by Donald Bogle
“What am I going to do”: Ibid., 524.
“On November 12”: Maldonado Jackson with Hack, Jackson Family Values, 199.
“Jackson fraudulently concealed”: Andy Soltis, “Slacko Jacko Hit with $20M Suit for De-tour,” New York Post, December 29, 1993.
“He was sitting alone”: Rob McGibbon, “ ‘How I Helped Sneak Jacko Into Britain,’ ” New York Post, July 25, 1994.
“I wanted to get”: Ibid.
“excessive and too negative”: Brendan Bourne, “2 Key Players Bolt Jacko’s Defense Team,” New York Post, December 21, 1993.
“Two grand juries had”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 541.
“Bodyguard Bill Bray was”: Ibid., 535.
“Don’t treat me like”: Bernard Weinraub, “Michael Jackson Settles Suit for Sum Said to Be in Millions,” New York Times, January 26, 1994.
“The criminal investigation of”: Weinraub, “Michael Jackson Settles Suit.”
“With the civil case”: Ibid.
“On the professional front”: Jeff Giles with Stryker McGuire, “The Check Is in the Mail,” Newsweek, February 7, 1994, 57.
“Thank God this case”: Associated Press, “Once Again, Liz Taylor Backs Michael Jackson,” Lodi News-Sentinel, January 28, 1994.
“USA Today’s Jeannie Williams”: Liz Smith, “Dolly’s Gossip Guide,” New York Newsday, November 19, 1993.
Chapter 17
“would sneak in disguised”: Bernard Weinraub, “The Jackson Family Reunited, Sort Of,” New York Times, February 21, 1994.
“There were no Hollywood”: Ibid.
“Michael is a remarkable”: Linda Stasi, “Jacksons’ Gala Is No Thriller,” Daily News, February 21, 1994.
“ ‘Don’t boo,’ she said:” Weinraub, “The Jackson Family Reunited, Sort Of.”
“Look, he’s not going”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson; The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 550.
“ailing and enormous”: Stasi, “Jacksons’ Gala Is No Thriller.”
“Three prominent Los Angeles”: Claire Spiegel and Virginia Ellis, “3 Doctors Cited in Taylor Drug Case: Medicine: The physicians receive reprimands for prescribing excessive medication to treat the actress’s pain. Their attorneys say the decision is an exoneration,” Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1994.
“Family reunions are often”: Weinraub, “The Jackson Family Reunited, Sort Of.”
Chapter 18
“What would you do”: Lou Lumenick, “Lisa Marie & Jacko: Yes, We Do,” New York Post, June 15, 1995.
“Can’t you see what”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 555.
“She looked downright terrible”: Tom Gliatto, “Neverland Meets Graceland,” People, August 15, 1994, 32.
“What has he done”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 555.
“Lisa Marie: I Married”: front page headlines, “Lisa Marie: I Married Michael: Call Me Mrs. Jackson,” New York Post, August 2, 1994.
“I am very much”: Schneider, “A Message to Michael.”
“I’ve never seen her”: Ibid., 53.
“And how long will”: Liz Smith, “Pick Your Michael,” Newsday, August 4, 1994.
“He’s into glamour”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story, 565.
“What era is she”: Ibid., 566.
“He was an incredible”: Lisa Marie Presley to Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CBS, October 21, 2010.
“lies, lies, lies”: Michael Jackson to Diane Sawyer, Primetime, ABC, June 15, 1995.
“I loved taking care”: Presley to Winfrey.
“We were really on shaky ground”: Elvis Australia, excerpts of Lisa Marie Presley’s interview with Rolling Stone, conducted by Chris Heath, “Lisa Marie Presley: The Rolling Stone Interview,” Rolling Stone, April 20, 2003, http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_lisamarie_rollingstone.shtml.
“would not be coherent”: Presley to Winfrey.
“There would be periods”: Elvis Australia, “Lisa Marie Presley: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
“to walk when I”: Presley to Winfrey.
“Once she makes up”: Schneider, “A Message to Michael.”
“I was still flying”: Presley to Winfrey.
“Irreconcilable differences”: Ibid., 61.
“They fell out of love”: Schneider, Karen, “What Are Friends For,” People, December 2, 1996, 102.
Chapter 19
“I go ‘Hi’ ”: Richard Gerdau and Lee Hoffman, “Debbie Rowe: Why She Had Jackson’s Children,” Primetime, ABC News, July 7, 2009, http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/MichaelJackson/story?id=8023028&page=1.
“used language like a”: Schneider, “What Are Friends For,” 104.
“I had a very”: Gerdau and Hoffman, “Debbie Rowe: Why She Had Jackson’s Children.”
“His nurse makes amazing”: Front-page headline, New York Post, November 3, 1996.
“Debbie Rowe may not”: Schneider, “What Are Friends For,” 101.
“Though the rumors are”: Adam Miller, “And baby girl makes 2 for Jacko & wife Debbie,” New York Post, February 4, 1998.
“never shared a home”: David K. Li and Marsha Kranes, “Former wife Deb exposes her sham marriage to Jacko,” New York Post, April 28, 2005.
“Elizabeth told me that”: Kyle Smith, “A Show of Strength,” People, February 17, 1997, 64.
“I wasn’t ready to face”: Darrach, “If the Knife Slips Tomorrow, I’ll Die Knowing I’ve Had an Extraordinary Life,” 82.
“If the knife slips”: Ibid., 88.
Chapter 20
“her services to acting”: “Queen Honours Movie Dames,” BBC News, May 16, 2000, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/750290.stm.
“Make sure all fans”: “Michael Jackson Attends Elizabeth Taylor A Musical Celebration London May 2000,” MJJStreet, http://home.mjjstreet.com/index.php/michael-jackson-elizabeth-taylor-2000.
“would go together into”: Boteach, The Michael Jackson Tapes, 47.
“He never had to”: Cascio with Liftin, My Friend Michael, 217.
“I absolutely love the”: Ibid., 218.
“it bothered her that”: Ibid., 225.
“Elizabeth, the party was”: Ann Conway, “Art for AIDS,” Los Angeles Times, February 17, 2002.
“No surprise there”: Robert Wagner with Scott Eyman, You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood’s Golden Age (New York: Viking, 2014), 4.
“Unless she really, really”: Ibid., 5.
“Because I knew Elizabeth”: Ibid., 5–6.
“Elizabeth was sitting there”: Ibid., 6.
“She and Michael were”: Lee Grant, I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir (New York: Blue Rider Press, 2014), 416.
Chapter 21
“But I’m sure he saw us”: Stacy Brown, “Why It’s HI$tory and Not OURstory,” New York Post, October 15, 2013.
“to investigate whether artists”: “Michael Jackson Brands Recording Industry As Racist,” Billboard, July 8, 2002, http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75178/michael-jackson-brands-recording-industry-as-racist.
“I am in love”: Boteach, The Michael Jackson Tapes, 123.
“overly fond of young”: John M. Broder and Nick Madigan, “Michael Jackson Cleared After 14-Week Child Molesting Trial,” New York Times, June 14, 2005.
“I had the same reaction”: Elvis Australia, “Lisa Marie Presley: The Rolling Stone Interview.”
“I didn’t see the”: Oprah Winfrey Interview, October 21, 2010.
“have moved in with”: Sharon Waxman, “Dispute in Michael Jackson Camp Over Role of the Nation of Islam,” New York Times, December 30, 2003.
“It was more apparent”: Jones with Brown, Michael Jackson, 31
“that a videotaped statement”: John M. Broder, “Jackson’s Ex-Wife Depicts Him As a Victim,” New York Times, April 29, 2005.
“up to seve
n minutes”: Taraborrelli, Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 649.
“I disliked it intensely”: Broder and Madigan, “Michael Jackson Cleared.”
“The timeline of the”: Broder and Madigan, “Michael Jackson Cleared.”
“the prosecutors tried to”: Thomas Mesereau, speech, Harvard Law School, November 2005.
“Michael abruptly abandoned Bahrain”: Mark O’Malley Greenburg, Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of A Billion-Dollar Empire (New York: Atria Books, 2014), 208.
Chapter 22
“was not the same”: Bill Whitfield and Javon Beard with Tanner Colby, Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days (New York: Weinstein Books, 2014), 11.
“I’m working. I cannot”: Ibid., 56.
“The man was paranoid”: Ibid., 39.
“I’ve never been so”: Elizabeth Taylor, Larry King Live, May 31, 2006.
“Make sure your shoes”: Whitfield and Beard, with Colby, 59.
“I want my fuckin’ money”: Ibid., 62.
“persuaded several friends”: Stacy Brown and James Fanelli, “Jacko Clan in a Deep Funk,” New York Post.
“He sat in the”: Whitfield and Beard, with Colby, Remember the Time, 63.
“He’ll just find”: Ibid., 62.
“Start working, start writing”: Cascio with Liftin, My Friend Michael, 306.
“There was no sign”: Ibid., 307.
Chapter 23
“the greatest target for”: Mesereau, speech, Harvard Law School.
“And This Is It”: Whitfield and Beard, with Colby, Remember the Time, 283.
“When they upped it”: Ibid., 287.
“And it wasn’t just”: Ibid., 288.
“They were a motley”: Frank Langella, Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them (New York: Harper, 2012), 328.
“She acknowledged no one’s presence”: Ibid., 329.
“Of course when she”: Owens, “Elizabeth Taylor, Close Up,” 59.
“When I was a”: The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, March 21, 1999.
“Despite compulsive addictions”: Owens, “Elizabeth Taylor, Close Up,” 64.
“I never planned”: Kim Kardashian, “Elizabeth Taylor Talks with Kim Kardashian,” Harper’s Bazaar, March 2009, http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/news/a676/kim-kardashian-elizabeth-taylor-interview-0311/.
“her steadfast loyalty”: “Tito Jackson Remembers Elizabeth Taylor’s ‘Loyalty’ to Michael Jackson,” OK!, March 23, 2011. http://okmagazine.com/get-scoop/tito-jackson-remembers-elizabeth-taylors-loyalty-michael-jackson/
“half scream, half cackle”: Jermaine Jackson, You Are Not Alone, 411.
Chapter 24
“He wasn’t himself today”: Whitfield and Beard, with Colby, Remember the Time, 292.
“He hadn’t looked really healthy”: Ron Weisner, Listen Out Loud: A Life in Music—Managing McCartney, Madonna, and Michael Jackson (Guilford, CT, Lyons Press, 2014), 162.
“There’s nothing, nothing he”: Ibid., 163.
“His father Joe Jackson”: Caroline Graham, “ ‘No, I didn’t kill Michael. He did it himself . . . with a massive overdose using his own stash’: What really happened the night Jackson died, by Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor jailed for the death of the King of Pop,” Daily Mail, November 24, 2013.
“Klein had injected Jackson”: “Arnold Klein: Michael Jackson’s Physician and Friend Dies,” TMZ, October 23, 2015, http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/23/michael-jackson-doctor-arnie-klein-dies/.
“He appeared quite weak”: People v. Conrad Murray, Court Transcript, Kenny Ortega e-mail to Randy Phillips on June 20, 2009 at 2:04 a.m.
“He’s dead”: Jermaine Jackson, You Are Not Alone, 414.
“I walked over”: Ibid., 415.
“My brother, the legendary”: Ibid., 417.
“Michael Jackson’s twists”: Cindy Adams, “Jacko’s Family Disses BFF Elizabeth Taylor,” New York Post, July 13, 2009.
“I have intentionally omitted”: Michael Jackson’s Will, July 2, 2002.
“Joseph Jackson takes none”: Zack O’Malley Greenburg, “The Scandalously Boring Truth about Michael Jackson’s Will,” Forbes, August 17, 2012.
“I think the last”: Carole Bayer Sager to Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Live, CNN, March 23, 2011.
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