On the fourth anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, his friend and godfather to his three children Mark Lester has revealed that his passing came as a shock because he was "so fired up" the week before.

During an interview with the UK TV show 'Lorraine', Lester explained that in the run up to June 25, 2009, Jackson seemed very "excited" about his impending 'This Is It' concert series in London:

"He was really excited, he was really fired up. I spoke to him on the phone several times before or during the rehearsals, and maybe three or four days before the tragic events that happened four years ago today, and he was really excited"

"He was going to come over to the UK, his kids had never seen him perform, he was really fired up about it, my daughter was going to go up on stage with one of the numbers, we were kind of working on that idea, he was renting a house just outside of London, big plans to go and stay over the summer holidays with him. Everything to live for and then..."