items were ever intended for sale.Specific terms were not disclosed. But, in short, Jackson keeps his things, while Julien’s keeps its exhibition, which was open to the public and originally meant to promote next week’s sale.”There was so much interest from so many of Jackson’s fans that instead of putting the items in the hands of private collectors, Dr. Tohme and Julien’s Auction House have made arrangements that will allow the collection to be shared with and enjoyed by Jackson’s fans for many years to come,” read a joint statement from Jackson spokesman Dr. Tohme R. Tohme and auction organizer Darren Julien.Jackson’s production company, MJJ Productions, sued Julien in early March, seeking to halt the sale by arguing that Jackson hadn’t authorized it. A judge blocked one effort by MJJ Productions to cancel it earlier this month, and another was scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday for an injunction.”I believe both sides are pleased with the resolution,” Julien said Tuesday by telephone.Julien has said he spent $2 million organizing the sale, which another auctioneer estimated could have fetched $12 million after its April 22 start. The exhibition in Beverly Hills costs $20 to attend, and auction catalogues — a $50 single volume and $200, five-volume boxed set — were still selling, Julien said.The statement also said MJJ Productions and Julien’s Auction House would be making a “substantial” donation to MusiCares to benefit artists in need.Julien said all of Jackson’s possessions, which the auction house took directly from the Neverland Ranch property, would be returned to the pop singer. He would not say where they would be taken.
Michael has a meeting with Leonard Rowe & Joe Jackson at his home in Beverly Hills and signs the letter adressed to Randy Philips of AEG to advise him that he has appointed Leonard Rowe as his representative.
April 15 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
April 16 : Michael goes to CenterStaging where he meets Frank Dileo, Travis Payne and his fans Talitha and Robert.
April 17 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
April 18 : Dr Allan Metzger visits Michael & the kids at their Carolwood home.
April 19 : Nurse Cherilyn Lee visits Michael for the las time at his home in Carolwood. Michael complains again of sleep issues and asks her for Propofol : “I just wanna go to sleep! Find me an anesthesiologist to set up this IV”. Nurse Cherilyn Lee explains to him that it’s too dangerous. She spends the night by his side.
April 20 : Michael asks again for Propofol but Nurse Cherilyn Lee refuses. Later Michael asks Dr Murray for Propofol…
April 21/22/23/25/27/28/30 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
April 22/23 : Michael rehearses songs at CenterStaging.
April 29 : From Talitha Linehan’s book : April 25 2009 : ” There was a rumour that Michael was going to attend the Neverland exhibition, and indeed some of my friends were there now, hoping that he’d make an appearance on this, the final evening. So, I asked him, “Michael, are you going to the exhibition?” “What exhibition?” he asked. “The Neverland exhibition,” I clarified. “Oh no, that’s not happening anymore. I’m keeping all my things. That was never supposed to happen.” Maria said, “We’re really happy that you’re keeping every-thing. Michael, I went there this morning and saw my tapestry, the one I gave you three days before Prince’s birthday. You had it in the children’s nursery, do you remember?” Michael looked confused. “You went to see it?” “Yeah,” said Maria, “at the exhibition.” “But the auction is called off,” said Michael. “It was a big mistake. I don’t even want to talk about it. It makes me so angry.”
Late April : Michael invites composer David Michael Frank to his home to discuss the compositions of Michael’s unfinished classical album.
May : Family Day at Tito’s Calabasas home to celebrate the 40th anniversary of “I Want You Back” (Michael, Janet & LaToya do not attend).
The Jacksons (Jermaine, Jackie, Tito & Marlon) start shooting their reality TV series.
May 4/5/6 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
May 5 : Raymone Bain, Michael’s former manager and spokersperson, files a lawsuit in Washington D.C claiming breach of contract; quantum meruit and unjust enrichment and she asks for 44 millions $.
Dr. Tohme Tohme is officially terminated as Michael’s manager and disbarred from having any subsequent affiliation with him or any of his numerous established entities (including MJJ Productions and the newer MJJ Kingdom).
Michael hires Frank Dileo as his new manager.
May 8 : AEG hires Dr Conrad Murray as Michael’s personal physician for the “This Is It” tour.
May 12 : AEG issues a press release to officially announce Kenny Ortega as the show producer. Along with the press release is a new picture of Michael & Ortega during the rehearsals.
May 13 : Michael hires magician Ed Alonzo to work on the “This Is It” show.
May 14 : Michael and his kids attend Katherine & Joe 60th wedding anniversary at an Indian restaurant in Beverly Hills with the whole family (Jackie, Rebbie, Tito, Jermaine, Latoya, Marlon, Janet and their children). Randy is the only one not attending. This is the last time Michael sees most of his family including Janet & LaToya.
May 15 : Beverly Hills, CA, – In an official statement issued today The Jacksons (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy Jackson) have denied they were in any way involved with a proposed Jackson 5 reunion concert in Texas on July 3rd claimed this week by New Jersey concert promoters AllGood Entertainment. According to The Jackson’s manager, Danny O’Donovan, The Jacksons, were never approached about participating in the purported Texas concert event with Michael and sister, Janet.
Michael attends a business meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel with his parents Joe and Katherine, Randy Philips, his business associate Paul Gongaware and Leonard Rowe
Later he goes shopping with the kids and he also goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
May 16 : Michael invites his fans Robert and Talitha to his Carolwood home.
May 17 : Michael goes to an art festival in Beverly Hills with Prince, Paris & Blanket.
May 18 : A new video is premiered on http://www.michaeljacksonlive.com/ showing the dancers’ auditions.
May 19/20/21 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Berverly Hills.
May 20 : Kenny Ortega and Randy Phillips announce in a press conference that the 4 opening shows have been rescheduled due to production delay. The opening night is now July 13th.
In a letter signed by Michael, Leonard Rowe is preventing from working or speaking on his behalf. Frank Dileo is now the one and only Michael’s manager.
May 22 : Fans hear Michael recording a new song from a building in the back of Michael’s Holmby Hills estate. Michael tells them he is working on the lyrics and has not chosen the title yet.
May 27 : First day of rehearsals at the Forum in Los Angeles.
May 29 : Michael has a meeting with his team to check visual references for the dome projects that were in the works. As Michael leaves the venue, some fans stop him in his car to take some photos, these being the last photos they got with him.
Michael invites some fans into the CenterStaging and reveals that he had gone to bed thinking it was 10 concerts and woke up finding out it was 50. Michael’s curly hair is back! Later Michael goes for the second time in 10 days to a sound design studio on Magnolia Boulevard.
June 01 : The “This Is It” team leaves Center Staging for a bigger place : The Forum in Inglewood, California.
Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Berverly Hills with Blanket.
June 01-11 : In Culver Studios in Culver City, Michael shoots “The Dome” Project which consists seven works: “Smooth Criminal” (Jackson inserted into classic 2D black-and-white film noir chase sequence); “Thriller” (3-D movie starting in a haunted house with a ghostly image of Vincent Price, then moving into a graveyard where the dead awaken); “Earth Song” (3D short film featuring little girl who wanders through rain forest, takes a nap and dreams of the splendor of nature, and awakens to find the natural world has been devastated); “They Don’t Care About Us” (a/k/a Drill, 2D film in which a sea of soldiers march in unison; 10 male dancers replicated hundreds of times); “MJ Air” (3-D movie in which a 707 jet pulls into the frame; hole was to open in screen for Michael Jackson to enter; jet flies away); “The Final Message” (3-D movie of little girl from rain forest embracing the earth); and “The Way You Make Me Feel” (2D theatrical background featuring male dancers fashioned as historical construction workers.
June 3 : Michael goes to Culver Studios with Prince, Paris & Kenny Ortega where he shoots “The Drill” 3D.
June 3/4 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
June 4 : Michael visits Culver Studios on the set of The Drill/TDCAU and Thriller which would be shown on the backdrop screens of the show. Michael coaches the dancers before and during the filming, he also checks the visuals for Earth Song. Later, Michael attends rehearsals at the Forum for the first time. Songs rehearsed : The Drill/TDCAU, Jam, Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel, Stranger In Moscow.
June 5 : Rehearsals at The Forum. Michael arrives and hugs his dancers while the band is playing “Heartbreak Horel”. Vocal coach Dorian Holley warms up with Michael. Michael rehearses Human Nature, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You, Thriller, Beat It and a bit of Don’t Stop Til you Get Enough.
June 6 : Michael and his team checks special effects & stage production for the show. When Michael takes off the Balmain jacket, he is ready to perform on stage. A few songs from the second half of the setlist were rehearsed including You Are Not Alone, Billie Jean and Man In The Mirror. At the end of the evening, the complete staff gets on a round and Michael says some inspiring words for what they expect to live in the coming months.
June 7 : Michael has an 11am appointment with Lou Ferrigno. He goes to Culver Studios at 1:30 PM then he meets Seth Riggs at 3:30 pm at the Forum. At 5pm, Michael rehearsed with Band.
Michael takes Prince, Paris and Blanket to the El Captain Theater to see the Disney film “Up” with Kenny Ortega, Travis Payne and Alif Sankey.
The same night, Jeffre Phillips throws a surprise party for LaToya 53rd birthday in L.A with Joe, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Janet, Taj, Taryll, TJ, Auggie, Jermaine, Jr, Autumn, Jaimy, Jeremy, Jourdyn, Genevieve, Steveanna, Randy Jr, Donte and Jaafar. Michael does not attend the party.
June 10 : Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
June 11 : The Dome Project for Thriller is filmed at Culver Studios. The video segment would be shown on giant screen before Michael appear on stage, he would be revealed under a black widow. Michael invites several fans on the set including Marika and Mounya from the french team of followers. The fans give him a red jacket as a gift. They are worried about his health after seeing him too skinny when he takes off his jacket to try the new one. Later, the fans decide to write e-mails to Michael’s friends and family including Karen Faye. Karen replies that she is “aware of Michael’s condition” and is “doing everything humanly possible”.
Michael purchases art from Nelson De La Nuez, including a Wicked Witch of the West painting.
June 12 : The Dome Project for Smooth Criminal is filmed at Culver Studios.
The video segment would be shown on giant screen, as he jumps from the window, MJ appears on the middle of the stage over the ramp with a gun and shoots at the screen revealing the title.
June 13 : Michael cancels rehearsals in “Doctor’s orders”.
June 14 : Kenny Ortega exchanges e-mails with Paul Gongaware, Randy Phillips, Travis Payne and Frank Dileo about Michael’s health.
June 15 : In his home studio, Michael records vocals for the song “Remember What I Told You”. Last song Michael ever put vocals to.
June 16 : Jermaine, Jackie, Tito & Marlon give a press conference to announce that they are back in the studio for their “40th anniversary album”. Michael is not a part of this project.
Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills and then he attends rehearsals at the Forum. Michael & team try new stage production effects such as the side fans, the toasters, the cherrypicker and more. Stage rehearsals from the top of the setlist to the Jacksons medley. On his way back to his house, Michael seems “confuse and incoherent” according to Talitha.
This week, local D.C. attorney Henry W. Asbill of Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP appeared in court to represent Michael Jackson against the charges filed by Raymone Bain. Also, three additional attorneys from the New York firm have been arranged to help work on the case pro hac vice (as they aren’t legally licensed to practice law in D.C.) alongside Mr. Asbill, including Frank C. Salzano, Donna L Gordon, and most notably L. Londell McMillan. It is now expected that a response to the suit will be filed before the 10-day default notice is up–later this week, and that no default judgment will be awarded.
June 17 : John Branca meets with Michael and Frank Dileo during rehearsals at The Forum and they talk about working together again. Stage rehearsals running through the first half of the set (Wanna Be, Speechless, Jam, The Drill, Human Nature, Smooth, The Way You Make Me Feel). MJ coaches the dancers on Dangerous, gets off-stage and sees them rehearsing the dance routine.
June 18 (Thursday) : Michael does not show up at rehearsals. Randy Phillips goes to Michael’s house at 100 Carolwood Way. In the presence of Dr Murray he demands Michael to stop seeing Dr Klein and stop takings the drugs Dr Klein give him. Michael finally goes to the rehearsal at the Forum at 9:30 pm visibly shaken. He hugs his dancers and crew, he’s wearing a Michael Bush jacket that was supposed to wear during I Just Can’t Stop Loving You in the concerts. He rehearses I’ll Be There, The Jacksons medley and Black Or White.
June 19 (Friday) : During the last day of rehearsal at the Forum, Michael seems upset, not coherent, drugged and disoriented so following Kenny Ortega’s suggestion he decides to go back home in order to rest.
June 20 (Saturday) : Deeply concerned about Michael’s physical and mental health, Kenny Ortega writes an e-mail to Randy Philips at two in the morning : “Randy, I will do whatever I can to be of help with this situation. If you need me to come to the house, just give me a call in the morning. My concern is now that we’ve brought the doctor into the fold and have played the tough love, now or never card is that the artist may be unable to rise to the occasion due to real emotional stuff. He appeared quite weak and fatigued this evening. He had a terrible case of the chills, was trembling, rambling and obsessing. Everything in me says he should be psychologically evaluated. If we have any chance at all to get him back in the light. It’s going to take a strong therapist to help him through this as well as immediate physical nurturing. I was told by our chereographer that during the artists costume fitting with his designer tonight they noticed he’s lost more weight. As far as i can tell there is no one taking care responsibility (caring for) for him on a daily basis. Where was his assistant tonight? Tonight I was feeding him, wrapping him in blankets to warm his chills, massaging his feet to calm him and calling his doctor. There were four security guards outside his door, but no one offering him a cup of hot tea. Finally it’s important for everyone to know , I believe that he really wants this. I twould shatter him, Break his heart if we pulled the plug. He’s terribly frightened it’s all going to go away. He asked me repeatedly tonight if i was going to leave him. H e was practically begging for my confidence. It broke my heart. H e was like a lost boy. There still may be a chance he can rise to the occasion if we get him the help he needs”.
A meeting takes place at Michael’s house in presence of Dr Murray, Randy Philips, Frank Dileo & Kenny Ortega.
Michael speaks with Gerry Inzerello about writing the music for the World Cup song if Inzerello is awarded the song.
A fan named Sandy writes an e-mail to Karen Faye and Michael Bush because she is very concerned about Michael’s health. Karen Faye writes en e-mail to Frank Dileo because she is concerned about Michael’s health. The email Faye sent to Frank DiLeo is a note from a fan concerned with MJ’s weight. Faye writes in the email: “Frank… Unfortunate she’s right. I’m fearful he’ll make himself so sick he will die. If he doesn’t do this show he has no where else to go…”.
June 21 (Sunday) : Michael spends father’s day with Prince, Paris and Blanket and he also calls the Cascio family and the Lester family.
In the afternoon he feels sick. One of his bodyguards calls nurse Cherilyn Lee. MJ tells gher “One side of my body is hot and one side of my body is very cold”. She advises him to see a Doctor.
Michael calls will.i.am to wish him a Happy Father’s Day.
From Talitha’s book : “We remained in this state of limbo, crippled with uncertainty, until 21 June, when we received an email from a French fan called Marika, who had visited Michael at Culver Studios with another fan earlier that month to present him with a jacket they’d made. She wrote that when Michael had taken off his jacket to try on theirs, they had been shocked by how skinny he was, beyond “scary skinny,” she said, “a skeleton.” On return to France, Marika had written to Michael’s long-time makeup artist and friend, Karen Faye, who was working on the This Is It tour. Karen had replied, saying that she was aware of Michael’s condition and was “doing everything humanly possible” to help him. She asked Marika to keep her observations to herself, no doubt out of concern for Michael’s privacy, but Marika decided to share them with us, and though it didn’t prevent the horror that would unfold four days later, I’ll always feel grateful that she did. In her email, which she sent to about thirty followers, Marika pointed out that the only other people (his children aside, obviously) around Michael on a daily basis were employees. “No family, no friends, no one,” she said. “On the set, I watched people around Michael. Everyone was avoiding Michael, looking somewhere else. They were all working on their video. Too [much] money involved. You don’t want to be fired because you told Michael Jackson to eat. You all know Michael’s employees will never take the risk to lose their job. They don’t love Michael this much.” She then urged us all to help him. “So please, let’s all discuss it together, to find a way to save him. And I don’t think ‘save’ is too exaggerated,” she said.
June 22 (Monday) : For the last time Michael goes to Dr Klein’s in Beverly Hills.
Production for This Is It moves from The Forum to the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Karen Faye Faye goes over to Michael’s house to replace his wig. She waits a couple of hours and is told to leave, MJ doesn’t want to do it.
Marika’s email is forwarded on June 22 from Faye to DiLeo. Faye adds : “When he asked me to do this in May and met with him. I saw a slender but strong and coherent Michael Jackson. “It seems like he is setting himself up to be the victim,” Faye wrote in the email to DiLeo. I thought the best pathway, he needed some psychological help,” Faye explained. “I’m trying to figure out what is going on.” “He hurts himself most of all,” Faye wrote.“I don’t think you, Kenny or Randy deserve becoming the villains, or the financial victims,” Faye wrote. “This is between you and me alone,” Faye wrote in the email to DiLeo. “I am leaving this in your hands as you have instructed me to do.” “His bones are protruding. I’m one person that has physical contact with him every day. Michael’s OCD is getting worse. He repeats his actions and rambles words constantly”. There was no response from Frank DiLeo or anybody else…
June 23 (Tuesday) : Michael and the “This Is It” team start rehearsing at the Staples Center in L.A. Michael rehearses several songs in full including Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin, Jam and They Don’t Care About us. Talitha reaches Michael’s hand after reherrsals and says later to her friends “Michael’s hand was trembling”.
Michael calls Deepak Chopra to informally help him with lyrics for an environmental song he is working on.
June 24 (Wednesday) : Michael arrives at the Staples Center at 7 p.m where he meets with the production team to finalize some visual elements of the show. Afterwards, he attends a meeting about a planned Halloween TV special scheduled to air on October 31, 2009 on CBS, featuring footage of “Thriller” and “Threatened” from the shows. Later, MJ rehearses three songs: “Thriller/Threatened”, “Earth Song” and “Dangerous”. Before going back home, Michael is given fan letters by his beloved Talitha.
June 25 (Thursday) : Last day of Michael’s life.
-12 :30 am : Michael leaves the Staples Center with a “huge smile on his face” according to Talitha.
– 1:00 am : Michael arrives at his home, 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles. and Dr Murray begins treatment.
– 2:00 am : Valium pill administered
– 3:00 am : Intravenous diazebeem, IV of benzso
– 5:00 am : Other treatment
– 7:30 am : Other drugs through IV
– 10:40-11am : Infusing with propofol. At some point, Michael ceases to breathe and dies soon after that.
– 11:51 am : Dr Murray call- lasted 11 mins. The witness heard noises at other end of phone. Likely Conrad Murray who realized MJ was not breathing.
– 12:05 pm : Murray comes down the stairwell and tells chef Kai Chase “Get security, get Prince”.
– 12:12 pm : Dr Murray calls Michael Amir Williams, and leaves him a message.
– 12:15 pm : Williams returns call and Murray says MJ had a bad reaction.
– 12:17 pm : Williams then calls Alberto Alvarez who is in second trailer outside house, checks permission to go in house, goes upstairs to MJ’s bedroom. Alvarez sees MJ on bed, Murray doing one handed CPR on the soft bed. Murray tells Alvarez that MJ had a bad reaction and asks him to collect medical evidence. Faheem Muhammad arrives in the room. Prince & Paris also go upstairs and Paris is crying on her hands and knees. Muhammad leaves the room to whisk two of Paris and Prince, away from the foyer at the front of the room to keep them from the commotion.
– 12:21 pm : Alvarez is told to get a bag and Murray collects medical bottles, and IV bag etc., as told and only then is he told to call 911.
– 12:22 pm : Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics receive a 911 call.
-12:26 pm : Paramedics treating MJ on site. MJ’s Eyes fixed and dilated and he was cool to touch. He flatlined so heart action taking place. No observation of appropriate equipment for treatment with propofol, according to paramedics. Asked Murray about underlying medical condition. Asked Murray what drugs he had given doesn’t mention propofol. UCLA medical center advised futher care on MJ useless..they in contact with paramedics.
-12:57 pm : As the revival efforts produce no results Dr. Cooper gives the paramedics permission to pronounce MJ dead. She is told that Dr Muarry wants to continue with life saving efforts.
– 1:07 pm : Paramedics transport to UCLA Medical Center with MJ.
Prince, Paris & Blanket follow the ambulance in a car with Michael Amir Williams & Faheem Muhammad.
– 1:13 pm : Michael’s body arrives in ER room. Doctors at hospital only asked Murray what he treating MJ for. Mentioned on drug, valium and flomax..no mention of propofol to UCLA doctors.
– Doctors still tried to bring MJ to life.
– 2:26 pm : Michael Joseph Jackson is pronounced dead by Dr. Cooper
Michael Williams, Frank Dileo and Dr Murray tell Prince, Paris & Blanket that their father is dead. Frank Dileo says “Your daddy had a heart attack and died”.
Katherine arrives to UCLA with her nephew Trent and learns from Dr Murray about Michael’s death. She then reunites with Prince, Paris & Blanket.
LaToya, Jermaine, Halima, Randy, Kathy Hilton Randy Phillips and Dr Tohme arrive to UCLA.
Paul Gongoware calls Kenny Ortega to inform him of Michael’s passing. Kenny call the entire cast and crew to tell them the horrible news…
Jermaine announces Michael’s death in a short press conference.
Michael’s body is taken by helicopter to the coroner’s office.
LaToya signs Michael’s death certificate.
Prince, Paris and Blanket are taken to Hayvenhurst with Katherine, LaToya, Austin, Jermaine, Halima, Randy & Tito join them.
Larry King Live special on CNN with Celine Dion, Cher & Suzanne DePasse among others.
Janet who is at her home in NYC learns the tragic news from Tito on the phone. Her manager Kenneth Crear releases the following statement as reported live on CNN:
“Janet Jackson is grief stricken and devastated at the sudden loss of her brother. She is in pre-production for a movie and is flying immediately to California to be with her family.”
Janet flies from NYC to L.A.
At night LaToya goes to Michael’s Carolwood home with Jeffré Phillips, Ron Boud. Rebbie, Katherine, Trent. Janet joins them…
