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Frank Dileo说,周四,当医生在抢救MJ的时候,他的三个孩子们就在医院的另外一个房间里。
“我为他的孩子,他的母亲,他的父亲,他的兄弟姐妹感到悲哀。昨天是非常难过的一天。”
正是Dileo告诉了MJ三个孩子他们父亲的死讯。“我没有一个人走进去。我和一个医生和一个社工一起进去的。保姆也在,MJ的私人医生也在。那就是,你可以想象的。我简直不能告诉你当时那三个孩子脸上的表情。”
“MJ是一个非常具有奉献精神的父亲,一个单亲爸爸,他非常认真的负起责任。他的整个生活都围绕着这些孩子,他们也在他身边。”
现在他们怎么样?
“他们现在和奶奶在一起。现在,我认为这是他们能呆的地方。”
就在孩子的监护权还未决的情况,Dileo说他还要关注MJ的财务问题,这也是MJ为他的孩子所操心的事。
“有很多关于遗嘱的传言——确实有个遗嘱。一个律师团队今天聚集过来,我们会把该留给孩子的东西留给孩子。MJ之前谈到过要保证他的财务被好好照顾,要清理一团乱麻。这样他的孩子们才会有保障。这就是我要做的事情。这对MJ很重要。”
“我和MJ每天都一起去排练。周三和周四,他是最开心的,周三,在一天结束后,他拥抱了我,说, ‘Frank,我从来没有这么高兴过。我们一定能成功的。这又是我们的时刻
在斯坦普斯中心的演出非常的棒。迈克尔排练了10到11首歌曲。他又唱歌又跳舞,虽然不是时刻保持充满能量,但排练时就是那个样子。当演出结束后他曾打电话给我,但我当时在后台拿东西。他找到了我并和我说:“法兰克,我太开心了。”他说他非常开心,他说,……这真的又会是我们的时代了,Frank。我们将成功的!”
Michael Jackson may have led a very private life. But for those who were close to him, he was anything but guarded.
One of those people who got to know the King of Pop over the years was Frank Dileo, Michael’s longtime manager and a member of Jackson’s inner circle, who was at the hospital when the singer died on Thursday, along with family, friends and Jackson’s children.
“His three children were there. They were in a separate room while the doctors worked on Michael,” Dileo told the “Today” show’s Meredith Vieira on Friday. “I’m very sad for his children, his mother, his father, his brothers and sisters. It was a very rough day yesterday for everybody.”
In fact, it was Dileo who had to tell Jackson’s three children — Prince Michael Jackson, 12; Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11; and Prince Michael Jackson II, 7 – that their father had died after doctors worked for over an hour to resuscitate the star.
“We had to tell the children. I didn’t go in alone. I went in with a doctor and a social worker. The nanny was in there and Dr. Murray – Michael’s personal physician. It was, as you would think,” a visibly emotional Dileo continued. “I can’t even begin to tell you the emotion that flowed out of those children.”
As someone very close to Jackson over the years, Dileo got to see a side of the pop star that few others did – as a father.
“Michael was a very dedicated parent, a single parent, who took that responsibility very seriously. His whole life surrounded around those children and they around him,” Dileo added.
So where are the children now following their father’s death?
“They are with their grandmother. They are with Mrs. Jackson,” Dileo said, referring to Michael’s mother, Katherine. “Right now, I would think that’s where they would stay.”
And while custody of the children has yet to be determined, Dileo said he also must focus on Jackson’s financial matters, which was something that the pop star worried about for his kids.
“There’s so much speculation as to a will – there is a will. A team of lawyers are gathering today and we’ll sort through all the stuff for the children,” Dileo explained. “[Michael] talked about making sure that his finances were taken care of – to clean up this mess so his children would be protected, so that’s what I’m going to do… That’s what was important to Michael.”
And while Jackson’s death at the age of 50 on Thursday came as a shock to fans worldwide, it was equally surprising to those who were closest to the King of Pop.
In fact, Dileo said Jackson had been in good spirits in the days leading up to his death.
“I was with Michael everyday going to rehearsals – Wednesday and Thursday he was the happiest,” the manager recalled. “On Wednesday, he put his arm around me at the end [of the day] and he said, ‘Frank, I’ve never been happier. We’re going to make this work… It’s our time again Frank. We’re going to do this!’”
Besides being happy, Dileo also said Jackson seemed to be in top physical shape.
“He seemed in great health. He was working out everyday,” he added.
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