•Showbizspy.com: Did Martin Bashir Kill Michael Jackson?

Was it an overdose? Was it a heart attack? Or was it TV journalist Martin Bashir? According to gossip blog Show Biz Spy, it was the “unforgivable” 2003 ITV documentary Living with Michael Jackson that led to the singer’s unravelling. Bashir had interviewed the usually reclusive Jackson over a span of eight months, befriending the singer along the way. The final interview, however, focused firmly on the ‘wacko’ part of the “Wacko Jacko” epithet, particularly Jackson’s love for hosting children in his Neverland ranch, leading to some controversy over Bashir’s interviewing and editing methods. “Watching the last part of the documentary is especially moving, as the ‘King of Pop’ has to explain himself regarding Bashir’s awkward questioning on Jackson’s children. (He pleads) ‘love’ is being lost in the world, and his emotion perhaps cites his own childhood woes...So, is this what eventually killed him? A constant loss of trust that disillusioned Jackson with anyone close-by.” Comments on the site seem to agree with this sympathetic view, with one reader remarking “Martin Bashir has Michael’s blood on his hand”.