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I was a journalist back in canada, a cub reporter, and i said, what would frank do with this if he were writing it. met forricly, i started creating this song as if frank were writing it, and now the end is near, the final curtain, wrote it until 5:00 in the morning. and at the end of it i knew i had something that i wouldn't be afraid to give him. i did a demonstration record, flew out to vegas where he was at caesar's, played it to him. i knew by the reaction that he gave me he was going to do it. fade out, fade in. i'm in new york two months later, the phone rings, mr. sinatra on the phone....

♪ >> these will be my final performances in london. this will be it. this is the final curtain call. >> a curtain call michael jackson would never make. he'd spent months rehearsing for his big comeback in 2009. ♪ they don't really care about us ♪ >> a series of 50 concerts in london. his unexpected death came just two weeks before show time. >> hold for applause. hold for applause. slow umbrella, fade out. >> michael's mother, catherine and his children filed an 18 page complaint against aeg. i spoke to jackson family attorney kevin boyle about the family's lawsuit.

♪ all i want to say is they don't really care about us ♪ >> i said, all right, love you. me goes, love you more, see you tomorrow. >> and then tomorrow -- never came. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help and he's not breathing. >> right then i knew something was terribly wrong. i said, "janet, is he dead?" she said, "he's gone." >> he was malnourished. he had multiple needle marks on him. some would say he was addicted in some way. >> when people leave this show, when people leave my show -- >> michael was in that state, in that bed because of the drugs administered by con...

>> tonight, a special investigation into the final days of michael jackson's life. more than two years after the death of michael jackson, the manslaughter trial against conrad murray finally got underway in this courthouse. during the trial we heard from the people with jackson the final hours of his life. as the sun rose above los angeles's famed hills. the entertainer began the morning doing what he loved, preparing for a show. >> now do it slow. >> he and i would start about noon, 1:00 at his home. we would dance a few hours and stretch. >> you have to have a full attitude, hav...

another straw poll victory. the president -- the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. >> i don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some -- are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don't grow this economy, t...