Thomas W. Sneddon Jr.
Thomas W. Sneddon Jr. (May 26,1941 - November 1,2014) was the district attorney of Santa Barbara County, California. He was best known for prosecuting charges of child molestation against Michael Jackson in 2005. He retired in 2007. Jackson wrote a song about Sneddon called" D. S." . It was on his 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. The song was in response to Sneddon' s investigation into Jackson for child molestation in 1993.
Sneddon died on November 1,2014 from complications of cancer, aged 73, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, U. S.
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1941 births
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Cancer deaths in California
Lawyers from California
People from Santa Barbara, California