In his final months, Michael Jackson said things that sound almost prophetic now. These aren’t rumors pulled from random online compilations; they came out in court testimony, family interviews, and recordings played during the Conrad Murray trial.
- “They’re going to kill me, they’re going to kill me.” His son Prince testified under oath in 2013 that his father said this repeatedly after tense phone calls with concert promoters in the weeks before his death.
- “They’re gonna kill me one day.” Paris Jackson told Rolling Stone in 2017 that her father dropped hints for years about people being out to get him, and that the whole family believes his death was a setup.
- “I’m going to be murdered for my music publishing catalog and my estate.” Sister La Toya Jackson has said for over a decade that Michael told her this again and again, convinced people close to him wanted his fortune more than they wanted him alive.
He was fearful for his life
- “They are trying to murder me. I am scared about my life.” According to a longtime friend who says Michael handed him handwritten notes weeks before he died, this is what they said.
- “Evil people everywhere. They want to destroy me and take my publishing company. I’m not selling it.” Reportedly from a personal diary entry that surfaced years later through tabloid reporting.
- “I know you love me and care about me. You don’t have to worry about me. I’m fine.” Six days before he died, choreographer Kenny Ortega sent Michael home from rehearsal because he didn’t look well. This was the last thing Michael said to him, followed by a hug.
He was under heavy drug influence
- “Please, please give me some milk so that I can sleep.” His actual final words, the night he died, asking Dr. Conrad Murray for propofol, which he nicknamed “milk.” Murray testified to this himself.
Some of these are confirmed in court. Some are alleged. But all of them sound like a man who knew something was coming to end him.