and he said Jackson told him again -- quote -- 'They're trying to kill me

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"KAYE: Right. Dick Gregory is a comedian, a good friend of Michael Jackson's. They met many, many years ago -- decades ago, in fact -- when they were doing 'The Wiz' together.

And he was actually with Michael Jackson during the second child molestation trial. And he told me that Jackson's parents called him and said that Michael wasn't well, can he come and help him. And a few days before the trial ended, Dick Gregory told me that he went back to Neverland with Michael Jackson, and that Jackson hugged him and said -- quote -- 'Please don't leave me. They're trying to kill me.'

Gregory says he asked Jackson when the last time he ate was, because he didn't look well, and that Jackson told him -- quote -- 'They're trying to poison me.' He asked him when he last drank water, and he said Jackson told him again -- quote -- 'They're trying to kill me.' "