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Sideshow: MJ feared he'd be slain, La Toya says

Was Michael Jackson murdered? La Toya Jackson raises that question in her memoir Starting Over, which is due Tuesday. According to excerpts posted by USAToday.com, La Toya claims the One-Gloved One was convinced someone was out to kill him for his money.

Was

Michael Jackson

murdered?

La Toya Jackson raises that question in her memoir Starting Over, which is due Tuesday. According to excerpts posted by USAToday.com, La Toya claims the One-Gloved One was convinced someone was out to kill him for his money.

She says that after Michael's death, she found a note in his room addressed to their pa, Joe Jackson, asking him to get "these people out of my life."

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