I just saw a short clip of Jackson on the news tonight. They didn’t tell when it was taken but Jackson looked like hell. I don’t think he would have completed the 50 concerts either. He was definitely living on borrowed time.
He always did, ever since he began switching his nose every other month, as well as all the other cosmetic surgeries, skin bleaching etc.
That's one thing media keeps on forgetting to mention as one of his claims to fame. First black guy to have ever turned white, and not just his skin, but facial bone structure as well.
No white man ever had a little puppy nose that kept falling off however.
Also, when a person has been taking large amounts of opiates for decades, they tend to look like hell.
When I heard that he had perhaps had too big a shot of Demerol, I thought he was probably in so much pain from the rehearsal the previous night and, looking out over the 50 concerts looming in the future, thought, “F-— it” and upped the dose from temporary to permanent relief of pain. This article makes me think this more than ever.
I don’t think he grasped the quantity until it was too late. His players got him deep into this mess and expected millions to flow into his pot and out to them. Their priorities had nothing to do with him being capable to deliver a concert.