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Pop star Michael Jackson (C) arrives
with his father Joe Jackson and mother Katherine (R), at the Santa Barbara
County Courthouse in Santa Maria, California, in this March 14, 2005 file
photo. Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star
and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on June
25, 2009, after being taken ill at his home, the Los Angeles Times said.
He was 50.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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LOS ANGELES, June 29 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles judge
on Monday named Michael Jackson's mother as temporary guardian of his three
children, four days after the pop star unexpectedly died at his rented estate.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff
approved the appointment of Katherine Jackson, 79, based on a petition of
guardianship by her for the children. A hearing in the case has been scheduled
for Aug. 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The judge also scheduled a hearing for July 6 to
address issues regarding the naming of a temporary guardian of the singer's
estate.
He also ordered that notice of the hearing be
provided to Deborah Rowe, the mother of two of Jackson's children, Prince
Michael, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11. The third child, Prince
Michael II, 7, was born to a surrogate mother.
It was unclear who the superstar named as his
executor of his will. Jackson reportedly wanted his children to live with his
mother after his death.
Rowe and the Jackson family could potentially wage a
protracted battle over whether the children will remain with the Jackson family
at their home in a Los Angeles suburb, or be turned over to Rowe.
No painkiller before Jackson's death:
lawyer
LOS ANGELES, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Pop icon Michael Jackson's
doctor did not inject a powerful painkiller into the singing star just before
his death, the doctor's lawyer said in remarks published on Sunday.
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Michael Jackson fans gather near the
Eiffel Tower in Paris, June 28, 2009. Jackson, the child star turned King
of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed
by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on Thursday. He was 50.
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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"There was no Demerol. No OxyContin," asserted lawyer
Edward Chernoff in an interview posted on the Los Angeles Times' Website. Full story
Funeral plans for Michael Jackson
pending after autopsy
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Fans mourn during a candlelight
gathering for Michael Jackson in Shanghai June 27, 2009.
(Xinhua/Reuters photo)
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LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Funeral plans for Michael
Jackson were pending on Saturday, one day after an autopsy on the body of the
former "King of Pop," who died on Thursday unexpectedly at a Los Angeles
hospital.
The body of the 50-year-old singer was released to his
family by the coroner's office Friday night after the autopsy, which took about
three hours. But announcement of the cause of death has been deferred pending
toxicological tests, which take four to six weeks, officials said. Full story
Autopsy under way to determine cause
of Jackson's death
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles coroners
began an autopsy on Friday to determine the cause of U.S. pop star Michael
Jackson's death as rumors spread that he might die from a drug overdose as well
as heart attack.
Jackson, who was 50, was pronounced dead Thursday
afternoon at the Medical Center of the University of California in Los Angeles
(UCLA). He was in full cardiac arrest when paramedics rushed him to the
hospital. Full story
Michael Jackson dies at 50 in Los
Angeles
LOS ANGELES, June 25 (Xinhua) -- American pop icon Michael
Jackson was announced dead here Thursday at a hospital after suffering a heart
attack at his rented home in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.
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U.S. pop star Michael Jackson performs
"We are the World" during the World Music Awards at Earl's Court in London
November 15, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters file photo)
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The 50-year-old former "King of Pop," whose musical
achievements were overshadowed later in life by his often-eccentric behavior and
accusations of lewd behavior with young boys, died when he was preparing for a
series of London concerts, which might be his last performances on stage.
Tickets to those concerts are already sold out. Full story
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