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Friend of Michael Jackson and Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno has claimed Michael Jackson’s $400 million debt killed him.

Ferrigno, 50, said: “He was under tremendous stress, so much I think it killed him. He was $400 million in debt.

“In the past, he had backed out of doing live shows but this time he was under the gun. The debts put a huge strain on him.”

Ferrigno, who had recently been training with Jackson, 50, and known him personally since 1995, said: “Our friend had a bunch of guests over. Michael was there and I was introduced to him.

“The friend had a gym and I walked over to it and Michael kept staring at me. He was acting really shy. Eventually we got talking. Michael needed to get ready for his HIStory world tour, so I told him to train with me.

“He came to my house in Santa Monica and that’s how I became a close friend. He was great, a nice guy, really sweet. He was self-conscious about people staring at him, people touching him, wanting a piece of him

“But he let his guard down when he was with me. There was no show.”

The Hulk would make a trip three times a week to Jackson’s home to train with him ahead of the singer’s gruelling 50-date O2 Arena tour booking in the UK.

Ferrigno said Jackson had undergone a five-hour medical four months before his sudden death on June 25 and ‘had passed with flying colours, but he wanted to be fitter’.

Source: Splash News