Michael Jackson is just full of problems: forclosing on Neverland, being forced to play vegas, kiddie fiddler lawsuits. And now according to a biographer, The King of Pop is pretty sick.

via The Boston Herald:

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Michael Jackson is ailing from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo a transplant, according to the author of a new biography on the King of Pop.

Author Ian Halperin said Jackson, 50, suffers from Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, a condition that can be fatal.

“He’s had it for years, but it’s gotten worse,” Halperin said in an interview with In Touch magazine. “He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it. He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It’s the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could kill him.”

Halperin also said Jackson “can barely speak” and is having trouble seeing: “The vision in his left eye is 95 percent gone.”

There is still no confirmation from the Jackson camp so maybe this isn’t true.

Look at that great photo of MJ when he still looked a little bit normal. We miss you human Michael Jackson! Get well soon, crazy! While they are putting in a new lung, maybe they can put his face back on. We want to see the biggest comeback in history.

Tags: Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, Celebs, King of Pop, Las Vegas, Michael Jackson, Neverland

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