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Michael Jackson dreamed of performing with his three kids when they were adults before death at 50, says former lawyer
Michael's former lawyer spoke to The U.S. Sun about the popstar's dreams for his kids
MICHAEL Jackson dreamed of performing with his three kids on stage in his later years, The U.S. Sun can reveal.
MJ hoped to take the stage with Paris, Prince, and Blanket in his sixties after teaching them music, dance, and even the commercial complexities of show business, a friend has said.
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The King Of Pop hoped to collaborate with his three kids as they became adults, including plans to create a globally successful comic book movie franchise.
That is the insight from Michael’s friend and family lawyer Brian Oxman, who spoke on the star’s secret hopes on the 15th anniversary of his death on June 25, 2009.
Oxman revealed how London’s This Is It comeback was billed as his farewell tour, but he had no plans to stop playing live or making innovative dance shows.
The lawyer confided that Michael could never stop performing as it was “part of every fiber in his body” and working with his children was a major ambition.
“Michael wanted to play with his children, sing and dance with them, and had all kinds of dreams of performing with them live," he revealed.
“And they would be the stars of his show. He would put his children first."
'Michael had tremendous plans for his life (before his death), which mostly surrounded his children," Oxman added.
"There's something about a father who brings up and raises children so that he can perform with them.
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“We've seen it in so many different places around the world, but Michael had dreams of dancing with his kids, performing, of teaching them how to move in the same manner that he moved so that they would be able to wow the audience.
"He had visions of dancing with Paris and showing Prince and Bigi how to moonwalk and do new dance steps.
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“LaToya taught Michael how to dance. She was his mentor and he had visions of doing that with his children.”
Oxman also revealed that while the star protected his children's identities through masks in real life, “behind closed doors" he was prepping them for life in the limelight.
"Michael was very protective, but not in the way that you usually think," he said.
“He was training them to oppose the tremendous forces in the entertainment field.
How did Michael Jackson die?
MICHAEL Jackson died on June 25, 2009 at 2:26 pm - 15 years ago today.
The star's physician, Conrad Murray, found him unresponsive and not breathing in his bed in his mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
He had been rehearsing past midnight ahead of his comeback concerts at the O2 Arena in London and had not left his bedroom that morning.
Murray tried to revive Jackson for five to 10 minutes before calling paramedics.
They performed CPR on the singer for 42 minutes at his house before he was taken to the hospital.
The ambulance arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre at 1:14 pm, and Jackson was pronounced dead after over an hour of attempted resuscitation.
A three-hour autopsy was performed at the Los Angeles County Coroner's office the day after Jackson's death.
It found he died from a drug overdose from a combination of drugs, with propofol and lorazepam named as the primary substances.
Among the other drugs found in the pop star’s body were midazolam, diazepam, lidocaine, and ephedrine.
The coroner concluded that his death was a homicide.
Murray was sentenced to four years in jail in November 2011 for involuntary manslaughter as he gave Jackson propofol for two months to help treat his insomnia ahead of his tour.
He served two years of his sentence and was released in October 2013.
"He knew that they had to be ready to go out into the big bad world, and be ready for all the craziness.
“They would sit in on his meetings.”
Michael’s kids have since pursued careers in showbiz.
Paris is a globally famous model and accomplished singer. Prince is a film and video director. And Blanket - known now as Bigi - is a podcaster and budding documentarian.
MJ believed his children would be a pivotal part of his vision of bringing Marvel comics to the big screen - years before Disney took that lucrative step.
“He wanted to buy Marvel comics and become one of the superheroes," Oxman added.
“His children would have been involved in that project.
“He told me, ‘The future is the superheroes. That’s the future of the entertainment industry.’
“And I'm sure he would've put on a concert and a program of him being one of the superheroes. He loved Iron Man.
“He knew the comics would be big before anybody.
“At that time Marvel was in terrible distress (commercially) and wanted to sell, and he had the money.
Oxman points to Jackson’s famous music videos like Thriller and Black Or White, along with his 1986 Disney Park 3D film Captain EO, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, demonstrating his filmmaking talent.
“In a perfect world, Michael would have been alongside his children on the Marvel set," Oxman said.
"His children possibly would have been Marvel superheroes, but certainly would have at least been at the heart of them.”
Michael was found not guilty of all charges in the child sex abuse case of 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo in 2005.
He escaped the limelight in the Middle East but was plotting his London comeback within a couple of years.
But on June 25, 2009, Michael, died at 50 only days before the opening night of the 50-date O2 venue residency.
His doctor Conrad Murray delivered an overdose of the anesthesia Propofol, which led to a cardiac arrest.
“That is how This Is It started, because he wanted to come back, because he could not stop performing," Oxman added.
“That desire was in his body. His body was made of rubber.”
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Oxman admits that Jackson’s talent was so supreme that even when he was medicated with benzodiazepines, coping with Propofol withdrawal and underweight, his abilities remained strong.
The lawyer points to the rehearsal footage of This Is It, shot hours before MJ’s death, demonstrating his supreme entertainment artistry.
“This Is It is Michael rehearsing for the first time (in full) without practice," he said.
"He knew what to do. It was utter magic. Even though danced in a shirt, a sweater, and a heavy jacket in the middle of June, he didn’t sweat.
"He was sick, shaking, asking for a heater. But his performance was electrifying.”
Michael felt that This Is It would revive his career, pushing away the child molestation accusations, and beginning a globe-trotting series of comeback shows.
“He felt residencies in one city would be less stressful - without the travel and some stability.
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“This Is It, would have gone on for years in different cities. Las Vegas, Washington, Dubai - who wouldn’t want to host him?"
“Taylor Swift starred in the first billion-dollar tour. Would Michael have made that 15 years ago? Probably.”
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