Michael Jackson dies at age 50 from cardiac arrest

[Rondette]

ok I'm a bit scared now, arf.

Just got a new mobile phone which lets me get on here, wherever I am....oh dear, I'm in trouble. I'm going to try and post from it now..

[wingnut]

Well I've finally got onto GR after all this uproar. It's the only place on earth it seems where we can take the piss and not get flamed or death threats. In fact I'm embarrassed to say here in the UK it seems to have most of his die-hard fans Guess they'll have to move onto idolising Gary Glitter next.

I'm more sad about Farrah. And I think the freak topped himself to be honest. I can't understand people going on about his O2 concerts saying how sad it is before he had chance to 'comeback'. Like he was EVER going to perform at those gigs?!?!

And an email I've just received....

Apparently Jacko's dying wish was that he would be recycled into plastic carrier bags so he could still pose a threat to young children

[Belt Up]

Originally Posted by buttmunch

Yes, but I'm only a temp transplant. I'll be back to claim my prize.

Take her, I'm over it!!!

Should have guessed you were a Brit at heart - nothing gets lost in translation, it's so much easier....know what I mean *Say that last bit in a "Luton Airport" voice*

[Novice]

Sooooo... he's really dead then & not just coming back as a middle-aged lesbian white woman.....

Oh... no - he's already done that....


Moving swiftly on - I dunno if anyone else has posted this yet ... I see a future with many many more MJ albums in it...

Michael Jackson spent fortune faster than he earned it
BY GEORGE RUSH AND HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Friday, June 26th 2009, 12:31 AM

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"Michael must have been sitting on close to 100 unreleased tracks," said a senior executive at a record company Jacko had been talking to in recent months.
"Whether they will see the light of day is up to his family now. Considering the money to be made, I can't see how they won't make a deal with someone."
They will need every penny to clean up the financial mess left by Jackson, who was famously called "a millionaire who lived like a billionaire."
In the end, even though he was getting as much as $75 million a year from the rights to his own megahits as well as those of the Beatles, the King of Pop died deeply in debt.
Earlier this year, Jackson was planning am auction of his most precious trinkets, including the single white glove he wore to perform "Billie Jean."
"I think that Michael never had any concept of fiscal responsibility. He was an individual that had been overindulged by those that represented him or worked for him for all of his life," Alvin Malnik, Jackson's former financial adviser said in 2006. "Millions of dollars annually were spent on plane charters, purchases of antiques and paintings."

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[Sibyl]

I'm upset, I've been a fan since I was a little kid

[Rondette]

Originally Posted by Belt Up

Take her, I'm over it!!!

Should have guessed you were a Brit at heart - nothing gets lost in translation, it's so much easier....know what I mean *Say that last bit in a "Luton Airport" voice*

I'M DEVASTATED.
I thought what we had was SPECIAL.

[buttmunch]

Not as special as what we can have, baby.

Tears, disbelief in city as news of Michael Jackson's death spreads
Through tears, they dance In Harlem, across city and around world, fans react to stunning news
Michael Jackson, who amassed fortunes and lost them all, died in debt - but may have been sitting atop a goldmine.
"Michael must have been sitting on close to 100 unreleased tracks," said a senior executive at a record company Jacko had been talking to in recent months.
"Whether they will see the light of day is up to his family now. Considering the money to be made, I can't see how they won't make a deal with someone."
They will need every penny to clean up the financial mess left by Jackson, who was famously called "a millionaire who lived like a billionaire."
In the end, even though he was getting as much as $75 million a year from the rights to his own megahits as well as those of the Beatles, the King of Pop died deeply in debt.
Earlier this year, Jackson was planning am auction of his most precious trinkets, including the single white glove he wore to perform "Billie Jean."
"I think that Michael never had any concept of fiscal responsibility. He was an individual that had been overindulged by those that represented him or worked for him for all of his life," Alvin Malnik, Jackson's former financial adviser said in 2006. "Millions of dollars annually were spent on plane charters, purchases of antiques and paintings."

Oh christ...here we go with the 12 million releases of sub-standard ramblings by a deranged kiddie fiddler.

[Belt Up]

Originally Posted by Rondette

I'M DEVASTATED.
I thought what we had was SPECIAL.

Kanye, love - the sun's out, it's rare....I live in Manchester

[buttmunch]

I just took a look around a bunch of other sites and it appears this is one of the few places one can mock the hideousness of the reactions. Some dickhead over at CBSNews compared it to the death of Kennedy. Obviously related to Celine Dion. Bless GR.

[wingnut]

Originally Posted by Belt Up

Kanye, love - the sun's out, it's rare....I live in Manchester

I'm just over the border from you near Halifax and the sun is shining here too!

[rollo]

Originally Posted by buttmunch

Oh christ...here we go with the 12 million releases of sub-standard ramblings by a deranged kiddie fiddler.

Yes, it is torture hearing him on every radio station when they didn't, er, touch him for years after the court case.

[Novice]

Originally Posted by Belt Up

Kanye, love - the sun's out, it's rare....I live in Manchester

Originally Posted by wingnut

I'm just over the border from you near Halifax and the sun is shining here too!

LOL! I live near the (new - or trying to be) wettest place in england and even we have sun!!! Its not particularly warm, but we have sun!

Are the tourists trying to find Piece Hall driving you nuts yet, Wingnut?

[buttmunch]

What's Piece Hall? And why aren't you in Prague?

[Rondette]

Originally Posted by buttmunch

I just took a look around a bunch of other sites and it appears this is one of the few places one can mock the hideousness of the reactions. Some dickhead over at CBSNews compared it to the death of Kennedy. Obviously related to Celine Dion. Bless GR.

Yes indeed, but you know, I never expected anything less

[buttmunch]

Oh gag, I just read someone comparing him to Van Gogh. I have to stop reading this stuff. It's not good for my blood pressure.