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Jackson chef recalls doctor's role, final days
By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press
July 29, 2009, 9:34PM
LOS ANGELES — On the day Michael Jackson died, his personal chef says her first hint of something amiss was when his doctor didn't come downstairs to get the juices and granola he routinely brought the King of Pop for breakfast each morning.
Kai Chase, a professionally trained chef hired by Jackson to maintain a healthy food regimen, recalled the singer's final days in an interview. She also spoke about the role of his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who is now the focus of a manslaughter investigation.
Chase said Tuesday that she had gotten used to seeing Murray coming and going from the mansion. The doctor usually arrived about 9 or 9:30 p.m. and would go upstairs to Jackson's room, and she said she would not see him again before she left — sometimes late in the evening — but understood he was staying the night.
In the morning, when she arrived for work, Chase said she would see the doctor coming down the steps carrying oxygen tanks. When Murray didn't come downstairs the morning of June 25, “I thought, ‘maybe Mr. Jackson is sleeping late,' ” Chase said.
Conferred with Murray
Chase, 37, who has cooked for other celebrities and comes from a show-business family, was hired by Jackson in March, let go in May, then returned on June 2. She said the pop star's focus was on fresh, healthy food for him and the children.
She said she prepared meals for the family and occasionally for Murray. She said Jackson was in training for his upcoming shows in London.
On most days, she said, Murray would bring Jackson the special fruit-juice drinks Chase prepared for him, followed by granola with almond milk. For lunch, Jackson would eat with the children from a menu that included spinach salad and chicken.
Murray sometimes joined them for dinner. She said the doctor conferred with her about the 50-year-old pop singer's food and made sure that he ate.
The only oddity was the oxygen tanks. Chase said she never asked about the purpose of the oxygen, and she saw no sign that Jackson was on drugs or was in failing health.
Propofol theory
Authorities searched Murray's Las Vegas home and medical office Tuesday as part of an investigation that included raids last week of his clinic and storage in Houston.
With toxicology reports pending, investigators are working under the theory that the powerful anesthetic propofol caused Jackson's heart to stop, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press. Murray told investigators he regularly administered the drug to help Jackson sleep, and had done so sometime in the early morning of June 25, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Police have said Murray is cooperating and have not labeled him a suspect, and his lawyer, Edward Chernoff, has said the doctor “didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed Michael Jackson.”
Pleasant surprise
It was the end of her dream job for Chase. It had begun in March with a call from Jackson's assistant, Michael Williams. She was told that “a client” wanted her services as personal chef, but she was not told the client was Jackson until she was hired.
“I couldn't believe it,” she said. “I asked him if I was on Candid Camera. I said, ‘Am I being punked?' ”
She said Jackson had seen her résumé, which included jobs cooking for Macy Gray and Jamie Foxx as well as catering a fundraiser for President Barack Obama.
But before she started she had to pass muster with three other people: the Jackson children.
“I came to the house and the first people I met were the kids. They started interviewing me,” she said. “They told me: ‘We're into healthy eating.' ”
When they approved her, she went to work, and “we developed a really great bond.”
Most days, she said, Jackson made a point of having both lunch and dinner with the children, Prince, 11-year-old Paris and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket, and each meal was preceded by Paris saying grace.
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