Background
Jillian Lane was born 9 May 1960, in Splott, Wales to Maureen and Brynly Lane. Her father was a Vale of Glamorgan councillor.
Jillian Lane was born 9 May 1960, in Splott, Wales to Maureen and Brynly Lane. Her father was a Vale of Glamorgan councillor.
She described herself as "an international medium, clairvoyant, spiritual consultant and healer". She was baptised and raised Catholic. As a child, she aspired to be a hairdresser.
At age seven, Lane reportedly experienced an out-of-body experience.
In 1997, during a trip to London, Michael Jackson telephoned a psychic hotline that Lane answered. They soon struck a friendship and Jackson began to confide in her.
Lane flew from Britain to the United States to aid Jackson in person, and eventually relocated to Los Los Angeles Up until Jackson"s death in June 2009, the psychic and the singer met secretly to avoid media attention.
They usually met at Jackson"s Beverly Hills mansion.
After Jackson"s death, Lane claimed she could still sense his presence. Lane, who had diabetes, was diagnosed with "non-alcoholic liver disease" in 2012. In 2013, she told her acquaintances that her death was impending.
Her illness took a turn for the worse and in September 2013, she was admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles, where she spent six weeks.
Homesick, she asked to be sent to a British hospital. On 9 October 2013, Lane died, aged 53, at the University Hospital of Wales.