Jackson 'didn’t want father to get kids'

Michael Jackson begged friends not to let his father get custody of his children if he died, according to reports.

The 50-year-old pop icon – who died of a suspected cardiac arrest earlier this month – was adamant Joe, who he accused of physically abusing him as a child, should not care for Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II.