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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2004 file photo, associate professional Nareg Gourjian, left, leaves the San Mateo County Superior Courthouse in Redwood City, Calif., with honor professional Mark Geragos patch representing histrion Peterson, who was live in the murder of his spouse and unhatched son. Gourjian, who also worked for Geragos during his state of archangel Jackson, declared Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, that he wants to join the accumulation aggroup representing Jackson's doctor, author Murray, on an reflex manslaughter charge. The advise upraised the possibility of a offend of interest. (AP Photo, Arleen Ng, Pool, File)Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - archangel Jackson's realty has generated $310 meg in revenue from medium sales, a film, merchandising and another products since the "Thriller" vocaliser died in 2009, according to suite papers filed on Thursday.

His estate's administrators hit used $159 meg to pay downbound the imbibe star's debt, which when politician died amounted to more than $400 million, suite records show.

"Although there rest unharmonious creditor claims, pending litigation and additional hard business, set and legal issues, and the realty is not yet in a condition to be closed, the executors hit prefabricated substantial advancement in reducing the estate's debt," the documents state.

The records, which were prefabricated public as conception of the estate's certification proceedings, are the most careful business yet of the assets of Jackson's realty from his modification until Dec 31, 2010.

Beneficiaries of the realty are Jackson's children, his mother and various charities. Attorney Evangelist Branca and penalization executive Evangelist McClain were named administrators in a will the "Thriller" vocaliser subscribed before he died in June 2009 from an overdose of drugs, most prominently the drug propofol.

The singer's physician at the time, Dr. author Murray, has been live with reflex manslaughter in the modification and has pleaded not guilty.

Jackson's 1982 promulgation "Thriller" remains the prizewinning commerce medium of every time. Industry players conceive his realty can generate change for years to come, just as dead stars same Jimi Hendrix, Evangelist Lennon and Elvis Presley continue to blood in millions.

Among the projects making money for Jackson's realty are the newborn medium "Michael," which contains previously unreleased songs, and the concert flick "This Is It," which compiled videotaped rehearsals for a series of comeback concerts in London. Various merchandising and licensing deals hit also proud the coffers. Jackson's recordings are free by Epic Records, a organisation of Sony Corp.

Noteworthy costs included a $900,000 payment to Forest Lawn Memorial cemetery where Jackson's embody is interred, and $35,000 in expenses traded as "costume for memorial."

Administrators paid $27.2 meg in taxes, as well as $5.3 meg for politician kinsfolk members and properties he owned. They prefabricated $4 meg in mortgage payments on his properties.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Dean Goodman)

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