Representatives of Michael Jackson have denied that the controversial pop star is in failing health and needs a lung transplant, calling the claim a "complete fabrication".
Author Ian Halperin, who is writing an unauthorised biography on Jackson, said the 50-year-old is suffering from the rare genetic illness, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, as well as emphysema and gastrointestinal bleeding.
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But a spokesman for Jackson said the story was wrong.