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TIL More than a dozen people who witnessed Michael Jackson's final six hour rehearsal the day before he died – from his promoter to his choreographer to his musicians – all agree on one thing: Jackson was better than he’d ever been. He was singing and out-dancing the young pros that surrounded him

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