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MICHAEL JACKSON HIS FINAL DAYS
Aired June 24, 2011 - 20:00 ET
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MICHAEL JACKSON, KING OF POP:
This is the final curtain call.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: His last night was spent on stage.
TRAVIS PAYNE, CHOREOGRAPHER, "THIS IS IT":
I said, all right, I love you. He goes, love you more; see you tomorrow.
And then tomorrow never came.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a -- a gentleman here
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have a -- a gentleman here
that needs help, and he's not breathing.
TITO JACKSON, BROTHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON:
TITO JACKSON, BROTHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON:
Right then, I knew something was terribly wrong. I said,
Janet, is he dead? And she said he's gone.
DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Do you think there was some
sort of conspiracy to kill your brother?
DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Do you think there was some
sort of conspiracy to kill your brother?
JERMAINE JACKSON, BROTHER OF MICHAEL JACKSON:
Absolutely.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you feeling?
M. JACKSON: Good, great.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's possible that Michael had been
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you feeling?
M. JACKSON: Good, great.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's possible that Michael had been
using this anesthetic drug maybe five or six years ago.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Elvis was huge,
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Elvis was huge,
but Michael went around the world. He was off the planet.
LEMON (voice-over): Tonight, a behind-the-scenes look into
LEMON (voice-over): Tonight, a behind-the-scenes look into
the final days of Michael Jackson.
As the sun rose above the exclusive Los Angeles Hills,
As the sun rose above the exclusive Los Angeles Hills,
inside Michael Jackson's mansion, the entertainer began the
morning of June 24, 2009, doing what he loved,
preparing for a show.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now do it slow.
PAYNE: He and would start about noon, 1:00 at his home.
We would dance a few hours and stretch.
You have to have a full attitude. You have a half attitude.
Do the full one.
LEMON: Travis Payne was Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer.
PAYNE: We were on a journey with Michael that was going to
return him to the stage, you know, that he loved so much.
And I know that we were eight days away from leaving for London.
LEMON: The stage is where Michael was most at ease.
On stage, there was no one better.
Since age five, he electrified audiences around the world with hit songs
like "I Want You Back." And the world appeared ready to welcome him
back . It had been 12 years since Jackson's last major performance.
The King of Pop was poised to regain his throne.
M. JACKSON: This is it. I mean this is really it.
This is the final -- this is the final curtain call.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now do it slow.
PAYNE: He and would start about noon, 1:00 at his home.
We would dance a few hours and stretch.
You have to have a full attitude. You have a half attitude.
Do the full one.
LEMON: Travis Payne was Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer.
PAYNE: We were on a journey with Michael that was going to
return him to the stage, you know, that he loved so much.
And I know that we were eight days away from leaving for London.
LEMON: The stage is where Michael was most at ease.
On stage, there was no one better.
Since age five, he electrified audiences around the world with hit songs
like "I Want You Back." And the world appeared ready to welcome him
back . It had been 12 years since Jackson's last major performance.
The King of Pop was poised to regain his throne.
M. JACKSON: This is it. I mean this is really it.
This is the final -- this is the final curtain call.
And the story continues.....
LEMON: But Phillips says AEG never officially employed
Dr. Murray because the contract was never signed.
(on camera): To you this contract is null and void or --
PHILLIPS: Yes, to me it never took effect, because it
(on camera): To you this contract is null and void or --
PHILLIPS: Yes, to me it never took effect, because it
required Michael's signature, and Michael didn't sign the contract.
LEMON: AEG says Dr. Conrad Murray was hired on
LEMON: AEG says Dr. Conrad Murray was hired on
Michael's insistence, and he would not take no for an answer.
See, like, when we first started, we were doing one nighters.
Every day, you're in a different place, riding a bus and sleeping
on top of each other. That's tough. But this was -- and you didn't
have to take the stage down. You were in one location.
PHILLIPS: I think that night, he finally accepted, down deep in
whatever the inner reaches of an artist's soul are, that he could do this.
LEMON (on camera): Was anything out of the ordinary that night?
JERKINS: The only thing that might have been out of the ordinary
is that Michael was -- had a serious glow about him that night.
JERKINS: You could see his confidence growing and you
could see physically he was able to do the things that he wanted to do.
PHILLIPS: We were walking to our cars, and he put his arm around
me at the Staples Center and he said, thank you for getting me here.
Now I know I can do it and take it from here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hold for applause. Hold for applause,
slow umbrella, fade out.
LEMON: Jackson left the Staples Center around midnight
and headed to his rented mansion in the posh L.A. neighborhood
of Holmby Hills. Just 12 hours later, however, nothing would
ever be the same.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DON LEMON, CNN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
CORRESPONDENT:
Michael Jackson is buried on a hilltop here at Forest Lawn
Memorial Cemetery. His body lies in a highly secured mausoleum,
off limits to the public. One year after his death, Jackson's personal
physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is charged with involuntary
manslaughter, but some close to Jackson believe
there are others responsible for his death.
JERMAINE JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON'S BROTHER:
You only make a change for once in my life.
LEMON (voice-over): Jermaine Jackson was closer to his brother than
just about anyone else. He claims Michael was murdered.
J. JACKSON: He said to my mother that they're trying to kill me.
LEMON (on camera): Do you think Conrad Murray was part of that?
Was he complicit?
J. JACKSON: I think he's kind of like a fall guy.
LEMON: So you think he knew?
Do you think he did that on purpose, Conrad Murray?
J. JACKSON: I think he knew the players. And I think if you squeeze
his hand hard enough he will say.
LEMON (voice-over): Jermaine is convinced his brother's death
is not simply a tragic accident.
J. JACKSON: I do know that there were evils, conspirators and
people who just did not want to see him get bigger, and so we're
busy trying to bring all of this together. They knew who they are.
We know who they are as well.
LEMON: And who do you think they are?
J. JACKSON: They are just people in the industry.
When you become so big, you have enemies. This was done to him purposefully.
LEMON: You think someone killed him purposefully?
J. JACKSON: Oh, yes, yes. It will come out.
LEMON: So you think there was some sort of conspiracy
to take to kill your brother?
J. JACKSON: Absolutely.
LEMON: So who was behind it then?
J. JACKSON: They know who they are.
LEMON: Do you know who they are?
J. JACKSON: Oh, of course. Of course.
LEMON: Do you want to say who they are?
J. JACKSON: No, I can't say that.
LEMON (voice-over): But Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson
family is saying who he thinks is responsible for his son's death.
Concert promoter AEG Live. He filed a 160-page complaint against the
company with the California Medical Board. CNN obtained a copy of it.
(on camera): You say at the heart of it is --
BRIAN OXMAN, JOE JACKSON'S ATTORNEY:
Money. Money is at the heart of this thing.
Michael Jackson died because of people's greed.
And let there be no mistake about it.
LEMON (voice-over): Attorney Brian Oxman is representing
Joe Jackson. His complaint accuses AEG of hiring Dr. Murray
and demanding that he medicate Michael and provide him with
dangerous medical services
And they continue later in the transcript
OXMAN: That is simply not true.
LEMON: And the proof of that is --
OXMAN: The proof of it is the e-mails, which go back and forth
See, like, when we first started, we were doing one nighters.
Every day, you're in a different place, riding a bus and sleeping
on top of each other. That's tough. But this was -- and you didn't
have to take the stage down. You were in one location.
PHILLIPS: I think that night, he finally accepted, down deep in
whatever the inner reaches of an artist's soul are, that he could do this.
LEMON (on camera): Was anything out of the ordinary that night?
JERKINS: The only thing that might have been out of the ordinary
is that Michael was -- had a serious glow about him that night.
JERKINS: You could see his confidence growing and you
could see physically he was able to do the things that he wanted to do.
PHILLIPS: We were walking to our cars, and he put his arm around
me at the Staples Center and he said, thank you for getting me here.
Now I know I can do it and take it from here.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hold for applause. Hold for applause,
slow umbrella, fade out.
LEMON: Jackson left the Staples Center around midnight
and headed to his rented mansion in the posh L.A. neighborhood
of Holmby Hills. Just 12 hours later, however, nothing would
ever be the same.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DON LEMON, CNN SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
CORRESPONDENT:
Michael Jackson is buried on a hilltop here at Forest Lawn
Memorial Cemetery. His body lies in a highly secured mausoleum,
off limits to the public. One year after his death, Jackson's personal
physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, is charged with involuntary
manslaughter, but some close to Jackson believe
there are others responsible for his death.
JERMAINE JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON'S BROTHER:
You only make a change for once in my life.
LEMON (voice-over): Jermaine Jackson was closer to his brother than
just about anyone else. He claims Michael was murdered.
J. JACKSON: He said to my mother that they're trying to kill me.
LEMON (on camera): Do you think Conrad Murray was part of that?
Was he complicit?
J. JACKSON: I think he's kind of like a fall guy.
LEMON: So you think he knew?
Do you think he did that on purpose, Conrad Murray?
J. JACKSON: I think he knew the players. And I think if you squeeze
his hand hard enough he will say.
LEMON (voice-over): Jermaine is convinced his brother's death
is not simply a tragic accident.
J. JACKSON: I do know that there were evils, conspirators and
people who just did not want to see him get bigger, and so we're
busy trying to bring all of this together. They knew who they are.
We know who they are as well.
LEMON: And who do you think they are?
J. JACKSON: They are just people in the industry.
When you become so big, you have enemies. This was done to him purposefully.
LEMON: You think someone killed him purposefully?
J. JACKSON: Oh, yes, yes. It will come out.
LEMON: So you think there was some sort of conspiracy
to take to kill your brother?
J. JACKSON: Absolutely.
LEMON: So who was behind it then?
J. JACKSON: They know who they are.
LEMON: Do you know who they are?
J. JACKSON: Oh, of course. Of course.
LEMON: Do you want to say who they are?
J. JACKSON: No, I can't say that.
LEMON (voice-over): But Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson
family is saying who he thinks is responsible for his son's death.
Concert promoter AEG Live. He filed a 160-page complaint against the
company with the California Medical Board. CNN obtained a copy of it.
(on camera): You say at the heart of it is --
BRIAN OXMAN, JOE JACKSON'S ATTORNEY:
Money. Money is at the heart of this thing.
Michael Jackson died because of people's greed.
And let there be no mistake about it.
LEMON (voice-over): Attorney Brian Oxman is representing
Joe Jackson. His complaint accuses AEG of hiring Dr. Murray
and demanding that he medicate Michael and provide him with
dangerous medical services
And they continue later in the transcript
OXMAN: That is simply not true.
LEMON: And the proof of that is --
OXMAN: The proof of it is the e-mails, which go back and forth
between Conrad Murray. Every last promise came from AEG,
and it's documented in the e-mails.
AND THE END...
J. JACKSON: When my brother died, the world cried.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He meant so much to me.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He meant so much to me.
He influenced like my whole world.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Michael, thank you for the music
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Michael, thank you for the music
you gave us all. The world will miss you. We love you.
LEMON: Then, nearly three weeks after the singer's death,
LEMON: Then, nearly three weeks after the singer's death,
a Hollywood memorial service that rivaled royalty, seen by
millions around the world. MUSIC:
WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE KING!
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now is the day of salvation. 2 Corin 6: 2
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