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It's all over the news apparently

King of Pop fakes own death, avoids debts, assumes new identity, moves to Thailand, becomes partner in Gary Glitter's new business venture, P D O'File Enterprises.

Iran in flames, Iraqi civil war, global economy in the shitter, US president embraces crypto-socialism...

...CNN leads with "Michael Jackson in hospital".

Who's bad?

I wonder if they'll be this much fuss when Gary Glitter dies.

LATimes and TMZ are confirming it.

Parents the world over will no doubt sleep more soundly.

Jackson passes over, but lives on.

Heard about an hour ago, apparently it's true.

Lotta mixed feelings which I need to get straight in my head, if for no other reason, because it's gonna be THE topic of conversation down the pub for the next while.

Growing up at a certain time, OK he was our version of Elvis, leastways up to the mid 80s. But the first thing went through my head was "there goes the 'what's the difference between Michael Jackson and a ghost?' joke".

Second thing was, "f--k it, lotsa people die every day, and in disgusting circumstances too. Why should he be special?"

Third thing was "I'm dreading the media circus..."

Christ alone knows how they're going to dispose of the body - California won't allow you to bury or burn plastic. Presumably they'll shred most of him and turn the results into fleece jackets...

MH - yeah, but at least it gets Jade off the front page...

EvilBastard wrote:King of Pop fakes own death, avoids debts, assumes new identity, moves to Thailand, becomes partner in Gary Glitter's new business venture, P D O'File Enterprises.

... and livin' la vida loca! Yow!

And H. Blackrose wrote...

Jackson passes over, but lives on.

Imagine that... the Gonzoid King outlives the King of Pop (sic).
Who could have guessed?

If Eldritch is quick he can fill a 50 concert gap in the O2 Arena this summer...

Breaking news http://www.ismichaeljacksonalive.com/

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I guess SkyNet didn't invent suitable Cyborg implants fast enough

Apparently Jeff Goldfblum died

Oh gosh why?

Is everyone dead? Am I dead?

The Jeff Goldblum one appears to be untrue as it claims he died in new Zealand when he's apparently filming in NYC. But I don't know how reliable either source is, although I've seen people from NZ posting that they haven't come across anything when the original source was supposedly a NZ newspaper. Seems to be a bad taste hoax.

We can at least confirm that Farrah Fawcett died today after a long battle with cancer.

Breaking news - apparently he fell asleep next to the electric fire and melted.

MJ was a top entertainer. Saw him live in the 80s - not coz I was a fan, but just to get the experience. And a mighty experience it was too.

I think he's been so in-and-out of the news over the last 30 years, it feels like a family friend has died.

A sad day.

I spent an hour with Michael Jackson 5 years ago when I was a Manager at Walt Disney World.
I feel soory for his children and his Family.

Oh for fuck's sake...

Auntie Beeb wrote:Some of the fans were silent, while others climbed on fences to try to get a better view.

Get a better view of what - his lifeless corpse? Al Sharpton shilling? His nose popping as a paramedic got a little enthusiastic with the CPR? Or a better view of him being hustled out of the side entrance and whisked away to somewhere with no extradition agreement leaving the rest of the poor suckers in California to cover his taxes?
Fucking ghouls.

A complete fecking eejit wrote:It's like when Kennedy was assassinated

I'm sorry - Neda Agha Soltan's death was significant. This is complete and utter pish.

Tumm-dumm-dumm-dee-dumm:
Who's dead?
So he bit the dust, passed away, keeled over, kicked the bucket?
Can't help but think that for the lad I wish he'd had a more normal human life.
Bit of a tragedy, actually. I hope he enjoyed the ride on the planet.

I think he died a long time ago...

He had some killer tracks and was a fantastic dancer, a real talent.
Everything else is for the tabloids

Whats the difference between Michael Jackson and Alex Ferguson?

Alex Ferguson will be playing Giggs in August