On Friday the 26th of June 2009, The King of Pop passed away at the age of 50

On Tuesday, the 7th of July 2009 Michael Jackson was laid to rest after a beautiful memorial ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles...

24/07 5:59am: Jermaine Jackson has apparently promised Michael's alleged oldest son that if the DNA tests come back positive he will be accepted and treated as part of the family..

23/07 8:01am: Michael Jackson's second autopsy has found needle marks and Propofol - just as his first autopsy did....

23/07 7:49am: Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray has had his office stormed and searched by police - seems he may be a major suspect...

23/07 7:18am: Jermaine Jackson has confirmed that they will be performing a tribute show for Michael at the O2 - it will be him and his brothers with Janet, but they will not be performing under the Jackson 5 banner...

22/07 8:11am: Word is Sony Pictures have gained the rights to MJ's final rehearsal and will be releasing it as a film on October the 30th...

21/07 7:59am: Is there a half-Norwegian boy that's Michael Jackson's secret son? He looks just like him and was sitting with the family in the front rows of MJ's rehearsal... judge for yourself HERE

21/07 7:28am: LaToya has released a song called "Home" in tribute to her brother...

21/07 7:11am: Apparently the bids for the rights to the full footage of Michael's final rehearsal have begun, and we are talking big cash...

21/07 6:49am: The custody hearing for the custody of MJ's kids has been delayed again - word is Janet is planning to go really hard for them...

21/07 6:05am: One of Michael Jackson's gloves is set to go up for sale at an auction, and is expected to fetch MILLIONS...

20/07 8:47am: Police are investigating the death of Michael Jackson and say they will bring charges of second degree murder within days...

20/07 8:03am: A short clip from an unreleased Michael Jackson song has leaked online - it uses the rhythm from "Horse With No Name" and apparently America were stoked! You can hear it HERE

20/07 7:32am: Debbie Rowe is suing the woman who talked smack about her - and has been calling the police after paparazzi have been climbing on top of her house...

20/07 6:12am: Some more news from Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial filming - apparently the director of the shoot where MJ's hair caught on fire was overheard telling MJ to stand under the sparks for longer... see the video of what happened HERE

17/07 8:46am: Word is Michael Jackson's children want to stay with Janet Jackson - apparently they want to spend all of their time with her and live with her..

17/07 7:11am: Debbie Rowe's friends have said that she is just not capable of looking after the children - it's not that she doesn't love them, or doesn't want the best for them, but she is just not capable of raising them...

17/07 6:14am: Apparently there may be video footage of Michael's death as it is reported that all of the hospital rooms have video cameras in them...

16/07 8:33am: MJ has sold 2.3 million albums in the US alone since his passing...

16/07 8:18am: Michael Jackson's death has now been set as a homicide... more details will be out soon!

16/07 7:47am: Debbie Rowe's friend says she emailed her saying that she wasn't interested in custody of the kids as they were never her kids... what a nice friend to leak that!

16/07 7:03am: Arnold Klein, Michael's dermatologist, is in trouble with the coroner's office - unfortunately everything is coming out, and people seem more concerned with the fact that he's gay and into a website where you meet fat, hairy gay men...

16/07 6:11am: Joe Jackson says he never beat Michael Jackson - he says he smacked him, but has no regrets and he brought the kids up the right way!

15/07 8:39am: Word is AEG Live want to run an official Michael Jackson tribute show on his birthday in August...

15/07 8:27am: Souveniers from Michael Jackson's This Is It! London tour are now available for sale online and through retailers...

15/07 7:36am: Debbie Rowe has apparently dropped her bid for custody in exchange for 4 million dollars and the promise that Joe won't be involved in the upbringing of the children. Word is Janet will be looking after them as their grandmother is 79...

15/07 6:12am: We've had word that Michael Jackson's autopsy results may be delivered sooner than expected...

14/07 8:15am: LaToya Jackson is determined to prevent Debbie Rowe from getting the kids - she says they are not Debbie's kids, they don't even know who she is, and she knows things about Debbie and will do whatever she can to prevent her getting them...

14/07 7:41am: MJ's dad Joe Jackson wants to create a Jackson three with MJ's three kids. The family is angry but he thinks they have talent and Blanket can really dance!

13/07 8:13am: MJ's older sister LaToya is claiming that he was murdered in a conspiracy to get his money - apparently they got him hooked on drugs to get their hands on millions of dollars worth of music publishing rights, and there's 2 million dollars of cash and jewellery missing from his house...

13/07 7:51am: Joe Jackson says no-one can take care of Michael's kids like he and his wife can, and they should have full custody...

13/07 7:42am: Michael Jackson's kids never had friends, never attended a day of school, and all slept together in the same room - people are now worried they may have trouble adjusting to a slightly more normal way of life...

10/07 8:56am: Michael Jackson's sequined white glove became a signature fashion item for the King of Pop, but according to a friend of Jackson, it was really used to hide the early stages of his skin disease. "Michael was beginning to develop the vitiligo and it started on his hand. The glove was to cover the vitiligo; that's how that glove came into being," actress Cicely Tyson said during an interview with Larry King.

10/07 7:12am: More than 31 million people watched the Michael Jackson service on television, the third highest number ever for a televised funeral, only behind Princess Diana in 1997 (33 million) and President Ronald Reagan in 2004 (35 million).

09/07 7:29am: Word is Michael took 10,000 pills over the last 6 months for real and imagined illnesses...

09/07 7:01am: There were full-colour, glossy programs handed out at Michael Jackson's tribute yesterday - apparently they were filled with amazing photographs of Michael with his family, other celebrities and world leaders!!

09/07 6:49am: Apparently the battle for where Michael Jackson will be buried is still raging - his family is fighting over it, with Jermaine wanting him to be buried at Neverland, and his mother fighting against him being cremated...

09/07 6:23am: The producer of Michael Jackson's memorial show says that Paris Jackson's speech wasn't planned... they didn't think the kids would even take to the stage, and whilst the musical performances and tributes were planned her speech was a surprise...

09/07 6:11am: Michael Jackson is now the king of Facebook - he has more than 7 million fans...

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