Jackson Video Shows Him 2 Days Before Death

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 2, 2009 6:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – One last Michael Jackson video has emerged as a sad cap to his career. Made just two days before he died, the video shows Jackson rehearsing at LA's Staples Center for his London concerts, reports E! Online. Show promoter AEG released the short footage of him performing the song "They Don't Care About Us."

AEG, meanwhile, has begun refunding ticket-buyers, but the tickets themselves are emerging as popular souvenirs. "It is one of the hottest items on the memorabilia market right now," says a source. "People realize they can get more money selling them to collectors than getting a refund."

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Michael Jackson, in a frame grab from a rehearsal video made two days before his death. (YouTube)

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Kookey90

Jul 4, 2009 11:45 AM CDT

I must be missing something because Michael looks perfectly fine to me in this video. I beleive that people wouldn't even give this video a second thought if it wasn't for the fact that he died a couple of days later. Come to think of it, has anyone found anything suspicious about Billy Mays last info commercial which might explain his untimely death?

NxBigmouthery

Jul 3, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

Not much fancy-schmancy Mikey going on here. Hardly what we'd come to expect from him, but it was only a coupla minutes of a rehearsal, and given what we know now, he was not in good form.

dolcevita

Jul 3, 2009 3:19 AM CDT

He looks like he's going through the motions, acting like a caricature of himself. Dude seemed to be crying for help for decades, withering in plain sight.

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