(CNN) -- Michael Jackson wanted to live forever. 

Just a year and a half before his death, I conducted what ended up being the last major interview with the reclusive Jackson in his suite at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City. And his words stopped me. 

"Let's face it. Who wants mortality? Everybody wants immortality," he told me that warm September afternoon. "You want what you create to live, be it sculpture or painting or music. Like Michelangelo said, 'I know the creator will go but his work survives. That's why to escape death I attempt to bind my soul to my work.' That's how I feel. I give my all at work. 'Cause I want it to just live." 

Most of us remember where we were when we heard that he was dead. 

I was mowing the lawn at my house outside Chicago when I got the first call. 

In fact, I got several calls and texts with the bulletin -- first from TMZ and then from the Los Angeles Times -- that he had died. But it wasn't until I heard CNN's Wolf Blitzer announce it at 6:28 p.m. ET that I finally believed it. 

Michael Jackson was dead. 

Sure, I was shocked when I heard the news that the King of Pop had left the world. But, in a way, I was not all that surprised. Jackson, even as troubled as he was, had given his all to the world during his 50 years on the planet. And now he was in the hands of history. 

Answer the following questions:
1. Who died?
2. What was he known as?
3. How old was he at the time?
4. Where was the last interview with him?
5. Where in NYC?
6. Who announced his death on CNN?
7. At what time did he talk about it?
8. In the evening or in the morning?
9. Was the author surprised?
10. Where was the author when he first found out?

Numbered answers:
1. Michael Jackson
2. he wanted to live forever
3. 50
4. New York City.
5. the Carlyle Hotel
6. Wolf Blitzer
7. 628
8. evening
9. yes
10. mowing the lawn