Michael Gabriel

I am a Stand Up Comedian - Author of a book titled:
James Earl Ray-The Last Days of Inmate # 65477.

I created the Ancient Art of Cat Yoga aka turban wearing house-cats who sit in the Lotus position and meditate while doing yoga. I claimed to have a school where I taught this ancient art after spending 8 years in the Cat Yoga temples of Tibet. It was a comedic hoax that got me booked as a featured guest on the Geraldo Rivera show. * the picture to the left is the costume I wore when I was pretending to be a Cat Yoga Sensei-Master.

In 1997, I moved to Nashville, Tennessee from Baltimore, Maryland. I rented a small house near the prison where James Earl Ray was incarcerated. I visited him in the prison for one hour a day, 7 days a week during the last 6 months of his life. I documented everything that took place as he fought to obtain a new trial and a liver transplant. After his death, I moved to Los Angeles and finished the book I started working on in Nashville. After the book was published, I was diagnosed with liver cancer and my life was saved when I had the liver transplant that James never got.

August 31, 2013 was the ( 7 ) seven year anniversary of my Hepatocellulkar carcinoma aka liver cancer diagnosis ... and thanks to a life saving liver transplant ... I'm still above ground.

I have an incredible ventriloquist figure made by Tim Selberg and I rescue feral cats when I can.