On Friday night’s “20/20,” Michael Jackson‘s older sister La Toya Jackson explained why she felt “something terrible would happen” to Michael at the end of his life. Plus, she opened up about how the late King of Pop’s children are coping with the loss of their father. During her interview with Barbara Walters, La Toya claimed that Michael “constantly” told her he feared for his life. “I knew Michael was surrounded by people that positioned themselves in his life, positioned themselves to control and take advantage of him. And that’s what bothered me more than anything else because I knew something terrible would happen at the end.” She continued, “Not to mention the fact that Michael constantly told me, ‘La Toya … if I die … they’re going to murder me, they’re going to kill me.’” When asked if she believes Dr. Conrad Murray killed Michael, La Toya said sternly, “Barbara, something went wrong.” She said Michael’s children — Prince, Paris and “Blanket” — know “very little” about the circumstances surrounding their father’s death, and are visiting a grief counselor to help them cope with their loss. “They’re really not allowed to watch television,” La Toya said. “Of course, the Disney Channel is fine. And that’s the way their father had it. Everything is monitored when it comes to that. Because people are so cruel.” The late King of Pop’s sister added that during Michael’s public memorial service, Paris “wanted so badly to say something to her father.” “I think it was … Stevie Wonder that was on. And she said, ‘Auntie La Toya, can I go on now and say something to daddy?’ And I started thinking, I said, ‘You know what, Paris? At the end we’re all going to say goodbye and go on stage and thank the audience and say goodbye.’ I said, ‘I think that would be a great opportunity for you to go then.’ And she said, ‘Okay, I’ll do it then.’” La Toya said that Paris also said goodbye to her father in private, at his open casket, during a family service the night before the public memorial. “Paris did visit the casket. And she put two stones on his chest. … They were beautiful. They looked like emeralds,” La Toya said. “And it was so sweet and so kind and so delicate and so warm. And I just … I just loved that.” Keep checking back here for the latest Michael Jackson news.

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