Trial For Jackson Doctor Opens

More than two years after Michael Jackson ‘s death from an overdose of a powerful surgical anaesthetic, the irrepressible circus surrounding the King of Pop was back in full swing as the personal physician who attended to him in his dying hours stood trial for involuntary manslaughter. Fans with gold “MJ” armbands and T-shirts bearing the silkscreen likeness of their idol crammed the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles for a glimpse of courtroom entourage and a shot at one of the few open seats in the public gallery. Bloggers, gossip columnists and news crews were also out in force, just as they were at Jackson’s child molestation trial in 2005 and at the rehearsals for the ill-fated final tour – hauntingly named This Is It – that never took place in 2009/ Andrew Gumbel , The Guardian. More here. (AP photo — Michael Jackson fan Bristre Clayton of Las Vegas stands outside court during the trial of Conrad Murray)

• Originally, I published a post that included a combo photo of Jackson performing the day before his death along with one of him on a gurney after his death. Two respected commenters protested the photo. Therefore, I took it down. But those of you who are curious about it can see a similar one here.

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