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Did Michael Jackson want his longtime pal and fellow singing legend Diana Ross to become the guardian of his three minor kids?

A source tells The Hollywood Reporter’s resident celebrity snitch Roger Friedman that Michael’s 2002 will – set to be filed in a Los Angeles Court Wednesday – states that he wants the “I’m Coming Out” singer to care for his children; Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Blanket, 7; if anything prevents his mother, Katherine Jackson, from doing so.

Michael and Diana were labelmates on the Motown Records imprint from the late 60s through the early ’80s. The pair went on to co-star together in the 1977 urban musical The Wiz.