CNN just got a hold of a one minute clip from Michael Jackson’s last rehersal, taken on Tuesday, June 23rd, two days before he died. It’s footage shot by AEG, which was Jackson’s promoter for his planned London summer concert series. It’s professionally shot from a few angles, which means it’s not poor-quality cell phone video or something of that nature. While he’s certainly not moonwalking or doing anything out of this world, what’s most obvious is how normal Jackson seems. In fact, compared to some of the sickly looking photos and videos we’ve seen of him over the last decade, Michael seems relatively active and healthy.

Michael Jackson appeared healthy in a video clip — obtained by CNN — of his rehearsal two nights before he died.

AEG, promoter of Jackson’s planned London shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing on a stage in the Staples Center arena on June 23, 2009.

Jackson sang “They Don’t Care About Us” — a song from Jackson’s “HIStory” album — as he danced along with eight male dancers.

[From CNN]

Obviously the heart is a complex organ so it’s not possible to generalize, but it seems like often when people are suffering from heart problems they’re under the weather and have some symptoms prior to cardiac arrest. In Jackson’s case it may have been more sudden. If nothing else, it’s just hard to believe someone who seemed very healthy – for him – could die two days later. Considering all the times he’s been in and out of the hospital, face covered with a mask, looking so weak and pale, Michael really did seem to be getting healthier. Clearly that wasn’t the case, and the evidence is making it look more and more like his drug addiction was taking over his life.

Whenever people in the music industry talked about him over the last few years, they always talked about how he “still had the gift.” This little clip of video makes that clear.