Michael Jackson

2022 - 4 - 28

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Whatever happened to Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles? Abused ... (Scottish Daily Record)

The Thriller singer splashed out $65000 on Bubbles from an animal trainer in the 1980s.

Bubbles and Michael were close friends and playmates. Michael said that once he was hit across the room. "Bubbles is still alive and he’s beautiful. I said, ‘Well, Michael, did you think that was all right?’ And he said, ‘No, not really.’" They remember people and stuff. He said: "I saw Michael punch Bubbles in the face, kick him in the stomach."

Viewers are confused by Ross Kemp documentary 'Searching for ... (Yahoo News)

But Wednesday's programme saw him go in search of the elephants, giraffes, tigers and chimps that had made up the menagerie at Neverland, and which were sold ...

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Ross Kemp documentary exposes horrors of Michael Jackson's ... (The indy100)

A new Ross Kemp documentary has been uncovering the dark truth behind Michael Jackson's Neverland Zoo and what happened to the animals after the singer died ...

What became of Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee Bubbles (The Independent)

King of Pop's primate toured the world with his owner, drank tea with the mayor of Osaka, befriended Elizabeth Taylor and annoyed Freddie Mercury.

Bob Dunn, a celebrity animal wrangler, toldThe News of the World in 2009: “Bubbles definitely missed him when they parted and will miss him now. The last time Michael visited, Bubbles definitely recognised and remembered him.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. They remember people and stuff. They help me dust, clean the window.” According to his keepers, Bubbles is now “a physically imposing 185-pound, 4.5-foot adult male” who is”treated as the dominant male in his group of chimpanzees that includes his best friends, Ripley and Oopsie, as well as Boma and Jessie”.

Ross Kemp's Michael Jackson documentary branded 'pointless' by ... (Daily Star)

Ex-EastEnders star Ross Kemp appeared to a new show to investigate the fate of Neverland's creatures after its closure nearly 17 years ago, leaving many ...

Ultimately, many of the animals who lived at Neverland would end up in private zoos. From gangs and guns to giraffes and alpacas." Two of Jackson’s pet giraffes also died after they left Neverland.

How did Michael Jackson die? How to watch Ross Kemp's ... (NationalWorld)

In the ITV documentary Searching for Michael Jackson's Zoo, actor and presenter Ross Kemp sets out to discover what happened to the animals of Neverland Ranch ...

In one instance a chimp expert who visited the ranch told Jackson that the enclosures he used were too small and that infants and their mothers should not be separated, as was the practice at Neverland. One of Jackson’s elephants, Baba, is now owned by one of the Neverland trainers who told Kemp that he regretted how the animals were treated at the ranch. By the time that the ranch was put up for sale after Jackson died - all the zoo animals of which there were 50 different species - were gone.

Burnley: Michael Jackson previews Watford game (BBC News)

Interim manager Michael Jackson says Burnley must "stay in the now" as the resurgent Clarets look to continue their terrific recent form and escape ...

"There are things in every game we focus on and we know if we get the majority of those right, it gives us a really good chance of getting a good performance." "I’ve always said we stay in the now, we can’t read the future, and that’s the best way to play football, by staying in the moment." "We approach this how we have the last three games," he said.