Death of Michael Jackson

==Family and legal affairs==
{{Further|Jackson family|The Jackson 5}}

===Family reaction===
The [[Jackson family]] released a statement following the death:

{{Blockquote|Our beloved son, brother, uncle and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20288069,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|title=Jackson Family Issues Personal Statement to Fans|magazine=People|date=June 27, 2009|access-date=June 27, 2009|archive-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414230139/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20288069,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

[[La Toya Jackson]] believed her brother "was murdered for his music catalogue".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/michael-jackson-murdered-for-hit-catalogue-claims-latoya-2009167.html | location=London | newspaper=The Independent | title=Michael Jackson murdered for hit catalogue, claims LaToya | first=Katie | last=Hodge | date=June 24, 2010 | access-date=August 26, 2017 | archive-date=December 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220093718/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/michael-jackson-murdered-for-hit-catalogue-claims-latoya-2009167.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after Jackson's death, his family raised questions about the role of [[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG Live]], the This Is It concert promoter, in the last few weeks of his life.<ref name=HarrisJune28/> [[Joe Jackson (manager)|Joe Jackson]], their father, filed a complaint with the California Medical Board alleging that AEG Live was illegally practicing medicine by demanding that Murray get Jackson off various medications. The complaint also alleged that AEG Live failed to provide the resuscitation equipment and nurse which Murray had requested. AEG spokesman Michael Roth declined to comment on the complaint.<ref name=CNNJune18>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Stan |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/06/18/jackson.aeg/index.html |title=Father of Michael Jackson accuses AEG of singer's death |agency=CNN |date=June 18, 2010 |access-date=June 27, 2010 |archive-date=June 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625020248/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/06/18/jackson.aeg/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

After Murray pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter charge, several members of the Jackson family said they felt he deserved a more severe charge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20342490,00.html |title=Michael Jackson's Family Reacts with Outrage to Charge |first=Ken |last=Lee |magazine=People |date=February 8, 2009 |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=March 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307183706/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20342490,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 25, 2010, Joe filed a [[wrongful death]] lawsuit against Murray. The lawsuit alleged that Murray repeatedly lied to cover up his use of propofol, did not keep sufficient medical records and was negligent in his use of medications on Jackson. Murray's civil attorney, Charles Peckham, denied that Murray gave Jackson anything life-threatening.<ref name=APMSNBCJune25>{{cite news |last1=McCartney |first1=Anthony |last2=Ritter |first2=Ken |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37928079/ns/today-entertainment/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628034505/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37928079/ns/today-entertainment/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |title=Joe Jackson sues Murray for wrongful death |work=Associated Press/MSNBC |date=June 25, 2010}}</ref> On August 15, 2012, Joe Jackson dropped his wrongful death lawsuit against Murray.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/16/michael-jackson-death-conrad-murray|title=Michael Jackson's father drops case against Conrad Murray|first=Associated Press in Los|last=Angeles|date=August 16, 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713115821/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/16/michael-jackson-death-conrad-murray|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Jackson family praised the guilty verdict against Murray.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://b96.radio.com/2011/11/07/guilty-or-not-guilty/|title=Is Dr. Conrad Murray Guilty Or Not Guilty?|date=November 7, 2011|work=B96 Chicago|access-date=November 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110210916/http://b96.radio.com/2011/11/07/guilty-or-not-guilty/|archive-date=November 10, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2017, Michael's daughter [[Paris Jackson]] stated that she was "absolutely" convinced that her father had been murdered.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paris-jackson-life-after-neverland-128510/|title=Paris Jackson: Life After Neverland|first1=Brian|last1=Hiatt|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 24, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2021|archive-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705193456/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/paris-jackson-life-after-neverland-128510/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, Jackson's three children and his [[Katherine Jackson|mother]] sued Jackson's concert promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (AEG) and its subsidiaries and principals, alleging that AEG had negligently hired the doctor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psblaw.com/news-mj-statement.html |title=Panish Shea & Boyle LLP files lawsuit against AEG for the wrongful death of Michael Jackson |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234516/http://www.psblaw.com/news-mj-statement.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/15/entertainment/main6870448.shtml |title=Michael Jackson's Mother Sues Promoter AEG Live |agency=Associated Press |date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=November 19, 2010 |work=CBS News |archive-date=October 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018120835/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/15/entertainment/main6870448.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, following a 21-week trial in Los Angeles, the jury rendered a verdict in AEG's favor, finding that AEG had no reason to know that Murray would be "unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired" and therefore was not [[Negligence (law)|negligent]].<ref>Jonathan Lloyd and Gordon Tokumatsu, [https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/michael-jackson-negligence-wrongful-death-lawsuit-aeg/1931517/ . Michael Jackson Family Loses $1.5B Lawsuit Against Concert Promoter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916202635/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/michael-jackson-negligence-wrongful-death-lawsuit-aeg/1931517/ |date=September 16, 2021 }}, KNBC (September 23, 2013).</ref>

===Estate===
{{Further|Estate of Michael Jackson|Sony Music Publishing#Valuation}}
Jackson's last will was filed by attorney [[John Branca]] at the [[Los Angeles County]] courthouse on July 1, 2009. Signed July 7, 2002, it names Branca and accountant John McClain as executors; they were confirmed as such by a Los Angeles judge on July 6, 2009.<ref>Bone, James. [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6652155.ece Jackson's mother removed as administrator of his estate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018215910/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ |date=October 18, 2022 }}, ''The Times'', July 6, 2009.</ref> All assets are given to the (pre-existing) Michael Jackson Family Trust (amended March 22, 2002),<ref name="JGwill">Garber, Julie. [http://wills.about.com/b/2009/07/06/musings-about-michael-jacksons-estate-plan.htm "Michael Jackson's Will vs. the Michael Jackson Family Trust"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412063742/http://wills.about.com/b/2009/07/06/musings-about-michael-jacksons-estate-plan.htm |date=April 12, 2014 }}, ''about.com'', July 6, 2009.</ref> the details of which have not been made public. The [[Associated Press]] reports that, in 2007, Jackson had a net worth of $236.6 million: $567.6 million in assets, which included [[Neverland Ranch]] and his 50% share of [[Sony Music Publishing|Sony/ATV Music Publishing]]' catalog, and debts of $331 million.<ref name=MacAskillJuly1>MacAskill, Ewen. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/01/michael-jackson-public-displayed-nerverland Jackson's body to be put on public display at Neverland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407202637/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/01/michael-jackson-public-displayed-nerverland |date=April 7, 2022 }}, ''The Guardian'', July 1, 2009.</ref> The guardianship of his three children is given to his mother, Katherine, or if she is unable or unwilling, to singer [[Diana Ross]].<ref>"Michael Jackson's Will Cuts Out Ex-Wife Deborah Rowe", Associated Press, July 1, 2009; Nasaw, Daniel. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/01/michael-jackson-will-debbie-row "Jackson's ex-wife cut out of will"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407202339/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jul/01/michael-jackson-will-debbie-row |date=April 7, 2022 }}, ''The Guardian'', July 1, 2009.</ref> Jackson's will allocates 20% of his fortune as well as 20% of money made after death to unspecified charities.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/22/michael-jackson-custody-appointment.html| title=Michael Jackson's nephew to share custody of kids| work=CBC News World| date=August 22, 2012| access-date=May 6, 2013| archive-date=October 19, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019221536/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michael-jackson-s-nephew-to-share-custody-of-kids-1.1136974| url-status=live}}</ref>

Media reports suggested that the settlement of Jackson's [[Estate (law)|estate]] could last many years.<ref name=BrownLewis>Brown, David and Lewis, Leo. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201083627/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-jackson-finances-will-take-years-to-unwind-wz7bfbxm659 Michael Jackson: finances will take years to unwind], ''The Times'', June 27, 2009.</ref> The value of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is estimated by Ryan Schinman, chief of Platinum Rye, to be US$1.5&nbsp;billion. Shinman's estimate makes Jackson's share of Sony/ATV worth $750&nbsp;million, from which Jackson would have had an annual income of $80&nbsp;million. In September 2016, a deal was finalized for Sony's acquisition of Jackson's share of Sony/ATV from the Jackson estate for $750 million.<ref name="Sony Finalizes Acquisition of Michael Jackson Estate's Stake in Sony/ATV Publishing">Ed Christman. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7526542/sony-atv-michael-jackson-publishing-acquisition-completed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021346/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7526542/sony-atv-michael-jackson-publishing-acquisition-completed|date=November 12, 2020}}, ''Billboard'', September 30, 2016.</ref>