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>> this is it. i mean, this is really it. this is the final -- this is the final curtain call. >> according to the concept with promoters aeg, michael was to perform 50 concerts at the 02 center in london over a nine-month period. >> i'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had a lot on the line. >> it was his comeback. it was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if he could pull this off. >> this is it. and see you in july. >> but t...

The king of pop was poised to regain his thrown. >> this is it. i mean, this is really it. this is the final -- this is the final curtain call. >> reporter: according to the concept with promoters aeg, michael was to perform 50 concerts at the 02 center in london over a nine-month period. >> i'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. >> reporter: but was michael physically up to the challenge? both michael and aeg had a lot on the line. >> it was his comeback. it was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if...

It was his renaissance. his rebirth on stage. after so many years being out of the spotlight, a lot of people were wondering if he could pull this off. >> this is it. and see you in july. >> reporter: but there were questions about whether jackson was ready. kenny ortega, the director for this is it, called a private meeting at jackson's home. aeg ceo randy phillips attended the meeting. >> kenny was concerned that he wasn't coming to enough rehearsals. and michael explained that he needed kenny to build the house. and that he would come in and paint the front door. >> reporter: on the afterno...

♪ 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...