" What Would They Tell Their Families"

.........FARRAH................MICHAEL........

During the nearly 30 years they spent together on and off,Ryan asked Farrah to marry him so many times that it became a private joke. But shortly before her death, Farrah finally gave him the answer he'd dreamed of.
"I asked her to marry me again and she agreed " Ryan told Barbara Walters.
Sadly Farrah took a turn for the worse and was rushed to the hosiptal before Ryan's wish could come true.

Farrah's son didn't get to say goodbye.Troubled as he is, Redmond loved his mother so much that when she went through chemotherapy, he shaved his own head in solidarity.Yet as Farrah took her last breath her son was not at her side. He was in Pitchess Detention Center in California for heroin possession.
Redmond couldn't get a day pass to be with Farrah in her final hours.His lawyers were scrambling until the end, says a family friend.

He was allowed to attend his mother's funeral on June 30th.The friend says Redmond didn't get the closure he needed. He's really struggling.We're all worried about him.
Farrah cared so much,in her final months,she wrote in a letter to her son."I'll always be there."

Heartbroken because Michael's sudden death instantly bumped his tragic sweetheart out of the headlines, Ryan worried, that instead of being remembered for her courageous fight against cancer, the Charlie's Angels star will be remembered for the bizarre coincidence of dying on the same day as the 'king of pop'. Ryan watched as Michael's death dominated the press and airwaves. He felt like the public had been shut out from mourning her---and he lost the chance to eulogize the love of his life because he'd been bumped from several TV interviews scheduled the day after her death.

I don't doubt that Ryan mourned Farrah deeply,but he is not a fool. He recognizes that he can use this publicity to prop up a sadly flagging career. Having those interviews cancelled must have hurt his pretensions and rubbed his ego the wrong way. He also wants to continue to publicize her last performance, her special, chronicling the last days of her life . He was deeply involved in the show , from performance to production.

Now Michael's family is a different story. It's going to take months/years to play out, and not in the best interest of his beloved children.There is in-fighting over the money. Everyone wants some of the action. Michael is worth a fortune . On July 2nd Debbie Rowe came out swinging in her battle for custody, saying," I want my children." Her attorney, Eric George, later said, she hasn't reached a final decision on what to do in court. Meanwhile the court granted temporary custody to Katherine, 79. In Michael's will, he asked that she be named the guardian---and if she's not able, singer Diana Ross, 65, should gain custody.

He left no provision for Debbie to care for the children. The fact that he left Debbie out says loud and clear that he wanted her to get nothing. An insider says Debbie believes Katherine has a good heart, but the life they would live with the Jacksons is unthinkable.The kids belong far away from the media circus.They need fresh air, freedom, peace and time to recuperate and get closure. They can't get that at the mansion in Encino.

Debbie may soon have to decide between the kids or cash. She's likely to walk away with a lump sum of money if she agrees not to seek custody. She would probably end up with $100 million.

Though Joseph Jackson--whom Michael accused of abusing him as a child,currently lives in Las Vegas. He has not been in Katherine's Encino's home since their son's death. Michael would run from his dad whenever he saw him coming.
My take on this: Too little to late...Michael was a weird kid that grew up to be a weird grown-up...Now we are begaining to understand why he wanted his facial features and skin-tone changed,he wanted nothing to remind him of Joe Jackson. To be continued: stay tuned......
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