Saturday, July 25, 2009 VIENNA: Michael Jackson would have made more important achievements as a musician and philanthropist had his life not been cut short, his brother Jermaine said Friday, who was in Vienna to receive a posthumous award on behalf of the US pop star. At the Save the World Awards, which are given out for the first time this year, Michael Jackson was selected because of his charity work, the organizers said. Jermaine and his musical siblings were raised in the spirit of helping others, he said at a press conference: "Our message was to try to heal the world, to change the world."Michael Jackson's three children would now also brought up with a humanitarian philosophy in mind, and would not be pushed towards any specific career, Michael's older brother indicated. "We feel that it is more important for them to be raised in the right way" so that they would become "great human beings," he said. Their grandmother Katherine has temporary custody over Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael, born in 2002. The awards to be presented at Zwentendorf near Vienna are an offshoot of the World Awards initiated by public relations professional Georg Kindel, and financed by an Austria-based consumer fund, Superfund. Jermaine Jackson said he had a list of all the donations his brother made over the course of his career, but did not provide any details. He said Michael had donated proceeds from his tours. Other honourees include SOS Children's Villages for orphaned and disadvantaged children, the environmental group Greenpeace, and US athletics legend Carl Lewis, who has founded a charity for children. US actress and model Andie MacDowell was hired as the host of the evening. Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest on June 25. Jermaine did not answer a question about current investigations of manslaughter against his brother's personal doctor.
Saturday, July 25, 2009 VIENNA: Michael Jackson would have made more important achievements as a musician and philanthropist had his life not been cut short, his brother Jermaine said Friday, who was in Vienna to receive a posthumous award on behalf of the US pop star. At the Save the World Awards, which are given out for the first time this year, Michael Jackson was selected because of his charity work, the organizers said. Jermaine and his musical siblings were raised in the spirit of helping others, he said at a press conference: "Our message was to try to heal the world, to change the world."Michael Jackson's three children would now also brought up with a humanitarian philosophy in mind, and would not be pushed towards any specific career, Michael's older brother indicated. "We feel that it is more important for them to be raised in the right way" so that they would become "great human beings," he said. Their grandmother Katherine has temporary custody over Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael, born in 2002. The awards to be presented at Zwentendorf near Vienna are an offshoot of the World Awards initiated by public relations professional Georg Kindel, and financed by an Austria-based consumer fund, Superfund. Jermaine Jackson said he had a list of all the donations his brother made over the course of his career, but did not provide any details. He said Michael had donated proceeds from his tours. Other honourees include SOS Children's Villages for orphaned and disadvantaged children, the environmental group Greenpeace, and US athletics legend Carl Lewis, who has founded a charity for children. US actress and model Andie MacDowell was hired as the host of the evening. Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest on June 25. Jermaine did not answer a question about current investigations of manslaughter against his brother's personal doctor.
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