Congressman: "Americans should stop hero worshipping Michael Jackson"

New York State Republican Peter King's decision to say what many may not have dared to triggered a furious backlash from the singer's mourning fans yesterday.

Mr King declared that society was glorifying a 'low-life' while ignoring the achievements of teachers, police officers, firefighters, war veterans and volunteers.

Uri Geller: Stress killed Michael Jackson

URI GELLER believes the pressure of fulfilling a 50-date UK tour was a major factor behind MICHAEL JACKSON'S death.

The illusionist, considered one of MICHAEL JACKSON'S closest pals, says the demanding schedule would have been challenging to any "super artist".

Jackson about 'Elvis: 'I am afraid that I am going to end up like him,

Lisa Marie, 41 - who was wed to Jacko for less than two years in the mid 90s - wrote: "He may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my father's death. At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and stated with an almost calm certainty, 'I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, the way he did'.