Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

 A week before jury selection begins in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, the late singer's father renewed calls for an investigation into his son's death.

Joe Jackson, in Madrid to promote a worldwide tour of the hit Spanish musical Forever King of Pop, said he believes Dr Conrad Murray was acting on behalf of other people involved in Jackson's career and said his son had warned his family he would be killed over the publishing rights to hit songs such as Thriller and Billie Jean.

"I want to get the other people that's involved, not just Dr Murray. That's why I'm trying to get a federal investigation, so they can grab them all," he said.

He characterised Murray as "just the fall guy," in an interview with Reuters, but declined to say who else he thought might be to blame in the death of his superstar son.

"I'm not calling names, but they know who they are," said the patriarch of the family of Jackson singers who helped define the Motown sound of the late 1960s and '70s.

"Michael knew that something was going to happen to him before it happened," said Joe Jackson, who wore his customary black fedora and gold chains.

Michael Jackson, dubbed the King of Pop for his many hits, died in 2009 at age 50 in Los Angeles of a drug overdose only days before he was to begin a series of comeback concerts in London.

Murray was hired by concert promoters AEG Live to care for the singer as he rehearsed and he was giving Jackson the anaesthetic propofol to help him sleep at home.

But propofol typically is used in hospitals, not as a sleep aid. Coroners have ruled propofol was the key drug that caused Jackson's death and prosecutors have charged Murray with involuntary manslaughter for improperly administering it.

Murray has pleaded not guilty and lawyers begin jury selection next week for a trial set to begin in Los Angeles on May 9.

Earlier this week Jermaine Jackson, the brother of Michael and a member of the Jackson Five singers, reached a deal with Crown publishing to release a memoir detailing his brother's life and promising to leave "no subject off limits."

In his life, Michael Jackson had claimed his father was abusive.

On Friday, Joe Jackson declined to comment on Jermaine's book, saying he was working on his own.

He did not give details of his memoir, other than saying it would look at his "hard times" early in life, raising a family, working many jobs and moulding his sons into the pop stars they eventually became.

Jermaine Jackson's book, titled You Are Not Alone: Through a Brother's Eyes, is set for release later this year.

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