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Michael Jackson died with doll

Jul 29, 2009, 9:01 GMT

Michael Jackson was cuddling a doll when he died.

A Los Angeles Police Department source has claimed the 'King of Pop' spent his last night snuggling up to the "child-sized porcelain doll", which was wearing a dress.

Detectives reportedly found the "bizarre toy" on the bed where Michael collapsed into a coma last month.

The source claims the star was "living in squalor" in the months before he died, with clothes and other items strewn around his bedroom in his rented Holmby Hills mansion in Los Angeles, which was kept "stiflingly hot".

There were strange notes, apparently handwritten by Michael himself, stuck onto the room's walls bearing the words "children are sweet" and "children are innocent".

The police officer said: "The temperature upstairs was stiflingly hot, with gas fireplaces and the heating system on high because Jackson always complained of feeling cold.

"The singer's bedroom was a mess, with items seemingly thrown about and some 20 handwritten notes stuck on the walls. A porcelain girl doll wearing a dress was found on top of the covers of the bed where he slept."

The officer also claims the singer's staff were banned from entering his room to clean up the mess.

Meanwhile, the fight for Michael's inheritance between his mother Katherine and the attorneys for the singer's estate and concert promoter AEG Live has intensified.

After losing a bid to be named temporary administrator of her son's estate, Katherine has demanded to see hundreds of financial documents, including contracts her son had with his record label, concert officials and even his father Joseph.

In papers filed at Los Angeles Superior Court, Katherine said: "The special administrators of Michael's estate have, up to this point, refused all requests. They are apparently intent on keeping me in the dark as much and for as long as possible."

Attorneys for AEG Live - the company promoting Michael's comeback concerts in London - argued Katherine could not be granted access to the documents because she "would not uphold a confidentiality agreement".

Papers filed by AEG Live said: "Without the safeguards necessary to ensure the continued confidentiality of the artist agreement and any proposed modifications, AEG cannot provide such information to Ms. Jackson or her counsel without risking serious harm to its business."