It was, the 60-year-old doctor recalls: 'one of the happiest days of my life. This man who had been so lonely, who had spent so many long nights telling me about his pain and anguish, finally felt he could trust someone in his life apart from his children.
'We were family. We loved each other as brothers.'
The remarkable exchange took place in Jackson's private suite of five rooms on the second floor of his rented £60,000-a-month Beverly Hills mansion. It was an area closed to all except the singer's three children and Dr Murray – his personal physician and private confidante.
Murray says: 'Michael trusted no one. The bed chamber smelled because he did not even let maids in there to clean. There were clothes strewn everywhere.
'Then he looked at me and said, "You know, for the rest of your life and my life our names will become inseparable."
'I asked him, "Michael, what do you mean?" and he smiled and said, "I am clairvoyant." '
Maybe he was. This brief but intense relationship has all but destroyed Murray's life and almost certainly defines it.
The heart surgeon, released from prison three weeks ago after serving half of a four-year sentence for killing pop superstar Jackson with an overdose of intravenous sedative, maintains he was not responsible for Jackson's tragic death.
And, in his first-ever interview, he remains unrepentant. 'I never gave Michael anything that would kill him,' he says tersely. 'I loved him. I still do. I always will.'
'I did not kill Michael Jackson. He was a drug addict.
'Michael Jackson accidentally killed Michael Jackson.
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