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"&lt;strong&gt;Joel Osteen&lt;/strong&gt;'s right-hand man tells TMZ &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/conrad-murray/\"&gt;Dr. Conrad Murray&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;was indeed invited to come to Osteen's church yesterday \"to pray and worship,\" and met with Osteen privately before the service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img title=\"Dr. Conrad Murray \" alt=\"Dr. Conrad Murray \" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/05/10/0510-osteen-conrad-ex-tmz-getty-01-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ first reported Osteen invited Murray to the service.&amp;nbsp; Someone from Osteen's media relations department told us it was a PR stunt, but the guy who runs the PR department says that's not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Donald Iloff&lt;/strong&gt;, Jr., the Chief of Strategic Operations for Osteen (and Osteen's brother-in-law), tells TMZ, \"Dr. Murray did call the church to speak with Osteen a while back but Osteen was not available.&amp;nbsp; Osteen's rep then invited Dr. Murray to yesterday's service.\"&amp;nbsp; So, Dr. Murray truly was invited.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Iloff says Murray met privately with Joel and Victoria before the service.&amp;nbsp; We do not know what they talked about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the meeting, Iloff says Dr. Murray attended the service.&amp;nbsp; \"He was really engaged in the worship service,\" Iloff says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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