Choreographer: No signs Michael Jackson was ill in 2009

By Anthony McCartney

Published May 13, 2013 4:00am ET

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Choreographer: No signs Michael Jackson was ill in 2009 — FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2011 file photo, Michael Jackson's mother Katherine Jackson leaves the Criminal Justice Center after it was announced that Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's physician when the pop star died in 2009, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, in Los Angeles. During the 2013 negligent hiring trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live, Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't properly investigate Murray, who a criminal jury convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's June 2009 death. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman, File) | Bret Hartman

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson’s planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn’t see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life.

“I just never in a million years thought he would leave us, or pass away,” Stacy Walker told jurors hearing a lawsuit filed by Jackson’s mother against concert promoter AEG Live LLC. “It just never crossed my mind.”

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