When did Michael Jackson say he would be better off dead?”
‘I’m better off dead. I’m done’: Michael Jackson’s fateful prediction just a week before his death By IAN HALPERIN Last updated at 3:58 PM on 29th June 2009 Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Had he not been driven – by a cabal of bankers, agents, doctors and advisers – to commit to the gruelling 50 concerts in London’s O2 Arena, I believe he would still be alive today. During the last weeks and months of his life, Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically. Michael knew it and his advisers knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. For Michael Jackson, it was fatal. I had more than a glimpse of the real Michael; as
There is no doubt that Jackson was under intense pressure, with 50 concert dates in London looming. Many doubted he had the physical ability to cope with the strenuous schedule. Indeed, on June 21, he is said to have told friends that he wanted to die, saying: “I’m better off dead. I don’t have anywhere left to turn. I’m done.” It could be that failure became a real prospect for the perfectionist pop legend for the first time in his life.
