French fashion mogul Christian Audigier is buying the house in which the singer died.

Audigier, who was a friend of the star, said he was not able to get permission to turn the house into a museum but would instead open it on every anniversary of Jackson’s death, staging exhibitions and shows.

“I can have the house in one month now. I get the keys two weeks from today,” Audigier said.

Jackson was renting the house, which is located in Holmby Hills and worth more than $30m, at the time of his death.

Jackson had been “in great shape” in the weeks before his death, Audigier said. “He was very skinny but he was a dancer, too. He was very involved with the London concert. What happened was very sad. The guy was very happy to come back on stage,” he added.