Uri Geller fears stress killed Michael Jackson

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Uri Geller fears stress may have contributed to the death of Michael Jackson, his former best man. Geller believes Jackson's determination to complete a "mammoth challenge" of 50 concerts in the UK may have caused too much anxiety for his heart to bear.

Jackson took on the role of Geller's best man when he renewed his wedding vows in 2001 but the pair had shared what Geller described as a "rollercoaster" of a relationship since then. He said: "I want to believe this is a dream but it's not. Michael Jackson is dead. "I believe, and I'm not a doctor, he was under tremendous stress. He was rehearsing, he was dancing. "He created this mammoth challenge of 50 shows here in London but I think the anxiety, the anticipation factor got to him. "He wanted to prove to the world he is number one and I think that was so stressful, so incredibly hard for him and his heart gave in." Despite their troubled friendship Geller says he is shattered by news of his pal's death from a suspected heart attack. He said: "I feel like hundreds of millions of people around the world, sad, shattered. "My relationship with Michael Jackson was like a rollercoaster, it was up and down because of many different things which I won't go into now but I remember the renewal of my wedding vows. "Music changed him. When he was dancing, when he was singing he was absorbing not only the energy of the music but the love of his fans. He lived on that. "Throughout his life he struggled, he had ups and downs, turmoils and trauma. How much can a man take? "I believe that Michael Jackson's energy, spirit and soul is up there looking down on us."

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