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ON June 25th 2009, the world learned the tragic news that music legend Michael Jackson had passed away. Tributes poured in from millions of well-wishers - everyone from movie stars to Presidents - to honour the life of a global superstar… the King of Pop. Memorials were held across world as stunned fans lit candles and came together in mourning.
But a decade-and-a-bit after his passing, one man who knew Jacko intimately is now lifting the lid on one of the biggest showbiz secrets of all time. And it’s a secret that Rotherham-based soft drinks salesman Billy Gleet has kept to himself, vowing never to tell anyone… until now. Because unbeknown to his legion of fans, Michael ‘Wacko Jacko’ Jackson was addicted to fizzy drinks.
“It makes me laugh to hear all these so-called