"Brian Oxman, Jackson family spokesman and attorney, reacted to the tragic news of Michael Jackson's death on CNN. He said he was "stunned" and that he cried with the family. He also said that the people surrounding Michael were "enabling him" and that he "warned" the family that Michael may have been abusing prescription drugs.
Watch the interview below.
(then VIDEO at this huffingtonpost.com article)
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Gotham Chopra: Writing Songs With My Friend Mike
My friendship with Michael Jackson was very special to me. Over the last few years, it always felt awkward to explain that I met him initially when I was fifteen-years-old and that we instantly hit it off. | |
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Deepak Chopra: A Tribute to My Friend, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's mixture of mystery, isolation, indulgence, overwhelming global fame, and personal loneliness was intimately known to me. For twenty years I observed every aspect, and as easy as it was to love Michael -- and to want to protect him -- his sudden death yesterday seemed almost fated. What began as idiosyncrasy, shyness, and vulnerability was ravaged by obsessions over health, paranoia over security, and an isolation that grew more and more unhealthy. He was surrounded by enablers, including a shameful plethora of M.D.s in Los Angeles and elsewhere who supplied him with prescription drugs. " | |
Physicians/MDs are supposed to be healers, not drug pushers.
