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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Michael Jackson threw his life away
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the renowned U.S. writer and broadcaster, has said that pop superstar Michael Jackson "threw his life away" by taking doses of medication he knew were lethal.
"As far as Michael Jackson is concerned, his death is a terrible tragedy, a terrible loss of life, a terrible waste of human potential," Boteach, a onetime friend of the late superstar, told Haaretz this week. "I'm very sad that he threw away his life, because he did throw away his life."
Boteach, 42, whom Newsweek ranked seventh on its 2009 list of the "Top 50 Rabbis in America," was a friend of Jackson's for several years at the beginning of the decade.
"Michael knew what he was doing," he said. "He knew that the drugs he was taking - that the amount that he was taking - could kill him at any moment. And many people tried to stop him and discourage him, and it's very, very sad and tragic that he lived with so much pain that he couldn't stop."
The rabbi said he never said Jackson taking drugs; but he added that he speculated that the "King of Pop," who died on June 25 after reportedly having been administered drugs such as propofol and lorazepam, had in fact been using narcotics.
"With Michael, at times it appeared, he used to bring with him what I believed were unaccredited doctors, doctors who were probably very questionable," he said. "I used to always ask why he brought them with him, he would always find a reason - he fell on his back, he broke his foot - he always needed a doctor. He always had excuses to why doctors were around."
Boteach noted that Jackson's apparent drug use was a factor in the breakdown of their friendship. On Friday, the star's former manager Dieter Wiesner told The Sun, the British Tabloid, that Jackson had put Boteach's name on an "enemy list" he kept.
The rabbi, who is perhaps best known for his bestselling book Kosher Sex, described Jackson's legacy as "very mixed."
"He did good in his life, and he made people happy - and [for] some of whom he was very special - but he may indeed have been guilty of very serious crimes, which no one could excuse, and if he was guilty of those crimes, he deserves to be condemned," Boteach said, referring to child molestation allegations against the pop star.
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Not A very nice friend!!!
Haaretz / Thanks Neyha!