Michael Jackson Feared Dying the Same Way as Elvis Presley – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Sadly, Lisa Marie Presley was only nine years old when Elvis Presley died. Shes since opened up about what it was like watching him deteriorate, and the occasions on which she had to help physically support her father. Whats more, shes explained that Michael Jackson shared a fear of going the same way and shes also suggested that this commonality led to much unhappiness in the two mens lives.

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Elvis Presley struggled physically towards the end of his life, and Lisa Marie Presley saw it happen firsthand. There were times when Elvis Presley fell, and Lisa Marie Presley had to help support him.

Out of nowhere hed just start falling and Id have to go run and catch him and he was about 62 and quite heavy and Im holding him up, she recalled.

Lisa Marie Presley explained that towards the end of his life, her father felt isolated from others. She says things got bad enough that she asked him not to die.

It was just starting to become too common. He was not too happy. He was in such an ivory tower and so untouchable and so alienated.

I actually said to him, Please, youre not going to die are you? Dont die. I didnt know then what was going on. I wish I had. I didnt have any clue what was happening. I just thought hes not happy. [I thought] My God what is going on? she explained.

Michael Jackson, who Lisa Marie Presley married and divorced, once told her that he feared experiencing the same sort of death as Elvis Presley. After Jackson died, Lisa Marie Presley wrote about their past conversations regarding the topic.

Years ago Michael and I were having a deep conversation about life in general. I cant recall the exact subject matter but he may have been questioning me about the circumstances of my [fathers death, she explained.

At some point he paused, he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty, I am afraid that I am going to end up like him, (die) the way he did.

I promptly tried to deter him from the idea, at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know, he knew what he knew and that was kind of that, she added.

Elvis Presleys daughter later added that both Elvis and Michael Jackson shared one commonality the sycophants they tended to surround themselves with. Lisa Marie Presley referred to these people as vampires, and suggests theyre a big part of both Elvis and Jacksons demise.

There was a very profound point when he had to make the decision. Was it the drugs and vampires (sycophants) or me. And he pushed me away, she explained.

It was the same with my father. There have been times when I was angry at the people around him, Why didnt you stop him, why didnt you say something? Well, because if you did you were out. It was very simple, she added.

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