Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 29, 2009

Yes, there has been a leak about the coroner’s findings contained in the preliminary autopsy report of pop star Michael Jackson. Anyone thinking, “Duh”?

Tragic information has been published today by the UK’s The Sun about the physical condition of Michael Jackson at the time of his death. If indeed the Sun’s report is true, how many of us are actually surprised?

We’ve all observed Michael’s physical changes and erratic behavior, especially during just the last few years. We’ve watched his once-athletic body becoming thinner and frailer (he weighed only 8 stone, 1 oz, or 113 pounds, at a height of 5 feet, 10 inches). His face was shriveling up, looking more and more ghoulish, and not from the lightness of his pale face makeup color. This was a man in dire psychological trouble. To say this is “sad” is a blatant understatement.

What is even more tragic is that multiple signs of his mental deterioration were evident for years and years, and no one in his elite circle, his camp, his FAMILY, spoke out or tried to help him with his mounting problems and physical deterioration. Hangers-on and gold diggers clung to his coat tails for money or media attention. They tried to either cash in or glean something from his diminishing multi-million-dollar accounts, and closed their eyes to the wasting away of an enormously talented man. They did nothing.

They let Michael slip further and further, and ultimately, slip to his premature death… my heart absolutely breaks. However, I’m still flabbergasted that during the US House vote last Friday on the controversial Waxman-Markey global warming energy tax bill, the largest tax bill to EVER, EVER be levied against Americans and based on false science and selective data, the heated proceedings were abruptly halted to “give a moment of silence” to Jackson passing away the previous day. Theatrics? Distraction? Media nonsense?

UPDATE:
The Sun: 8st 1oz, no food just pills in his stomach, bald, bruised, his ribs broken by CPR, 4 needle wounds near his heart…
By NICK PARKER and STEVE KENNEDY | June 29, 2009

The horrifying state of pop superstar Michael Jackson in his final days can be revealed by The Sun today.

Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton — barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died.

His hips, thighs and shoulders were riddled with needle wounds — believed to be the result of injections of narcotic painkillers, given three times a day for years.

And a mass of surgery scars were thought to be the legacy of at least 13 cosmetic operations.

Experts found the distressing evidence of Jacko’s physical decline while investigating his startling death in Los Angeles last week.

The examination showed the 5ft 10in star — once famed for his on-stage athleticism — had:

PLUNGED to a “severely emaciated” 8st 1oz. It is understood anorexic Jackson had been eating just one meagre meal a day.

Pathologists found his stomach empty aside from partially-dissolved pills he took before the painkiller injection which stopped his heart. Samples were sent for toxicology tests.

LOST virtually all his hair. The pop pin-up was wearing a wig when he died and pathologists said little more than “peach fuzz” covered his scalp.

A scarred section of skin above his left ear was entirely bald — apparently the result of a 1984 accident when his hair caught fire as he filmed an ad for Pepsi.

SUFFERED several broken ribs as frantic rescuers pumped his chest after he collapsed in cardiac arrest. Four injection sites were found above or near to Jacko’s heart.

All appeared to result from attempts to pump adrenaline directly into the organ in a failed bit to restart it.

Three of the injections had penetrated the heart wall — causing damage — but a fourth missed and hit one of the 50-year-old star’s ribs.

The autopsy also found unexplained BRUISING on Jackson’s knees and on the fronts of both shins. And there were CUTS on his back, indicating a recent fall.

The King of Pop’s once handsome face bore a network of plastic surgery scars, while the bridge to his nose had vanished and its right side had partially collapsed.

As inquiries into the tragedy last night focused on the star’s personal physician Dr Conrad Murray, a source close to the Jackson entourage said: “Michael’s family and fans will be horrified when they realise the appalling state he was in.

“He was skin and bone, his hair had fallen out and had been eating nothing but pills when he died. Injection marks all over his body and the disfigurement caused by years of plastic surgery show he’d been in terminal decline for years.

“His doctors and the hangers-on stood by as he self-destructed. Somebody is going to have to pay.”

Cardiologist Dr Murray was thought to have given Jackson the final injection of painkiller Demerol.

He is facing serious questions about his resuscitation attempts, which began when he started CPR as Jacko lay unconscious on a bed. Basic first aid guidance says patients must be face-up on a hard surface before compressions.

Experts yesterday expressed amazement that a trained cardiologist could have made such an error, potentially wasting vital minutes.

Additional damage was believed to have been caused by oxygen masks and tubing inserted during resuscitation attempts. But in an ironic twist, the probe found Jacko was recovering well from skin cancer — with an op to shave cells from his chest a total success.

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Amy Holmes, Big Hollywood: America’s Peter Pan of Pop
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Jim Treacher’s Blog That Is on the Internet: It’s a Good Thing Those Cherubs Have Wings
James Hudnall, Big Hollywood: My Disturbing Michael Jackson Experience
Hot Air: Audio: Democrat “close to nauseated” over MJ moment of silence
Michelle Malkin: Another reason MSM’s Jacko-mania reeks
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TVNewser: TV News Devotes 28 Hours to Michael Jackson; 93% of Cable Airtime
Gazzer’s Gabfest: As another racially ambiguous musical entertainer once said, “You ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!”

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