LA Police Want To Talk To Jackson’s Cardiologist

 
 
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    Michael Jackson’s hair flies in the wind as he departs the Santa Barbara County courthouse as court is adjourned for the day in Jackson’s child molestation trial April 29, 2005 in Santa Maria, California

 
 

FIRST PUBLISHED: June 26, 2009 9:44 PM EDT
LAST UPDATED: June 26, 2009 9:52 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

A concert promoter says Michael Jackson insisted that the company hire the cardiologist who reportedly was in his Los Angeles mansion when the entertainer collapsed.

AEG Live President and CEO Randy Phillips told The Associated Press on Friday that Dr. Conrad Murray had been Jackson’s physician for three years.

Phillips says Jackson wanted Murray to accompany him to London for his comeback series of concerts, so AEG Live advanced Jackson money to pay for Murray’s services as part of the production costs.

A police official says detectives spoke to Jackson’s physician immediately after the death Thursday and were in contact by telephone Friday. Police expect him to do a more in-depth interview.

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