Michael Jackson's long-serving former publicist Bob Jones has died from a heart attack at the age of seventy. Originally a senior PR executive at Motown Records, Jones had worked with the Jacksons for almost thirty-five years, and left the label to work exclusively with Jackson in 1987.
Jackson fired Jones without notice in 2005, during the course of the much, much previously reported child molestation trial. Jones was, nevertheless, loyal to the singer when testifying at the trial, refusing to reveal anything. He did, however, subsequently co-write a book, 'Michael Jackson: The Man Behind The Mask', which was reportedly unflattering, to say the least.