Friday, June 21, 2013

Michael Jackson didn’t get good night’s sleep in two months leading up to 'This Is It' tour: expert


Michael Jackson didn’t get good night’s sleep in two months leading up to 'This Is It' tour: expert

Dr. Charles Czeisler, a Harvard sleep researcher, said Jackson’s propofol-induced slumber induced by Conrad Murray wasn’t providing the pop star enough REM sleep. He also said that lab rats exposed to the same lack of REM often died after five weeks. Czeisler was testifying during the wrongful-death suit against concert promoter AEG Live, brought on by Jackson’s mother, Katherine.

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A Harvard sleep researcher claimed that Michael Jackson wasn't getting enough REM sleep in the two months prior to his death in 2009.

JOEL RYAN/AP

A Harvard sleep researcher claimed that Michael Jackson wasn't getting enough REM sleep in the two months prior to his death in 2009.

Michael Jackson could barely moonwalk before he died because he hadn’t had any real sleep for 60 days.
That was the claim of a Harvard sleep researcher Friday who said Jackson’s inability to remember song lyrics or learn new dance moves were clear evidence he wasn’t getting any shut-eye as he prepared for the “This Is It” tour.
“The symptoms that Mr. Jackson was exhibiting were consistent with what someone might expect to see of someone suffering from total sleep deprivation over a chronic period,” Dr. Charles Czeisler testified at the wrongful-death trial of concert promoter AEG LIve.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/michael-jackson-didn-sleep-months-expert-article-1.1379352#ixzz2WuL5QUVo

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