Pop star and ex-Jehovah’s Witness Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home on June 25 2009. Michael was rushed to UCLA Medical Centre in a coma but doctors were unable to revive him. He was just weeks away from beginning his comeback tour in London.

On Watchtower Information Service articles about Michael Jackson were always very popular. Especially that Michael reportedly became a Muslim was greeted with applause by visitors from the Islamic world (see the comments in previous articles on Watchtower Information Service). Read more…

In 2005 we already reported the possibility that Michael Jackson had decided to convert to Islam. Jermaine Jackson, Michael’s brother, who converted to Islam in 1989 said it is likely that Michael Jackson will convert to Islam. Read more…

According to a an Arab-Israeli newspaper Michael Jackson is moving from Jehovah’s Witness to Islam. An Iranian newspaper reports that Michael Jackson donated a huge amount of money for building a state-of-the-art mosque near his luxury palace in the Bahraini capital. Read more…

Is Michael Jackson re-embracing the values of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, even though he’s publicly separated himself from the denomination in the past? Read more…

by ROBIN YAPP and ANNETTE WITHERIDGE, Daily Mail
15th September 2003

Venus and Serena Williams are in mourning today after their eldest sister was murdered. Read more…

REGINA — Shont’e Peoples was seeking a new start, looking to go somewhere else to wrestle quarterbacks and his spirituality. Read more…

The parents of the famous tennis sisters Venus and Serena Williams have completed their divorce according to the Associated Press (you can read the news item below). The tennis sisters were raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses by their mother. They were also home-schooled by her. The father is as far as I know not a Witness and is only interested in their tennis careers. Read more…

Interview with Venus Williams: best female tennis player in the world and a Jehovah’s Witness.

She was a prodigy who was trained by her father, but that’s where the likeness to the other focused, driven champions ends. This one likes doughnuts, admits she can be lazy and enjoys teasing interviewers. Read more…

By Pam Sitt
Seattle Times staff reporter

What to expect when the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince – who is now a Jehovah’s Witness – takes the stage at the Paramount Monday? Read more…

His wife died on January 12, 1971 at 26 years of age because she rejected an organ transplant. Read more…