At his memorial service, he said Michael was the "GREATEST ENTERTAINER" who ever lived. Here he says "one of the greatest". I would agree with the first comment - GREATEST ENTERTAINER EVER.
I seriously side-eye all the people who've claimed to "try to save Michael" but were no where to be seen or hadn't done anything when he needed them. It's easy to be there with Michael while he was greatly awarded for his musical and humanitarian contributions ; in short, when he was considered "cool". But where were they during the times he suffered from malnutrition and chronic insomnia, struggled against Sony, was accused of being a child molestor ? I can name the people who were with Michael during both the glorious AND hard times : Liz Taylor, Chris Tucker, the Hilton family, Emmanuel Lewis, Rick James, Steve Harvey, Macaulay Culkin, non-celebrity children and families, and the fans. Even the Jackson family and Diana Ross expressed their support for Michael with being with him during the trial and/or setting the record straight with some of "biased" journalists. But the rest "abandoned" Michael as Madonna said.
I love him, but Michael was introduced to strong pain meds in '83-84 after the pepsi commercial incident - I understand that, because the pain was most likely unimaginable. Not sure how far he took it then, probably not far...but after multiple surgeries (skin, face, scalp) and performance injuries (Remember the Earth Song Fall) he became addicted. When the allegations hit in '93 is when he started going downhill, poor thing. He didn't even want to do the History World Tour but was forced to do it. He did not straighten out his addiction for his children - for his millions of adoring fans that wanted to see him on top again SO BADLY. It's so sad, but he did alienate a lot of people that wanted to help him so that he could keep using - he was numbing and trying to escape the pain and the pressures put upon him. He was the one that had to take the first step and ask for help. His family staged (or tried to) stage many interventions. I wish it was different. I wish the false allegations and Sony corruption did not take place - these things broke his heart from which he never recovered. I love you more Michael and will always spread your truth. We know who/what killed you.
RACHeL LYNN It is a misconception that Michael was a long term addict. Michael was a Jehovah's Witness and drugs were against the core of his being. He didn't even trust allopathic medicine and hadn't even taken an aspirin. The Pepsi burn was unfortunate and he was hospitalised but he went the course of a normal patient was not addicted to anything. Unfortunately the burn was very severe and did not heal completely, his lupus and vitiligo compounding the problem. In 93, he underwent a balloon graft procedure to help reconstruct the scar and it's a very painful thing. He was not on any painkillers then. But it was hurting terribly so he asked his friend if he should try an aspirin. His friend knew aspirin was hard on the stomach so he advised Michael to ask his doctor. The doctor unfortunately put him on strong painkillers that have addictive effects which shouldn't have been a problem since Michael was a strong willed person. But then the allegations happened and he was distraught, and emotional wreck and the dependence took over. But he cut short his tour and took care of it by going to rehab and that was that. Michael's real problem has always been insomnia. He is barely able to sleep at night. That's why touring is so tough for him and why he never wanted to do another tour after the Bad tour. But because of the allegations and the legal costs, he had to do the History tour for Financial reasons. So he was already wrecked by the stress of the allegations, his divorce, Lady Diana's death he could not rest or sleep at all in the middle of a gruelling tour. So they had to use extreme measures and put him under with anesthesia for him to get rest. After the tour, he didn't use it again. Only for this is it, when the rehearsals were so gruelling and he couldn't sleep because this time he would lose everything if he didn't perform. Again the Propofol was used as extreme measure. Propofol is a very safe anaesthetic but the doctor didn't administer it correctly nor did he monitor him properly that's why he died. Michael had needed some painkillers for the Munich fall which was very severe but he took them as need based, not as an addict. Most of all his life had tremendous stress brought on by external sources that wrecked his health. AEG even fired his cook for a month and Michael didn't have food of his choice to eat. When his cook came back she said he looked very thin, not healthy like when she left. He did not really die of drug addiction.
Pinklaeti That's not true. YOU CAN'T HELP NO ONE WHO DON'T WANT IT! Janet found him looking horrible. She called her Brothers, they all came, but he had his bodyguards threaten them arrest if they didn't leave. There's lots of stories about how they tried to help this guy. People tried so hard to help him. But because he was MICHAEL JACKSON & NO ONE TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO, HE DIDN'T GET THE HELP HE NEEDED. You can't blame NO ONE, NO ONE BUT HIM! He was surrounded with "YES PEOPLE" WHO GAVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED, HOW HE WANTED IT, & WHEN HE WANTED IT. And if you didn't do what he wanted, you were OUT! And in the end, it wasn't those "YES PEOPLE" who carried that casket, IT WAS HIS BROTHERS! HIS BROTHERS WHO TRIED SO HARD TO HELP HIM! Nobody loved him more than his family. To them, that's who he was, FAMILY! TO THE WORLD, HE WAS "MICHAEL JACKSON THE KING OF POP!" BUT TO HIS FAMILY, HE WAS JUST PLAN OLD MICHAEL. HE WAS A BROTHER, A SON, A FATHER, AN UNCLE! THAT'S WHO HE WAS TO THEM! NOT "MICHAEL JACKSON, KING OF POP!" Just Michael. That was the problem, people blamed everybody but MICHAEL! His family told him the truth because they loved him. The truth hurts & he didn't want to hear it!
Pinklaeti well said...many people abandoned him when he really needed them...read the book "remeber the time" then you realize how lonely he was in his latter stage of life before the come back plans......I wish he has more peace to his soul now...such a wonderful human being...
Nobody in any life time will touch Micheal Jackson talent, king of pop or greatest entertainer isn't even touch him he even beyond that, his talent was so pure
Amazing Man. I have never really listened to his voice. Here is a man who created STARS and brought the best out of people we would have otherwise stepped over. We are lucky he is with us. How many of the stars gave Berry, they re all for him helping them? He is living proof that doing good or trying to being out the best in OTHER people, gives the the longevity. Here he telling how he gave MJ and opportunity - and in star pupil form, MJ took it, and RAN. So please no negative things about Berry!! He is a man, imperfect but still a CREATOR of talent. Please dont forget that.
Dear everybody are saying MJ was not ready to be help but the truth when you are in their position you can't trust everyone but when their in need of something and you are enabled to convinced them well they will trust that person. The is that those that love him gave up on him so early e.g His first wife,2nd wife and so and the people whom were surrounded by him want to destroyed him that is why they didn't gave up on. Imagine if he was having a wife at his last that stay with him at night everyday I wouldn't think they could get a chance to killed him . His story breaks my heart 💔 He didn't get chance to tell his own story so everyone want to put the blame on him and no one wants to take responsibility for his death from the doctor to family members 💔💔 🇬🇭
He said that "while most people think Michael didn't have a childhood, Michael did a lot that brought joy to him, Yeah, but when Michael was playing baseball, he couldn't go back home, and go to school, not worrying about rehearsals and making money, since he was a kid. And despite of the outcome, he really resented that for many, many years, and by then it was too late. The Tabloids made his bed, just like his father did at the beginning. Freaking Tabloids.
People really don't understand jst how good Michael Jackson really was...one detailed example pple skip over...he could jst hear you sing a song that you sound very good singing...and he probably heard you sing it mre than once...he could sing it as good if not better than you .. that's a rare gift no one seems to hve... that's a real rare ability...but that's jst one .. that seems to get overlooked...
Oh please!!! If he was like a son to you, where were you when he needed his friends? You all turned your backs on him. Including Quincy jones dried up ass! He's in a better place now. Earth is hell! R.I.P Mike! L.O.V.E
Berry "Made" a lot of people. Not just MJ. MJ like many "stars" made his bed..... Berry, like many great people, does not have the last name "god" or "jesus", and is not in the business of saving people - you have a billion churches for that. As a man Berry did/does what he does, and in his naturally ultimate best. He brough us the best people talent - and I think made the industry when nobody else cared. How many went back to say Thank you and give him a share of their new millions? No body says anything about that. Not everybody of Motown made it for some reason so there will be haters. So.....there. I thank you, the imperfect Berry Gordy for being you and giving us, showing us the talent in people amongst us! Fools. Berry Gordy had the greatest talent of them all - picking them out of nothing and giving them the world. Dont forget it. I d like to see you find somebody off the streets and make them into a billion dollar star. If you cant do that, well..
Although it has always been clear that MJ was extremelly talented those final years were hard to take. I was a huge fan but I just couldn´t stand looking at what he did to himself. Very painful. I hope he rests in peace now.
I guess if yer not a superstar, (and most of us are not) then their lives are very difficult to comprehend. They are under a pressure-cooker of business related ventures that must be performed well.
True. So many mighty famous people claim Michael was sick! None of them showed up on court. Quincy Jones claims to be one of Michaels closest friends...they never met again after their "divorce" during the progression of Dangerous. It's hard to belive that they really felt something for Michael. They milked him every time and now he's gone. I'll guess only Liz Taylor was really close with him. We are all to blame now, we all wanted to see this man doing the moonwalk one last time in London. And what did we get? A 50 year old man, unable to sleep without heavy medical help diyng because of that! None of them said it's enough Michael. None of them got him out of that devil circle. But then again, Michael took it too far. Too much of that too much of this. He needed help, real help and not someone who claims to be a doctor just to keep Michael happy. All of the so called friends turned backs and now they're praising him like god.
Michael was in denial in his darkest hours so nobody could approach him for help even his brothers tried but they were unsuccessful because Michael would not let anybody get closer to him because he didn't want to and he had his securities around him.
KingCorny93 AMerican culture dictates that you gotta help yourself in the world, coz everyone else around, is doin the same. Dog eat dog society. THat has been american culture, since Revolution.......Michael let himself go to much ! ALong with countless others in his world.....
gilttfabio funny story: Joe Jackson, Michaels father wanted to see him at the 23rd June of 2009. The securety kept him outside the Staples Center. Joe Jackson later claimed he wanted to talk with his son about his hard drug abuse....if these 2 men really had that kind of talk Michael might be here with us today.
It was sad how he did all the other artists as well! None of them collect any royalties for all their hard work that put Motown on the map! Not even his ex-wife who was the co- founder and helped him established Motown! Old Barry got all the money.
Update 'MOTOWN' have no ditched MJ as well .. almost like a son to you its not what MOTOWN is saying now!!! he did the work & MOTOWN took all the glory too! Sad part of this all is that MJ trusted all of you TRUSTED & this is the thanks he gets for everything he did for yall ungrateful :(
Aside from all this, what angers me is that Bobby Taylor(former lead with The Vancouvers who took their name from their home city in Canada) was denied his rightful claim to be the true discoverer of the Jackson Five. Credit instead went to Diana Ross because she had a "higher profile" than Taylor.
Well said Mr.Gordy seen the Jackson five 5⃣ five time first concert at MSG at 12 yrs old 1971, then at radio city hall in the 70s family act along with Randy and Janet the sonny and Cher act Latoya did a tap dance routine with her brothers, Westbury music fair whole family act, the last time I saw Michael is at the bad tour at MSG 1987 what a great performer he was , we followed their careers since my sister and 0ur little childhood friends saw the brothers on Ed Sullivan show 1968 .what a nice family.
É pura verdade ele tinha muitos amigos...mas não eram verdadeiros..os verdadeiros amigos são aqueles que estão perto de nós quando mais precisamos seja no bem ou no mal.. Michael era uma pessoa muito boa ajudava tudo e todos.. meu querido Michael 👄 adoro-te 🌹🌹🥺
You weren’t concerned about the health of Florence Ballard. As a matter of fact, your actions along with Diana Ross made her worse. You know she had a drinking problem and rather than confront it you encouraged it.
and his messy behavior caused him and Diana to have a child and her raise it in shame and doubt towards his daughter because of his lack of self control and her whorish behavior.
@0:39 Raynoma Singleton mentioned in her book "Berry Me and Motown" picture on page 249 Kerry (beside Michael) went into a park to play ball with Motown children. B Gordy not knowing him tried to make him leave; Kerry mentioned his mother was Raynoma Gordy Singleton at that moment Gordy identified Kerry as his son/
Exactly it was in the mid-80s he was coming down the stairs and he had Jerry curl activator in his head and what happened is except the Sparks are too early and he got burned in the middle of his head he didn't lose all of his hair just in the middle he had to undergo reconstructive surgery for his scalp and he was in a lot of pain then he developed Vitiligo us a lot people just miss understand Michael Jackson
I would rather hear about the unsung heroes at Motown, like the Funk Brothers, the musicians that were the reason for all the hits. They made Mr Gordy all his money, yet they are dieing broke and unrecognized.
@@maristella287 nothing happened to Motown. It's what happened to the people that were the heart of Motown when Motown moved from Detroit to LA. Berry Gordy heartlessly didn't let them know in advance that he was moving, and just discarded them. No gratitude or respect or loyalty with Gordy. He used them to make his millions, then they became disposable.
Michael and his brothers were only at Motown for a short time. They left because of financial and creative differences with Berry Gordy. Michael Jackson did not come into super stardom until he left Motown. Billy Jean was not a Motown hit so I don't know why Michael sang it at the Motown 25 gala.
Like the Bible says. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul. It is appointed unto a man once to die after death comes judgement.
This man is being sincere, also a winner before he won, like a father to Michael. But Mike was trying to tell him that Joe was going too far in an attempt to utterly shame Michael and place Jermaine above him. It had nothing really to do with childhood experience, just soul-crippling abuse.
Michael Jackson simply loved Barry Gordy and had his father worked with Barry as oppose to competing with him Michael would have been better off. I am always unhappy when I hear a child refer to their parent by their name and not by mother father mom whatever and the parent excepts this lack of respect. And if I must say it Barry Gordy move to California from Detroit was a grave mistake that caused the detriment of many lives and the city of Detroit as a whole the place was never the same after the move. People were like families at Motown and California swallowed them up its just spilled milk now with most of the legends gone. DPitts
If Micheal had stayed close to his Dad he would have never gone on drugs. His Dad wont allow it. Micheal pushed everyone away from him. Didnt allow anyone to get too close to him. Thats what did him in
Checkers Lane most of the reasons why michael chose drugs was because of the abuse emotionally and physically at the hands of his father. The root of michaels problems started with his father so I doubt that michael being with his father would have done him any good.
+Elise Fincher Thats 100% bullshit. What idiots like you call abuse every black child during that time went through that from their parents. The reason we have the crime issues in chicago and urban areas today is because foolish people like you call everything abuse and parents cant discipline their kids anymore. Joe Jackson was a strict Dad who cared deeply about his kids. None of them went to jail, committed crimes etc. We need more Dads like that today. Micheal's drug problems began after Joe Jackson stopped managing him
I have all of his albums and I've seen almost all the footage of him there is. I support him, he is The Man of music. But I'm afraid what caused his downfall was he was just simply too kind and too nice to say "no" He said yes. It's very simple, either he made terrible choices in his life or someone controlled him.
Even if Joe did the best he could (and I truly believe that he did a lot right), it was Michael's interpretation and feelings about his father that mattered. Michael was deeply scarred by the treatment he received from his father, he has said it in MULTIPLE interviews. The drugs did come after his father was replaced as his manager due to a lot of things (pepsi burn, surgery, injuries, etc...) Ultimately, Michael did choose the wrong people to surround him. I am sad that he cut out his family...they could have saved him but Michael had to have wanted to be saved first and foremost...in the end, not sure he wanted to. Heart breaking :( When I start thinking about it I get so upset, thinking like - Where was Elizabeth Taylor, Karen Faye, Lisa Marie, Macaulay Culkin, Chris Tucker, Janet and Jermaine (who he was closest to at least in the younger years) but ultimately it was up to him :( :( :( It must have been hard to be the most famous person alive...I can't imagine. You know in his book Moonwalk - he said that people used to tell him in the 80's that if he lived a reclusive life he would end up like Elvis. He said that he didn't see the parallel and would never let that happen - don't quote me as it's not in front of me. But heart wrenching to read posthumously. :(
Hi. Yes I am white. However, I was raised by my grandparents (it may not be just black - it wa the era) and I was chased around my house and beat with wooden spoons. And yes there was an effect. It terrified me and I turned to drinking for a while. I have seen the Bashir interviews and please know that Bashir set Michael up and was a part in ruining his life - those interviews are highly edited to reflect him poorly. Have you seen the Oprah interview? He said that when his father walked into the room he would throw up or regurgitate because he terrified him - this was LIVE tv. No editing. I understand what you're saying but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt people. Michael was HIGHLY sensitive - his brothers were not. I am also HIGHLY sensitive and creative. These things effect different people differently. This is not my opinion - these are Michael's feelings that I am presenting and I understand because I actually have been there.
Berry Geordie makes me sick. Michael Jackson was like a son to you. Where were you when Michael was spinning down out of control and dying a slow painful death? You treated Marvin Gaye like carp! You wolf in sheep's clothing. That man was gifted and you held him back and so did your sister Anna.
Yes, Berry Geordie was really ignorant and held Marvin Gaye back. Marvin Gaye was gifted with a three octave range tenor voice. Geordie held Marvin back at Motown.
Yassantewa1 makes no sense ! berry, was extreme busness savy. he oughta have let marvin open-up his talent, rather than keep it in. Wuda made more money for berry. Makes no sense...
Berry said that Marvin wanted to do big band music and Motown was r and b. One song of Marvin's was What's going on?, Geordie felt it was not appropriate. It wouldn't sell.
You don't have to live in someone's pocket to Love them. I'm no Berry G. fan but Michael was a grown ass man to make his own decision, bleach his skin, surgery after surgery, white children, loosing his voice, addiction to drugs, etc etc, but I Loved him too. We all have faults and different ways of Love. No one can tell another if they Loved someone or not.
But he didn't bleach his skin, he only had a few surgeries, and I believe his children are his because they LOOK LIKE HIM AND HIS FAMILY and I've seen many biracial children that look white. The man could still sing at the time of his death. If you really loved Michael you would at least do some research before saying the same things that the tabloids that hated him say.
Yeah their his children but not biologically. His DNA is not white he was exceptionally of dark skin. Maybe one or two we could say mmm, ok but 3, no way.
I think they're his biologically. Trust me, there are kids with one black parent and they still look white. You can look it up: white-passing biracial kids. It happens all the time. I have a friend who's biracial and both her and her sister look white. Her brother, however, looks like he could be Latino. It happens. There's even a baby in Africa that was born to two dark skinned African parents and she looks white. Genetics are strange. Virtually anything can happen.
Damn, what a bunch of myths and fallacies, all in one paragraph. Michael had (universal) vitiligo : a couple of photos and the autopsy report have proven that ; there is no room left to interpretation. He used makeup and, eventually, Benoquin to unify his skin tone. Michael had surgeries for both cosmetic and reconstructive reasons : he suffered from the scalp burning caused by the 1984 Pepsi commercial accident and was diagnosed with discoid lupus too late (post-surgery). The only cosmetic surgeries he had undergone were the cleft chin and the Peter Pan nose. Regarding his children, Blanket isn't white and looks too much like lil' Michael for not being his biologically. Paris and Prince can be his biological children as well : as someone already said, there are white-passing mixed people (as Black-passing mixed people as well). But even though they weren't his biological children, at the end of the day, it's Michael who raised them (with their nanny Grace). With the great deal of deadbeat fathers out there, I've learned that the notion of being a parent is beyond the bloodline. Regarding his voice, I don't know if you have watched "This Is It" or listen to any of his late 80s, 90s or 00s songs, but he clearly hadn't lost his voice. Even better, his vocal range had broadened compared to it during his late teen years. Which is something uncommon among singers. Finally, regarding the (prescription) drugs, he wasn't addicted to them but was clearly dependent on them. He took them because of the accidents he was a victim of, the (scalp) surgeries that caused a severe pain to him, and the fatigue due to chronic insomnia he suffered from. The only time he went to rehab was in 1993, in the UK (before the 1993 Grammys, I believe). He didn't used prescription drugs for trivial purposes, and even less to get "high".
probably far more than you'll ever know. what a dumb comment. what, you been listening to gossips? you were there right? just dumb. repeating gossipy shit. just plain dumb.
wonderboyjoy Jacko was a national embarrassment .. Gordy must have been so ashamed of what he became... little more than a diana ross impersonator until he died.
berry was not in business to "help" florence or anyone else.. he was in business to help himself. And what's wrong with that? He wouldn't have done shit for DR either if she didn't refuse to accept the$$ game he was playing with the rest of his artists. Florence was too dumb to outwit him .
Sammy Davis Jr., is the greatest entertainer that ever lived. There was nothing that he could not do and do it great. Singing, dancing, impressions, his expertise with a six gun and a holster. All the instruments he played. Michael might be a close second but he is not the best.
We love MJ but he also contributed to his troubles e.g. plastic surgeries, pushing his family away and toying with vampires who were just interested in using his talent to make money and a name; playing around with dangerous prescription drugs and not listening to sound advice. The mother said she tried to talk him out of some of these negative things but he just didnt heed. Janet said the family tried to reach out to him but he was in denial. Elizabeth was just there physically and just had a crush on MJ not that she was helping him to change his lifestyle. Diana Ross is a hypocrite who led him on , used him and dumped him for mature men and was not there when his life turned out bad. African Americans forsook him...everybody around him was a "vampire"....even some of his family members/brothers were jeolous of him...Jermaine.. Now they are taking advantage of his death to reinvent their careers. I think only Jackie loved his kid brother genuinely and was happy for him....anyway, he is gone and let it be a lesson to his family, esp children. Let them keep off vampires...esp media like Harry and William. After media haunted their mum; they have grown up to be cautious and dont give a damn to the sucking media vampires
Not one of the greatest entertainers that has ever lived, but to date he is 'The greatest entertainer that has ever lived'.
Ever since he was 5 !
Who was the greatest
@@Minceontoast2 Without a single doubt. Michael Jackson
I have never seen anyone greater than Michael Jackson in my lifetime.
Thank you... He is The Greatest... not 1 of the Greatest
At his memorial service, he said Michael was the "GREATEST ENTERTAINER" who ever lived. Here he says "one of the greatest". I would agree with the first comment - GREATEST ENTERTAINER EVER.
Unlike quincy jones. Quincy said some ugly things about Michael Jackson and he didn't even show up to Michael Jackson memorial service
@@tamrynvandermerwe9728 Quincy Jones is a douche.
"Winners are winners long before they win." That's MJ for ya. 😍😎💞💞💞
Especially hard for Berry Gordy. The fans mourn his death but this guy really knew and loved him.
I seriously side-eye all the people who've claimed to "try to save Michael" but were no where to be seen or hadn't done anything when he needed them. It's easy to be there with Michael while he was greatly awarded for his musical and humanitarian contributions ; in short, when he was considered "cool". But where were they during the times he suffered from malnutrition and chronic insomnia, struggled against Sony, was accused of being a child molestor ? I can name the people who were with Michael during both the glorious AND hard times : Liz Taylor, Chris Tucker, the Hilton family, Emmanuel Lewis, Rick James, Steve Harvey, Macaulay Culkin, non-celebrity children and families, and the fans. Even the Jackson family and Diana Ross expressed their support for Michael with being with him during the trial and/or setting the record straight with some of "biased" journalists. But the rest "abandoned" Michael as Madonna said.
I love him, but Michael was introduced to strong pain meds in '83-84 after the pepsi commercial incident - I understand that, because the pain was most likely unimaginable. Not sure how far he took it then, probably not far...but after multiple surgeries (skin, face, scalp) and performance injuries (Remember the Earth Song Fall) he became addicted. When the allegations hit in '93 is when he started going downhill, poor thing. He didn't even want to do the History World Tour but was forced to do it. He did not straighten out his addiction for his children - for his millions of adoring fans that wanted to see him on top again SO BADLY. It's so sad, but he did alienate a lot of people that wanted to help him so that he could keep using - he was numbing and trying to escape the pain and the pressures put upon him. He was the one that had to take the first step and ask for help. His family staged (or tried to) stage many interventions. I wish it was different. I wish the false allegations and Sony corruption did not take place - these things broke his heart from which he never recovered. I love you more Michael and will always spread your truth. We know who/what killed you.
RACHeL LYNN It is a misconception that Michael was a long term addict. Michael was a Jehovah's Witness and drugs were against the core of his being. He didn't even trust allopathic medicine and hadn't even taken an aspirin. The Pepsi burn was unfortunate and he was hospitalised but he went the course of a normal patient was not addicted to anything. Unfortunately the burn was very severe and did not heal completely, his lupus and vitiligo compounding the problem. In 93, he underwent a balloon graft procedure to help reconstruct the scar and it's a very painful thing. He was not on any painkillers then. But it was hurting terribly so he asked his friend if he should try an aspirin. His friend knew aspirin was hard on the stomach so he advised Michael to ask his doctor. The doctor unfortunately put him on strong painkillers that have addictive effects which shouldn't have been a problem since Michael was a strong willed person. But then the allegations happened and he was distraught, and emotional wreck and the dependence took over. But he cut short his tour and took care of it by going to rehab and that was that. Michael's real problem has always been insomnia. He is barely able to sleep at night. That's why touring is so tough for him and why he never wanted to do another tour after the Bad tour. But because of the allegations and the legal costs, he had to do the History tour for Financial reasons. So he was already wrecked by the stress of the allegations, his divorce, Lady Diana's death he could not rest or sleep at all in the middle of a gruelling tour. So they had to use extreme measures and put him under with anesthesia for him to get rest. After the tour, he didn't use it again. Only for this is it, when the rehearsals were so gruelling and he couldn't sleep because this time he would lose everything if he didn't perform. Again the Propofol was used as extreme measure. Propofol is a very safe anaesthetic but the doctor didn't administer it correctly nor did he monitor him properly that's why he died. Michael had needed some painkillers for the Munich fall which was very severe but he took them as need based, not as an addict. Most of all his life had tremendous stress brought on by external sources that wrecked his health. AEG even fired his cook for a month and Michael didn't have food of his choice to eat. When his cook came back she said he looked very thin, not healthy like when she left. He did not really die of drug addiction.
Pinklaeti That's not true. YOU CAN'T HELP NO ONE WHO DON'T WANT IT! Janet found him looking horrible. She called her Brothers, they all came, but he had his bodyguards threaten them arrest if they didn't leave. There's lots of stories about how they tried to help this guy. People tried so hard to help him. But because he was MICHAEL JACKSON & NO ONE TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO, HE DIDN'T GET THE HELP HE NEEDED. You can't blame NO ONE, NO ONE BUT HIM! He was surrounded with "YES PEOPLE" WHO GAVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED, HOW HE WANTED IT, & WHEN HE WANTED IT. And if you didn't do what he wanted, you were OUT! And in the end, it wasn't those "YES PEOPLE" who carried that casket, IT WAS HIS BROTHERS! HIS BROTHERS WHO TRIED SO HARD TO HELP HIM! Nobody loved him more than his family. To them, that's who he was, FAMILY! TO THE WORLD, HE WAS "MICHAEL JACKSON THE KING OF POP!" BUT TO HIS FAMILY, HE WAS JUST PLAN OLD MICHAEL. HE WAS A BROTHER, A SON, A FATHER, AN UNCLE! THAT'S WHO HE WAS TO THEM! NOT "MICHAEL JACKSON, KING OF POP!" Just Michael. That was the problem, people blamed everybody but MICHAEL! His family told him the truth because they loved him. The truth hurts & he didn't want to hear it!
You can’t help someone who doesn’t wanna be helped
Pinklaeti well said...many people abandoned him when he really needed them...read the book "remeber the time" then you realize how lonely he was in his latter stage of life before the come back plans......I wish he has more peace to his soul now...such a wonderful human being...
Nobody in any life time will touch Micheal Jackson talent, king of pop or greatest entertainer isn't even touch him he even beyond that, his talent was so pure
Michael Jackson is more than a king of pop he is the greatest enterner that ever lived, I love you MJ 😘 KING 😍💯
Naaah you still got Jackie Wilson Sammy Davis jr. mike came at the right time but idt he was the greatest
It is God=Lord Jesus Christ that is The King.
Amazing Man. I have never really listened to his voice. Here is a man who created STARS and brought the best out of people we would have otherwise stepped over. We are lucky he is with us. How many of the stars gave Berry, they re all for him helping them? He is living proof that doing good or trying to being out the best in OTHER people, gives the the longevity. Here he telling how he gave MJ and opportunity - and in star pupil form, MJ took it, and RAN. So please no negative things about Berry!! He is a man, imperfect but still a CREATOR of talent. Please dont forget that.
I’ve always admired that ability in him. It’s a gift we need more of in other areas of life also.
If Michael stayed with Motown instead of Sony that ruined his life ....
Incredible Man I would say
Thankyou Berry Gordy for speaking so nicely about Michael.
His Childhood Was pretty good & fun.
" How do you protect anybody, from themselves?!!" Elvis, MJ, ^ Prince just to name a few!
Dear everybody are saying MJ was not ready to be help but the truth when you are in their position you can't trust everyone but when their in need of something and you are enabled to convinced them well they will trust that person. The is that those that love him gave up on him so early e.g His first wife,2nd wife and so and the people whom were surrounded by him want to destroyed him that is why they didn't gave up on. Imagine if he was having a wife at his last that stay with him at night everyday I wouldn't think they could get a chance to killed him . His story breaks my heart 💔 He didn't get chance to tell his own story so everyone want to put the blame on him and no one wants to take responsibility for his death from the doctor to family members 💔💔 🇬🇭
He said that "while most people think Michael didn't have a childhood, Michael did a lot that brought joy to him,
Yeah, but when Michael was playing baseball, he couldn't go back home, and go to school, not worrying about rehearsals and making money, since he was a kid. And despite of the outcome, he really resented that for many, many years, and by then it was too late. The Tabloids made his bed, just like his father did at the beginning. Freaking Tabloids.
But he also wanted that life and he did go to school and went home, what the he’ll are you talking about?
Michael was a legend.
Big time
I am glad the people that really knew him stand up for him like Gordy.
People really don't understand jst how good Michael Jackson really was...one detailed example pple skip over...he could jst hear you sing a song that you sound very good singing...and he probably heard you sing it mre than once...he could sing it as good if not better than you .. that's a rare gift no one seems to hve... that's a real rare ability...but that's jst one .. that seems to get overlooked...
Oh please!!! If he was like a son to you, where were you when he needed his friends? You all turned your backs on him. Including Quincy jones dried up ass! He's in a better place now. Earth is hell! R.I.P Mike! L.O.V.E
Berry "Made" a lot of people. Not just MJ. MJ like many "stars" made his bed..... Berry, like many great people, does not have the last name "god" or "jesus", and is not in the business of saving people - you have a billion churches for that. As a man Berry did/does what he does, and in his naturally ultimate best. He brough us the best people talent - and I think made the industry when nobody else cared. How many went back to say Thank you and give him a share of their new millions? No body says anything about that. Not everybody of Motown made it for some reason so there will be haters. So.....there. I thank you, the imperfect Berry Gordy for being you and giving us, showing us the talent in people amongst us! Fools. Berry Gordy had the greatest talent of them all - picking them out of nothing and giving them the world. Dont forget it. I d like to see you find somebody off the streets and make them into a billion dollar star. If you cant do that, well..
Although it has always been clear that MJ was extremelly talented those final years were hard to take. I was a huge fan but I just couldn´t stand looking at what he did to himself. Very painful. I hope he rests in peace now.
My feelings exactly
tinaine1 You really should say, what happened to him.
I guess if yer not a superstar, (and most of us are not) then their lives are very difficult to comprehend. They are under a pressure-cooker of business related ventures that must be performed well.
tinaine1 I wish people would realise he didn't do it to himself, it was done to him.
HE BROUGHT IT ON HIMSELF...
Hey Berry, where were you during Michael's "darkest hours" if he was like a son to you?
True. So many mighty famous people claim Michael was sick! None of them showed up on court. Quincy Jones claims to be one of Michaels closest friends...they never met again after their "divorce" during the progression of Dangerous. It's hard to belive that they really felt something for Michael. They milked him every time and now he's gone. I'll guess only Liz Taylor was really close with him. We are all to blame now, we all wanted to see this man doing the moonwalk one last time in London. And what did we get? A 50 year old man, unable to sleep without heavy medical help diyng because of that! None of them said it's enough Michael. None of them got him out of that devil circle. But then again, Michael took it too far. Too much of that too much of this. He needed help, real help and not someone who claims to be a doctor just to keep Michael happy. All of the so called friends turned backs and now they're praising him like god.
I think he died!!
Michael was in denial in his darkest hours so nobody could approach him for help even his brothers tried but they were unsuccessful because Michael would not let anybody get closer to him because he didn't want to and he had his securities around him.
KingCorny93 AMerican culture dictates that you gotta help yourself in the world, coz everyone else around, is doin the same. Dog eat dog society. THat has been american culture, since Revolution.......Michael let himself go to much ! ALong with countless others in his world.....
gilttfabio
funny story: Joe Jackson, Michaels father wanted to see him at the 23rd June of 2009. The securety kept him outside the Staples Center. Joe Jackson later claimed he wanted to talk with his son about his hard drug abuse....if these 2 men really had that kind of talk Michael might be here with us today.
For entertainment Mike was the best at what he did, I liked mostly all of his concerts that he did, he was like a black Bruce Lew when he died 😓
Michael saw you as his father Berry ! :(
I love Berry Gordy
Such a shame he did not help his best Supreme Florence Ballard. RIP sweet Flo. She could sing circles around any other Motown artist.
It was sad how he did all the other artists as well! None of them collect any royalties for all their hard work that put Motown on the map! Not even his ex-wife who was the co- founder and helped him established Motown! Old Barry got all the money.
Update 'MOTOWN' have no ditched MJ as well .. almost like a son to you its not what MOTOWN is saying now!!! he did the work & MOTOWN took all the glory too! Sad part of this all is that MJ trusted all of you TRUSTED & this is the thanks he gets for everything he did for yall ungrateful :(
Aside from all this, what angers me is that Bobby Taylor(former lead with The Vancouvers who took their name from their home city in Canada) was denied his rightful claim to be the true discoverer of the Jackson Five. Credit instead went to Diana Ross because she had a "higher profile" than Taylor.
MJ is the greatest entertainer of all time 👑
Well said Mr.Gordy seen the Jackson five 5⃣ five time first concert at MSG at 12 yrs old
1971, then at radio city hall in the 70s family act along with Randy and Janet the sonny and Cher act Latoya did a tap dance routine with her brothers, Westbury music fair whole family act, the last time I saw Michael is at the bad tour at MSG 1987 what a great performer he was , we followed their careers since my sister and 0ur little childhood friends saw the brothers on Ed Sullivan show 1968 .what a nice family.
Sad but the Jackson's were not included in the 60th motown anniversary
Wonder why?
He didn't say much when Jackie Wilson died?
É pura verdade ele tinha muitos amigos...mas não eram verdadeiros..os verdadeiros amigos são aqueles que estão perto de nós quando mais precisamos seja no bem ou no mal.. Michael era uma pessoa muito boa ajudava tudo e todos.. meu querido Michael 👄 adoro-te 🌹🌹🥺
Mr Gordy e stato veramente lui a lanciare tutti quei artisti che amo!! Il periodo della Motown mi manca tanto!!
You weren’t concerned about the health of Florence Ballard. As a matter of fact, your actions along with Diana Ross made her worse. You know she had a drinking problem and rather than confront it you encouraged it.
and his messy behavior caused him and Diana to have a child and her raise it in shame and doubt towards his daughter because of his lack of self control and her whorish behavior.
People need to remember that when you are that famous it's easy to get caught up with the way of the world. It's awful to get caught up in the moment.
@0:39 Raynoma Singleton mentioned in her book "Berry Me and Motown" picture on page 249 Kerry (beside Michael) went into a park to play ball with Motown children. B Gordy not knowing him tried to make him leave; Kerry mentioned his mother was Raynoma Gordy Singleton at that moment Gordy identified Kerry as his son/
how u worded it was confusing
Michael had a skin disorder and was brunt horribly with 3rd degree burns from Pepsi. He was hurting.
Exactly it was in the mid-80s he was coming down the stairs and he had Jerry curl activator in his head and what happened is except the Sparks are too early and he got burned in the middle of his head he didn't lose all of his hair just in the middle he had to undergo reconstructive surgery for his scalp and he was in a lot of pain then he developed Vitiligo us a lot people just miss understand Michael Jackson
This man almost a hunnid years old.
Michael Jackson is a Shining Star!
I would rather hear about the unsung heroes at Motown, like the Funk Brothers, the musicians that were the reason for all the hits. They made Mr Gordy all his money, yet they are dieing broke and unrecognized.
Why is that happening? What happened to Motown??
@@maristella287 nothing happened to Motown. It's what happened to the people that were the heart of Motown when Motown moved from Detroit to LA. Berry Gordy heartlessly didn't let them know in advance that he was moving, and just discarded them. No gratitude or respect or loyalty with Gordy. He used them to make his millions, then they became disposable.
Michael and his brothers were only at Motown for a short time. They left because of financial and creative differences with Berry Gordy. Michael Jackson did not come into super stardom until he left Motown. Billy Jean was not a Motown hit so I don't know why Michael sang it at the Motown 25 gala.
Like the Bible says. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul. It is appointed unto a man once to die after death comes judgement.
You don't need the Bible to tell you that.
This man is being sincere, also a winner before he won, like a father to Michael.
But Mike was trying to tell him that Joe was going too far in an attempt to utterly shame Michael and place Jermaine above him. It had nothing really to do with childhood experience, just soul-crippling abuse.
So sad.
Michael Jackson simply loved Barry Gordy and had his father worked with Barry as oppose to competing with him Michael would have been better off. I am always unhappy when I hear a child refer to their parent by their name and not by mother father mom whatever and the parent excepts this lack of respect. And if I must say it Barry Gordy move to California from Detroit was a grave mistake that caused the detriment of many lives and the city of Detroit as a whole the place was never the same after the move. People were like families at Motown and California swallowed them up its just spilled milk now with most of the legends gone. DPitts
If Micheal had stayed close to his Dad he would have never gone on drugs. His Dad wont allow it. Micheal pushed everyone away from him. Didnt allow anyone to get too close to him. Thats what did him in
Checkers Lane most of the reasons why michael chose drugs was because of the abuse emotionally and physically at the hands of his father. The root of michaels problems started with his father so I doubt that michael being with his father would have done him any good.
+Elise Fincher
Thats 100% bullshit. What idiots like you call abuse every black child during that time went through that from their parents. The reason we have the crime issues in chicago and urban areas today is because foolish people like you call everything abuse and parents cant discipline their kids anymore. Joe Jackson was a strict Dad who cared deeply about his kids. None of them went to jail, committed crimes etc. We need more Dads like that today. Micheal's drug problems began after Joe Jackson stopped managing him
I have all of his albums and I've seen almost all the footage of him there is.
I support him, he is The Man of music. But I'm afraid what caused his downfall was he was just simply too kind and too nice to say "no"
He said yes.
It's very simple, either he made terrible choices in his life or someone controlled him.
Even if Joe did the best he could (and I truly believe that he did a lot right), it was Michael's interpretation and feelings about his father that mattered. Michael was deeply scarred by the treatment he received from his father, he has said it in MULTIPLE interviews. The drugs did come after his father was replaced as his manager due to a lot of things (pepsi burn, surgery, injuries, etc...) Ultimately, Michael did choose the wrong people to surround him. I am sad that he cut out his family...they could have saved him but Michael had to have wanted to be saved first and foremost...in the end, not sure he wanted to. Heart breaking :(
When I start thinking about it I get so upset, thinking like - Where was Elizabeth Taylor, Karen Faye, Lisa Marie, Macaulay Culkin, Chris Tucker, Janet and Jermaine (who he was closest to at least in the younger years) but ultimately it was up to him :( :( :(
It must have been hard to be the most famous person alive...I can't imagine. You know in his book Moonwalk - he said that people used to tell him in the 80's that if he lived a reclusive life he would end up like Elvis. He said that he didn't see the parallel and would never let that happen - don't quote me as it's not in front of me. But heart wrenching to read posthumously. :(
Hi. Yes I am white. However, I was raised by my grandparents (it may not be just black - it wa the era) and I was chased around my house and beat with wooden spoons. And yes there was an effect. It terrified me and I turned to drinking for a while. I have seen the Bashir interviews and please know that Bashir set Michael up and was a part in ruining his life - those interviews are highly edited to reflect him poorly. Have you seen the Oprah interview? He said that when his father walked into the room he would throw up or regurgitate because he terrified him - this was LIVE tv. No editing. I understand what you're saying but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt people. Michael was HIGHLY sensitive - his brothers were not. I am also HIGHLY sensitive and creative. These things effect different people differently. This is not my opinion - these are Michael's feelings that I am presenting and I understand because I actually have been there.
Bless Mr. Gordy for Starting the King, Taking Care of the King, and respecting the King.
Mad respect to Berry Gordy and R.I.P to the King 👑
Redfoo dad... bery cordy
I need you to get a psychic detective.
Emergency
He is rewriting music history to make himself relevant
Berry Geordie makes me sick. Michael Jackson was like a son to you. Where were you when Michael was spinning down out of control and dying a slow painful death? You treated Marvin Gaye like carp! You wolf in sheep's clothing. That man was gifted and you held him back and so did your sister Anna.
i second that
!!! was he really that BAD !
Yes, Berry Geordie was really ignorant and held Marvin Gaye back. Marvin Gaye was gifted with a three octave range tenor voice. Geordie held Marvin back at Motown.
Yassantewa1
makes no sense ! berry, was extreme busness savy. he oughta have let marvin open-up his talent, rather than keep it in. Wuda made more money for berry. Makes no sense...
Berry said that Marvin wanted to do big band music and Motown was r and b. One song of Marvin's was What's going on?, Geordie felt it was not appropriate. It wouldn't sell.
I think he died!! 😢🙏
Not one of the greatest to ever live the greatest to ever live
there is only one person who can save Michael Jackson... Diana
Ross. Sadly, she loved MJ but only as a friend
What Sensitive Subject Matter...Only as The Mogul himself could Deliver......Berry Gordy ...forever.
In a breast incubus attack done by David blaine and Michael Jackson.
. please help 🆘
You don't have to live in someone's pocket to Love them. I'm no Berry G. fan but Michael was a grown ass man to make his own decision, bleach his skin, surgery after surgery, white children, loosing his voice, addiction to drugs, etc etc, but I Loved him too. We all have faults and different ways of Love. No one can tell another if they Loved someone or not.
But he didn't bleach his skin, he only had a few surgeries, and I believe his children are his because they LOOK LIKE HIM AND HIS FAMILY and I've seen many biracial children that look white. The man could still sing at the time of his death. If you really loved Michael you would at least do some research before saying the same things that the tabloids that hated him say.
Yeah their his children but not biologically. His DNA is not white he was exceptionally of dark skin. Maybe one or two we could say mmm, ok but 3, no way.
I think they're his biologically. Trust me, there are kids with one black parent and they still look white. You can look it up: white-passing biracial kids. It happens all the time. I have a friend who's biracial and both her and her sister look white. Her brother, however, looks like he could be Latino. It happens. There's even a baby in Africa that was born to two dark skinned African parents and she looks white. Genetics are strange. Virtually anything can happen.
Damn, what a bunch of myths and fallacies, all in one paragraph.
Michael had (universal) vitiligo : a couple of photos and the autopsy report have proven that ; there is no room left to interpretation. He used makeup and, eventually, Benoquin to unify his skin tone.
Michael had surgeries for both cosmetic and reconstructive reasons : he suffered from the scalp burning caused by the 1984 Pepsi commercial accident and was diagnosed with discoid lupus too late (post-surgery). The only cosmetic surgeries he had undergone were the cleft chin and the Peter Pan nose.
Regarding his children, Blanket isn't white and looks too much like lil' Michael for not being his biologically. Paris and Prince can be his biological children as well : as someone already said, there are white-passing mixed people (as Black-passing mixed people as well). But even though they weren't his biological children, at the end of the day, it's Michael who raised them (with their nanny Grace). With the great deal of deadbeat fathers out there, I've learned that the notion of being a parent is beyond the bloodline.
Regarding his voice, I don't know if you have watched "This Is It" or listen to any of his late 80s, 90s or 00s songs, but he clearly hadn't lost his voice. Even better, his vocal range had broadened compared to it during his late teen years. Which is something uncommon among singers.
Finally, regarding the (prescription) drugs, he wasn't addicted to them but was clearly dependent on them. He took them because of the accidents he was a victim of, the (scalp) surgeries that caused a severe pain to him, and the fatigue due to chronic insomnia he suffered from. The only time he went to rehab was in 1993, in the UK (before the 1993 Grammys, I believe). He didn't used prescription drugs for trivial purposes, and even less to get "high".
Damn right.
No Black person believes the vertiligo crap. He BLEACHED his skin PERIOD
Grf 😊
b.g. fake
Berry Gordy the bleeding heart trying to help MJ. What did you do for Florence Ballard?
probably far more than you'll ever know. what a dumb comment. what, you been listening to gossips? you were there right? just dumb. repeating gossipy shit. just plain dumb.
Another Detroiter, right?
wonderboyjoy Jacko was a national embarrassment .. Gordy must have been so ashamed of what he became... little more than a diana ross impersonator until he died.
berry was not in business to "help" florence or anyone else.. he was in business to help himself. And what's wrong with that? He wouldn't have done shit for DR either if she didn't refuse to accept the$$ game he was playing with the rest of his artists. Florence was too dumb to outwit him .
freed her to become what she really aspired to be.. a fat welfare drunk in a housing project.
Berry looks a lot like Michael
Less that 20 grand ! Berry wont like seen that...........
Get a psychic for me please ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ❤️ detective
Barry Gordy 👎🏿
The sound of Berry Gordy, gets on my nerves, sounds so annoying !!!
Sammy Davis Jr., is the greatest entertainer that ever lived. There was nothing that he could not do and do it great. Singing, dancing, impressions, his expertise with a six gun and a holster. All the instruments he played. Michael might be a close second but he is not the best.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, Sammy Davis said michael is the greatest
Lmfao Has Funny Music.
We love MJ but he also contributed to his troubles e.g. plastic surgeries, pushing his family away and toying with vampires who were just interested in using his talent to make money and a name; playing around with dangerous prescription drugs and not listening to sound advice. The mother said she tried to talk him out of some of these negative things but he just didnt heed. Janet said the family tried to reach out to him but he was in denial. Elizabeth was just there physically and just had a crush on MJ not that she was helping him to change his lifestyle. Diana Ross is a hypocrite who led him on , used him and dumped him for mature men and was not there when his life turned out bad. African Americans forsook him...everybody around him was a "vampire"....even some of his family members/brothers were jeolous of him...Jermaine.. Now they are taking advantage of his death to reinvent their careers. I think only Jackie loved his kid brother genuinely and was happy for him....anyway, he is gone and let it be a lesson to his family, esp children. Let them keep off vampires...esp media like Harry and William. After media haunted their mum; they have grown up to be cautious and dont give a damn to the sucking media vampires
TIME IS NOW ISRAELITES
Quincy Jones is not a legendary producer , he is a hack , a ripoff , a circus con man , who loved boys
yuo qj is a disgusting snake
Quincy made Sanford and son theme song foo
Berry remembers Jackson when he was a black boy. He died a white woman.
this is by far the stupidest comment I‘ve ever read on the internet.
You're everything wrong with this world and you know it.