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"David Gest has claimed that Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were once &amp;quot;very much in love&amp;quot;.  Gest, a close friend of both of the late stars, shared his belief that Houston would have had a less troubled life if she married the King of Pop.    &amp;quot;She really loved Michael and he adored her,&amp;quot; he told The Sun. &amp;quot;Michael told me they once shared a passionate kiss, and she told me she was at one time very much in love with him. &amp;quot;I think she really wanted to marry him but, although he had a crush on her, he was too shy. Later, he confessed to me he should have made every move.  &amp;quot;If they had got together, I believe Whitney would not have done drugs or become a semi-recluse.&amp;quot; On his own relationship with Houston, Gest said that he was captivated by the singer &amp;quot;from the moment [he] spoke to her&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;When we met last year, it was at her concert in Copenhagen and it was the saddest performance I had ever seen her give,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Tears came to my eyes as she just couldn&amp;#039;t hold her notes. &amp;quot;I actually walked out after four songs, had a sob then came back to watch the rest of the show. My heart was bleeding for her. The woman who was possibly the greatest female vocalist of all time had given her only performance I&amp;#039;d ever seen that wasn&amp;#039;t up to par.&amp;quot; Gest added that afterwards they &amp;quot;talked about bad marriages and mistakes we had both made in life&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;She talked to me about drugs and how she wished she had never done them,&amp;quot; he revealed. &amp;quot;That conversation was deeply personal, a real heart-to-heart.&amp;quot; Houston&amp;#039;s funeral took place in New Jersey on Saturday (February 18) and she was laid to rest in the state the following day. She passed away on February 11 at the age of 48.  Jackson suffered a fatal cardiac arrest aged 50 in June 2009.  Watch Whitney Houston talk about Michael Jackson&amp;#039;s death in 2009 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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