Listening to the retrospectives has been sad. I heard this morning that they were looking for the doctor who lived with Jackson. They suspect that the doctor might have given him a shot of demerol or morphine that triggered his heart attack. In my mind, that makes it so much worse.

And now....

The body isn't cold yet but the estate battle begins to heat up

isn't this about normal? The king of pop is dead, now, lets see how much money can be derived from his death. you can bet there will be a lot of people buying anything M J ever did.
one wonders if he and the king meet if the king will kick M J butt for marrying his daughter lisa marie? also lest we forget ed mcmahon and farrah to becoming postscripts with his death.

and just why would he want to do that?

I have a question. Yesterday the news reports were going back and forth between heart attack and cardiac arrest, and even today I've seen reports where they say "heart attack" and then some that say "cardiac arrest." Has there been any conclusive results as to which one it is?

Cardiac Arrest =/= heart attack, the two are not synonymous. So I was just wondering which one it was.


ETA: Nevermind, apparently I didn't pay attention to this article on yahoo.

I haven't read the article, but I can't imagine what there would be to fight about. Reports are saying that he was more than $400 MILLION in debt to creditors at the time of his death. Whatever he had will be sold and the funds will go to pay his debts.

The world certainly lost a decent dancer, and an even worse person. Rest in peace, sweet prince.

Tom, put down the moonshine.

:rolleyes:

I posted this in the other thread, but does anyone else get thrown off by the use of "MJ?" I always link MJ to Michael Jordan, not Michael Jackson. When people were mentioning that "MJ" died, my first thought was "Seriously, Jordan?"

I've seen Spiderman too recently to associate MJ with anyone other than Mary Jane (Watson, is it?). :o Which reminds me, I need to post in the least favorite actors thread.

Anyway, back on topic... RIP, Michael.

It's certainly not his fault - merciless beatings and fame are a poor recipe for childhood - but it's hard to whitewash everything except his (incredibly deep and innovative) music catalog.

Most folks that we admire and celebrate have all kinds of skeletons in their closets. Michael Jackson is no different.

The man was a global cultural icon (ETA) not just a decent dancer.

Rest in peace.

ETA: Note that this post is different than saying "decent dancer and even worse human being...the world lost a good one...." I suspect that MJ was involved in some things that could've contributed to his passing. But, that doesn't make him a bad person to me nor does it minimize the impact of his career and his passing for those who feel impacted.