Jackson family: Michael Jackson had a will
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Did Jackson Leave Will?
If a will exists, Michael Jackon's family says they know nothing about it.
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Published: June 30, 2009
Updated: June 30, 2009
Special Section: Remembering Michael Jackson
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LOS ANGELES—A person with knowledge of Michael Jackson’s will says the singer’s mother gets custody of his children and his assets are to be placed put in trust.
The will disclosed Tuesday was created in July 2002 and named as executors Jackson’s longtime lawyer John Branca and John McClain, a music executive and a family friend, says the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the topic.
The person says the Jackson family and its lawyers are reviewing the document.
The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had died without a valid will.
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Quite right—the man was still a human being, and as such deserves a little respect since he died.
How would it make your family feel, hazad, if someone demeaned you after you had passed on?
First of all it is Billy Mays…secondly…some people care about the death of Michael Jackson…everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I beleive that even though everyone thinks that he was a freak…he had a very tough life..his childhood sucked and he could do nothing about it. Remember..Money cannot buy you everything…not health or happiness.
Who cares about jackson, what about Billy Maze he was a cool dude and he didnt dress up like peter pan and act like a freak either lol…
Whatever is done—keep Sharpton away! His influence would be devastatingly bad.
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