Hundreds of private emails detailing Michael Jackson’s dramatic deterioration in his final days will play a key role in a £26.5billion ($41billion) wrongful death trial beginning today in Los Angeles. The messages sent by executives at AEG, the US entertainment giant behind the star’s doomed comeback tour, reveal the 50-year-old singer’s turmoil as he struggled with his health and inner demons to prepare for the lucrative concerts. Opening statements begin this morning in the case being brought by Jackson's mother and his three children, who claim AEG was liable in the June 25, 2009 tragedy. Doomed: The emails between executives from entertainment giant AEG are believed to reveal Michael Jackson's declining health ahead of his doomed This Is It comeback tour
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Messages sent by executives at US entertainment giant AEG
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Firm was behind Michael Jackson's doomed comeback tour
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Reveal the 50-year-old singer’s turmoil as he struggled with his health
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Case being brought by the star’s mother and his three children
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They claim AEG is liable for his death in June 2009
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