Posted on 06/26/2009 8:07:27 AM PDT by traumer
Michael Jackson's doctor has vanished after the singer's family revealed he was given an injection of painkiller shortly before he collapsed and died. Jackson's relatives told website TMZ.com, who first broke the news of his death last night, that he was given the pain-killing drug Demerol at his home in Los Angeles. A close member of the family said he had been having daily injections of the synthetic drug, which is similar to morphine, and was given a shot at 11.30am yesterday. Less than an hour later, at 12.21pm, a 911 call was made from his Beverly Hills home raising the alarm and paramedics were told he was not breathing.
A police source cited by TMZ alleged it was Jackson's private doctor Dr Tohme Tohme who administered the drug. He is now said to have vanished.
His BMW was towed from outside the singer's LA home last night and police are looking for him so that they can quiz him about Jackson's final hours, the website said.
The revelation came after the Jackson's family lawyer blamed his sudden death on his inner circle pushing him too hard in the run-up to a series of comeback gigs in Britain. He said the Jacksons believed Michael had become addicted to painkillers and prescription drugs and were concerned about the 'stress' he was under ahead of the gruelling concerts in London.
Brian Oxman, who was with the family overnight, said the singer had been taking drugs for months in his battle to be fit for the string of gigs which had been due to start next month.
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Painkillers are bad stuff.
That's why I'm sticking with my daily injections of horse tranquillizer.
Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson ...
I.V. drug addict lawyered-up legendary pedophile dies in overdose.
Good riddance.
At least he didn’t die sitting on a toilet...
I suspect you won’t be seeing Dr Tohme no more.
Or choking on a ham sandwich.
Imagine that....getting lost with a TohmeTohme.
“Dr Tohme Tohme”
Isn’t that a GPS Navigation system?
Sounds like he stopped living some time ago.
Elvis!
I cant wait to read about this freak on findadeath.com
and before
Elvis Presley,
Marilyn Monroe,
Judy Garland,
come to mind
it is not new ...
Or sitting on a toilet while choking on a ham sandwich.
That makes absolutly no sense.
But I wonder how long it will take?
..and Janis Joplin. But those are hard drug OD related deaths. I was referring to abuse of prescription meds (painkillers, anti depressants, etc)
Dr Killpatient...
Check the plane tickets. If the doctor has any brains he’s in Brazil by now.
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