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After years of seclusion following a child sex scandal, the pop icon was heavily involved in all aspects of the concert rehearsals. He had hired a personal trainer and was practicing with backup dancers and choreographers several hours a day.
Friends say the King of Pop seemed driven and upbeat in the weeks, even hours, before his death as he rehearsed rigorously for a series of 50 concerts in London that were to begin a late-career comeback.
Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of Grammy Awards, says Jackson met with him and invited him to a rehearsal. He says he saw the old Michael Jackson moving across the stage, just 24 hours before he died.
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