The King of Pop’s Final Words and Last Days Revealed in New Memoir

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<p>Isabella TorregianiJune 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM</p>

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<p>The King of Pop's Final Words and Last Days Revealed in New Memoir originally appeared on Parade.</p>

<p>The King of Pop passed away 16 years ago, and now one of his close friends is opening up about the star's final days.</p>

<p>Before his tragic death, Michael Jackson was preparing for his highly anticipated This Is It concert residency, which was set to run from July 2009 to March 2010. But the 50-year-old singer never got to see it through — he died just one month before the first show.</p>

<p>Now, Jackson's longtime friend and personal attorney, John Mason, is sharing what he witnessed in those final weeks.</p>

<p>In his new memoir, Crazy Lucky: Remarkable Stories from Inside the World of Celebrity Icons, Mason offers an inside look at Jackson's condition leading up to his death.</p>

<p>"In 2009, I was living in Reno when I got a call from someone who told me that Michael was in 'really bad shape,' Mason wrote, according to Radar Online. "He was trying to tour again, but he had collapsed onstage during rehearsals. Yet, he was back at it the next day. Michael was Michael."</p>

<p>As concerns about Jackson's health mounted, he was also battling severe insomnia. Concert promoter AEG reportedly brought in Dr. Conrad Murray to help manage his condition.</p>

<p>Murray allegedly began administering nightly doses of propofol — a anesthetic typically used in surgery — to help the singer sleep.</p>

<p>According to Mason, Jackson's last words were, "I can't function if I don't sleep. They'll have to cancel it. And I don't want them to cancel it."</p>

<p>Dr. Murray was later convicted of involuntary manslaughter. His Texas medical license was revoked, and his licenses in California and Nevada were suspended. Though sentenced to four years, he was released on parole after serving two.</p>

<p>Mason also claims Jackson was under immense financial pressure, nearing bankruptcy and at risk of losing his beloved Neverland Ranch. He says the medications were meant to help Jackson rest so he could keep performing — but the combination proved fatal.</p>

<p>The Grammy-winner died on June 25, 2009, from cardiac arrest caused by a lethal mix of sedatives and propofol.</p>

<p>Mason's account adds to the ongoing speculation surrounding Jackson's final days — though his recollections remain alleged.</p>

<p>The King of Pop's Final Words and Last Days Revealed in New Memoir first appeared on Parade on Jun 25, 2025</p>

<p>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 25, 2025, where it first appeared.</p>

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Eastern states swelter in record-breaking heat as 'extremely dangerous' conditions continue

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<p>Patrick SmithJune 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM</p>

<p>Almost 150 million people were under heat advisories and warnings Wednesday morning, as the extreme heat wave that has brought sweltering conditions to the eastern half of the country and smashed dozens of temperature records showed no sign of ending.</p>

<p>The National Weather Service said the conditions remain "extremely dangerous" as the Ohio Valley is set to feel the heat through Friday, with more daily and monthly record temperatures expected to be broken.</p>

<p>Eastern heat persists</p>

<p>New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston all hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, as did parts of Maine. Dozens of heat records have been broken this week in the eastern half of the continental United States.</p>

<p>Tuesday was New York's hottest day since 2012, as voters lined up for the Democratic primary election. Wednesday will see another day in the upper-90s with overnight temperatures in the low-70s.</p>

<p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned in a statement Tuesday that the electricity grid downstate was approaching "peak capacity" as people cranked up their air conditioners.</p>

<p>Manhattan, New York City, on Tuesday. (Craig T Fruchtman / Getty Images)</p>

<p>"It is critical to conserve electricity between now and 10:00 PM. That means setting window air conditioning units to 76 degrees and avoiding unnecessary appliance use," she said, while adding that it was still "critical" for people to stay safe in the dangerous heat.</p>

<p>The Washington Monument was shut for a second consecutive day Tuesday as both locals and tourists felt the heat, and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey reached 103 degrees, the hottest it's been since 1966.</p>

<p>The heat has turned fatal, with authorities confirming that a woman in St. Ann, Missouri, died Monday of heat-related causes. Local Police Chief Aaron Jimenez said she died at home after having no water or air conditioning for at least three days.</p>

<p>Two 16-year-old hikers suffering from heat exhaustion had to be rescued from Gap Mountain in Jaffrey on Tuesday — one had to be carried down the mountain to a waiting ambulance, New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation said on Facebook.</p>

<p>NBC Chicago reported that the heat was enough to buckle a section of road in Missouri, and three Chicago-area hospitals were struggling with their air conditioning, leading some patients to be moved.</p>

<p>Cumulative health risks</p>

<p>The weather service warned of the heat wave's cumulative health effects and stressed the importance of drinking enough water and finding somewhere cool, especially for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and those with pre-existing health conditions.</p>

<p>"This is after several consecutive days of oppressive heat, which should exacerbate heat-related health impacts. This level of heat is dangerous to anyone without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration," the service said.</p>

<p>People seek shade in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)</p>

<p>"You get the combination of the extreme heat and humidity but no relief," Jacob Asherman, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Prediction Center, told The . "It's kind of been just everything stacked on top of itself ... It just speaks to how strong this heat wave is. This is a pretty, pretty extreme event."</p>

<p>Elsewhere, scattered thunderstorms will hit the Southwest on Wednesday, with possible flash flooding in parts of New Mexico and Texas.</p>

<p>Cooler weather on the way</p>

<p>The heat should ease as the week goes on. A new cold weather front is moving through the mid-Atlantic, bringing highs closer to 90 and, for some areas, the 80s or even 70s.</p>

<p>"There's even a rare backdoor cool front that will drop southward from New England to part of the mid-Atlantic region during the middle and latter part of this week," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Brett Anderson said. "This can dramatically drop temperatures by 20-40 degrees in some cases, which is about as big as it gets this time of the year."</p>

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Russia's Medvedev calls EU an enemy, says Ukrainian membership would be dangerous

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<p>June 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM</p>

<p>MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the European Union had evolved into an enemy of Russia that posed a direct threat to its security, and Moscow was now opposed to Ukraine joining the bloc.</p>

<p>Russia has long been opposed to Ukraine joining the NATO Western military alliance - one of the reasons it gives for its decision to launch a full-scale war against Ukraine in 2022.</p>

<p>But it has in the past been more relaxed about the prospect of Kyiv becoming a member of the EU. President Vladimir Putin said in June 2022 that Russia had "nothing against" that, and the Kremlin said as recently as February that joining the bloc was Ukraine's sovereign right.</p>

<p>However, Medvedev, who is now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that the EU had shifted from being an economic bloc dedicated to preventing war into what he called a politicised anti-Russian organisation that was slowly turning into a military bloc.</p>

<p>"Brussels today is a real enemy of Russia. In its current twisted form, the European Union is no less of a threat to us than the North Atlantic Alliance," Medvedev wrote on Telegram.</p>

<p>He said it was therefore wrong to say now that Ukraine should be free to "join anything you like" apart from NATO.</p>

<p>"The EU, stuffed with weapons...is a direct threat to Russia. That is exactly how it should be treated. At least until it changes its approach to us," he added. "Thus, the so-called (idea of) Ukraine in the EU is a danger for our country".</p>

<p>Ukraine applied for EU membership shortly after the start of the war in 2022 and was granted candidate status later that year.</p>

<p>Medvedev said that bilateral cooperation between Moscow and certain individual EU member states should, however, continue. He did not name specific countries, but central European neighbours Hungary and Slovakia have taken pains to maintain cordial relations with Putin since the start of the war.</p>

<p>(Reporting by ReutersWriting by Andrew OsbornEditing by Mark Trevelyan)</p>

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Pope Leo XIV affirms celibacy for priests, demands 'firm' action on sex abuse

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<p>NICOLE WINFIELD June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM</p>

<p>1 / 5APTOPIX Vatican PopePope Leo XIV leads a meditation with the participants into the Jubilee of Bishops inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)</p>

<p>ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave marching orders Wednesday to the world's Catholic hierarchs.</p>

<p>Leo met in St. Peter's Basilica with about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending this week's special Holy Year celebrations for clergy. A day after he gave an uplifting message of encouragement to young seminarians, Leo offered a more comprehensive outline of what bishops must do to lead their flocks.</p>

<p>It's an issue the former Cardinal Robert Prevost would have long pondered given his role as the prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops. In that job from 2023 until his election in May, the Chicago-born Prevost vetted bishop nominations for Pope Francis, identifying the type of leader who would further Francis' view of a church where all are welcome and dialogue is the decisive form of governance.</p>

<p>History's first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among clergy and to be close to his flock in word and deed. Bishops must live in poverty and simplicity, generously opening their homes to all and acting as a father figure and brother to his priests, Leo said.</p>

<p>"In his personal life, he must be detached from the pursuit of wealth and from forms of favoritism based on money or power," he said.</p>

<p>Bishops must remain celibate "and present to all the authentic image of the church, holy and chaste in her members as in her head," he said.</p>

<p>Referring to cases of abuse, he said bishops "must be firm and decisive in dealing with situations that can cause scandal and with every case of abuse, especially involving minors, and fully respect the legislation currently in force."</p>

<p>It was the second time in a week that Leo has commented publicly on the abuse scandal. On Friday night, in a written statement to a crusading Peruvian journalist who documented gross abuses in a Peruvian Catholic movement, Leo said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. He identified sexual and spiritual abuses, as well as abuses of authority and power in calling for "transparent processes" to create a culture of prevention across the church.</p>

<p>Francis, who in many ways placed Leo in position to succeed him, had also reaffirmed celibacy for Latin rite priests while acknowledging it was a discipline of the church, not doctrine, and therefore could change. But he refused appeals from Amazonian bishops to allow married priests to address the priest shortage in the region.</p>

<p>Prevost spent two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru and would know well those arguments. But on Wednesday he reaffirmed the celibate priesthood as the "authentic image" of the church.</p>

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<p>religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.</p>

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DoorDash exec and his parents ID'd as victims of deadly Lake Tahoe boating accident that killed 5 others

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<p>Marlene Lenthang June 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM</p>

<p>A DoorDash executive and members of his family have been identified among the eight people who died in a boating accident on Lake Tahoe over the weekend.</p>

<p>Joshua Antony Pickles, 37, from San Francisco, died in the accident, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.</p>

<p>He worked as the global head of strategic sourcing and procurement in DoorDash's finance team.</p>

<p>His parents, Paula Bozinovich, 71, and Terry Pickles, 73, from Redwood City, also died in the accident.</p>

<p>The other victims were identified as Pickles' uncle Peter Bayes, 72, from Lincoln, California; Timothy O'Leary, 71, from Auburn, California; Theresa Giullari, 66, from Honeoye, New York; James Guck, 69, of Honeoye; and Stephen Lindsay, 63, of Springwater, New York.</p>

<p>The capsized vessel in the vicinity of D.L. Bliss State Park at Lake Tahoe on Saturday. (Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Smith / U.S. Coast Guard District 11)</p>

<p>Ten people were on the boat that capsized in South Lake Tahoe near D.L. Bliss State Park on Saturday afternoon as waves reached 8 feet in height.</p>

<p>Two people were immediately rescued from the water and hospitalized, but ultimately eight bodies were recovered from the water. The last missing person was recovered Monday.</p>

<p>"The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office extends its deepest heartfelt condolences to the families of those who were lost and all those who have been affected by this tragic event," the sheriff's office said.</p>

<p>DoorDash told NBC News that the company was "heartbroken" by the accident.</p>

<p>"Josh loved his team and was an inspiration to everyone who had the privilege of knowing him. During his nearly seven years at DoorDash, he brought a contagious spirit that lifted those around him. The loss of Josh is immeasurable. We miss him deeply and will carry his memory with us always," the company said.</p>

<p>"Our thoughts and love are with his wife, his daughter, his family, and all who were close to him. We are working to support them through this incredibly difficult time," the statement continued.</p>

<p>Sam Singer, a spokesperson for the family, said the group was celebrating Bozinovich's birthday on her son's boat that he purchased a year ago.</p>

<p>Pickles' wife had stayed home to take care of their 7-month daughter, he said, noting the couple split their time between the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe and had used the boat only twice before.</p>

<p>"The waves were so big that the water came onboard and started to fill the boat up and stalled the engine," Singer said of the turbulent weather that saw winds top 35 mph Saturday on the lake.</p>

<p>Pickles' wife, Jordan Sugar-Carlsgaard, on Tuesday said, "We are devastated by this tragedy."</p>

<p>"We lost my loving husband Josh Pickles, his parents Terry Pickles and Paula Bozinovich, and Uncle Peter Bayes, as well as friends in this tragedy," she said, according to the affiliate. "No words can express the pain and anguish we feel knowing their lives were lost during what was meant to be a joyful time on the lake. Our hearts go out to those who tragically lost their lives and the two survivors of this unexpected and deadly storm on Lake Tahoe."</p>

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