In the preliminary hearing, it was revealed that to make his skin appear one color, he used huge amounts of skin cream. Fleak testified she found tubes of the whitening chemical hydroquinone in Jackson's bedroom, and pharmacist Tim Lopez said he shipped 20 tubes of the cream to Murray.

There was another side of Jackson, too, that was told from the witness stand. Several people said Jackson shared a joyful life with his children Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8, and on the day he died, his kids were playing, as usual, in the den, said family chef, Kai Chase.

"It was normally a happy home," Chase said. "There was always music playing. You could hear the sound of kids playing and animals playing."

Jackson family friend Firpo Carr told Reuters Jackson never sang about heaven, and that he had unique thoughts about it based on his religious beliefs.

"He did not plan on going to heaven, as you can tell from his songs, his whole thing was living in paradise on Earth with his children," Carr said.