Smokey Robinson - Smokey Robinson: 'I Feel Sorry For Dr. Murray'

11 October 2011
Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson

Picture: Smokey Robinson and Gladys Knight Michael Forever: Michael Jackson Tribute Concert held at the Cardiff Millenium Stadium Cardiff, Wales - 08.10.11

Smokey Robinson: 'I Feel Sorry For Dr. Murray'

Soul icon Smokey Robinson feels sorry for Michael Jackson's embattled personal physician DR. Conrad Murray, insisting he believes the doctor merely wanted to be around the King of Pop.

Robinson feels sure Dr. Murray was only doing what Jackson told him to do, and unfortunately that may have involved administering the fatal dose of anaesthetic Propofol which cost the singer his life in June, 2009.

Speaking to news show Access Hollywood backstage at Saturday's (08Oct11) Michael Forever tribute concert in Wales, the Tears of a Clown singer said, "I just think it’s tragic. I think it’s a tragedy. I feel sorry, in a way, for the doctor... He was just so happy to be around Michael Jackson, and to do whatever Michael said whenever Michael said it."

The Michael Forever concert offered fans and Jackson family members a break from the Murray manslaughter trial in Los Angeles. The doctor faces jail time if he's found guilty. The trial recommences on Tuesday (11Oct11) following America's Columbus Day holiday.


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11th October 2011 20:00

ultravioletrae     (33)

Seriously? Michael wanted reckless administration of propofol without monitoring or resuscitation equipment? Somebody please tell me he didn't say that! There is ample evidence that he wanted to be properly monitored as reflected in the hiring of a doctor to care for him and as Nurse Cherilyn Lee has described. Be very cautious of people like Dr. Murray who are good at making you feel sorry for them. People who are good at manipulating others through pity are used to getting away with murder.

11th October 2011 20:00

ultravioletrae     (33)

Seriously? Michael wanted reckless administration of propofol without monitoring or resuscitation equipment? Somebody please tell me he didn't say that! There is ample evidence that he wanted to be properly monitored as reflected in the hiring of a doctor to care for him and as Nurse Cherilyn Lee has described. Be very cautious of people like Dr. Murray who are good at making you feel sorry for them. People who are good at manipulating others through pity are used to getting away with murder.

11th October 2011 20:00

ultravioletrae     (33)

Seriously? Michael wanted reckless administration of propofol without monitoring or resuscitation equipment? Somebody please tell me he didn't say that! There is ample evidence that he wanted to be properly monitored as reflected in the hiring of a doctor to care for him and as Nurse Cherilyn Lee has described. Be very cautious of people like Dr. Murray who are good at making you feel sorry for them. People who are good at manipulating others through pity are used to getting away with murder.

11th October 2011 20:00

ultravioletrae     (33)

Seriously? Michael wanted reckless administration of propofol without monitoring or resuscitation equipment? Somebody please tell me he didn't say that! There is ample evidence that he wanted to be properly monitored as reflected in the hiring of a doctor to care for him and as Nurse Cherilyn Lee has described. Be very cautious of people like Dr. Murray who are good at making you feel sorry for them. People who are good at manipulating others through pity are used to getting away with murder.

11th October 2011 20:00

ultravioletrae     (33)

Seriously? Michael wanted reckless administration of propofol without monitoring or resuscitation equipment? Somebody please tell me he didn't say that! There is ample evidence that he wanted to be properly monitored as reflected in the hiring of a doctor to care for him and as Nurse Cherilyn Lee has described. Be very cautious of people like Dr. Murray who are good at making you feel sorry for them. People who are good at manipulating others through pity are used to getting away with murder.

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