Jackson Will From 2002 In Spotlight

[Tangerine LaBamba]

Source: Wall Street Journal

A will drafted by Michael Jackson in 2002 which divides the singer's estate among his mother, three children and one or more charities could play a central role in determining how his tangled financial relationships will be unwound.

Several people close to the late Mr. Jackson said that a lawyer for the pop singer could submit the will, believed to be his last, to Los Angeles Superior Court as soon as Thursday. That filing would cap a tense period in which relatives and advisers of the late singer debated what document, if any, was valid.

One or two other earlier wills have emerged since Mr. Jackson's death last Thursday, according to people familiar with the situation. The Associated Press reported that Mr. Jackson's parents, Joseph and Katherine Jackson, said in a Monday court filing that they believed the singer had died without a valid will. Joseph Jackson isn't believed to be included in the most recent will.

In an email message, a lawyer for Mr. Jackson's parents said neither he nor his clients had seen the 2002 will. "No will has been presented to family or us," wrote the lawyer, L. Londell McMillan, who also once represented Michael Jackson. "We will review any will when we see it."

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I think it's interesting that the man named as executor in the will, a man who served as Jackson's lawyer for 26 years, was rehired by Jackson just a week before his death.

Did Jackson know he was going to die?

Was it a deliberate overdose?

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Interesting premise...

But I honestly don't think he'd intentionally leave his children... ;(

[Butch350]

7. Maybe he thought they'd be better off if he died?

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I doubt it. I mean, he's the only parent they've ever known...

Turns out that his "wife" was just a surrogate for the older two, and the little one's biological parents are unknown. I honestly don't think he'd intentionally leave them alone, which they certainly are now. His mother, a loving and kind woman, has temporary custody, fortunately for them, but that means that the father who abused him is also in the picture. And, as Michael well knew, money can't buy happiness... :-(

[Patchuli]

2. No not that

but a premonition about his health and strength, perhaps.

[JI7]

3. or the tour he was going to start

[Tangerine LaBamba]

4. Several reports stated

that he wasn't in good shape - 115 lbs on a 5'10' frame is hardly healthy - and that no one knew how he was ever going to be able to perform. Someone wrote that he'd never been strong and all his tours had been cut short because he could no longer go on, even when he was younger.

I also read that his voice was gone. When you're fifty, if you don't take care of your voice and practice every day, you won't have one.

I just wonder if he wanted out or if he was just so sick, the regular drugs he did killed him.........................

[elleng]

5. I don't want to think about this,

but I guess we'll be hearing about it for some time.

HATE family fights.

[cbdo2007]

8. Yeah, I've seen the same article and wondered if it was suicide...

But the photos and eventual video release of his rehearsal will let us know if he actually *could* still sing and dance well. All of the people there are coming out saying he did great at the rehearsals.

Now, maybe he wanted to go out on top after selling out the 50 shows, but I think if he actually WAS able to do at least 1-2 of the shows, then he would have done them before killing himself to prove that the magic was still there.

I'm backing away from the suicide idea and going back to the idea that MAYBE all of his new management thought he'd be worth more dead than alive. If they knew he couldn't do the shows, but still wanted to sell the tickets to invest for a few months for the quick returns, and they do seem to be quick to want to release the footage of his last rehearsal for a quick buck on DVD, so that theory seems more likely.

Then again, it is definitely possible he was just on too much sh*t and it was an accidental overdose, which is too often the cause with these celebrities.

[medeak]

6. husband agrees with you

overdose as despondent re world tour that he thought was only 9 appearances....and pressure to do so many more?

[bridgit]

9. This is part of it for me that rings like a Howard Hughes bell...

The desolation - even at the top surrounded by some people that care for you maybe less than a handful; and degrees of others ascending & descending with states of *who-the-fuck-cares so long as Michael is picking up the tab* and others just watching sitting in your house just watching things come & go watching you spin round & round clearly doing little-to-nothing when specific tasks were called for,

The lawyer for Mr. Jackson's parents - is it usual for he or his clients to expect: "No will has been presented to family or us. We will review any will when we see it."

It may seem clear as to why they'd want to i.e. how much have their futures been provided for vis-a-vis this venue; but are wills provided to anyone & everyone that feels they have a claim to assets?

Joe Jackson has been saying some peculiar things of late, it's easier to understand why his handlers are interested in a review