Jackson Pal Pleads For Answers
British medium Uri Geller and Michael Jackson were very close.
The pop superstar was best man at his close friend's wedding, and Geller stood by Jackson when Jackson was hit with child molestation allegations.
Their relationship gave Geller a window on Jackson few had -- and left Geller desperate for answers in the wake of Jackson's death.
Geller told "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez Friday he was very distraught over Michael's apparent prescription drug abuse, and health in general.
"I think that I was probably the only man," Geller said, "maybe beside his father, that shouted at Michael after seeing the way he looked and the reaction to whatever he was taking. I was very concerned for his health.
"There were times when I couldn't wake him up. I kind of had to shake him and ask him, 'Michael, are you OK?' Is there anything wrong? I slept on floors next to his bed. I slept in the next rooms next to his bedroom just to make sure that he will be able to wake up the next day.
"Now, having said that, you know, Michael was a great personality, a gentle man, a loving person, a loving father. He was an idol, an icon.
"He is a legend, and he was a phenomenon.
"But what I don't understand is how come, for so many years -- we're not talking about a month or a year -- how come there wasn't someone who realized that they've got to save Michael, they've got to do something to catapult him out of this vicious cycle of him being given things that did this to him?"
Geller added, "Whenever this happened, and my screaming at him, trying to instill in his mind that it is dangerous, that it could kill him, that he will die if he continues, most of the times he just stared at me, Maggie. He just looked at me. It went -- his stare just went through me."
He also cautioned, "I must make something clear. I've never seen him take drugs. I have confiscated things out of his bedroom on numerous occasions that I believed were very dangerous for him."
And Geller issued a plea: "Someone has to investigate, how did it happen in two or three days? How did Michael Jackson die?"
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is looking into who prescribed medications confiscated from the L.A. mansion Jackson was renting.
Geller's account and conclusions concur with those of a former British bodyguard of Jackson's.
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