LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson insisted that his concert promoter’s payroll include his personal physician, a financially troubled cardiologist who was with the entertainer just before he died.
Dr. Conrad Murray was hired by AEG Live to accompany the pop star to London for his comeback series of concerts, said AEG Live President and Chief Executive Randy Phillips.
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Entertainment
June 27, 2009
Jackson insisted promoter hire cardiologist
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