Is Michael Jackson dying? So says his biographer, who just completed a book about the singer. According to author Ian Halperin, Jackson suffers Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition that can be fatal. "He's had it for years, but it's gotten worse,'' Halperin told In Touch. "He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it. He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It's the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could kill him.'' Halperin also says that Jackson “can barely speak” and has lost 95 percent of his vision in his left eye. Jackson’s spokesperson was unavailable for comment, but his brother Jermaine told Fox News “He’s not doing well right now.”
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