Michael Jackson Dead

[brianp]

The BBC is reporting that singer Michael Jackson has died following a heart attack.

Sad - a really talented guy, but completely screwed up. Was it his early fame and lifestyle that twisted his mind and led to the obsession for plastic surgery, and perhaps to his seemingly unhealthy relationships?

[polomint38]

The BBC is reporting that singer Michael Jackson has died following a heart attack.

Sad - a really talented guy, but completely screwed up. Was it his early fame and lifestyle that twisted his mind and led to the obsession for plastic surgery, and perhaps to his seemingly unhealthy relationships?

All you children out there, take a deep breath and relax. You are safer now. >:D

[Graham Lappin]

Thriller may actually come true >:D

[dougie]

Apparently he choked on some ten year old nuts???

[Graham Lappin]

Here come the sick jokes.

And keep 'em coming >:D

I watched BBC News America this evening before Jackson's death had been confirmed. They interviewed Uri Geller (a friend of MJ apparently). Geller said that at that time, he wasn't sure if MJ had died or not.

Not such a great psychic after all!

[Mulder]

Sick jokes are called 'sick' for a reason! Psychologists say jokes are funny because the punchline is a surprise, in some way or other. Sick jokes are easily predictable, which is probably why I don't find them funny.

I was no fan of MJ but I recognise a great talent cut down way before its time. They just had an interview with Geller on Radio 4 and, for once, I wanted to hear it. It was clear that MJ had a lot of personal problems and the stress of his massive upcoming tour must have been huge. Despite this, the conspiracy theorists are no doubt already all over his untimely demise.

[Floppit]

I watched the way he was sitting with a young boy during some interview thingy - it sent chills down my spine! Or seeing him dangle his infant from a hotel room which demonstrated many of the qualities associated with abuse.

I'm with Polo, I can't say I feel much in the way of grief. I didn't wish him dead but I'm not unhappy he is.

[Croydon Bob]

I can't say I feel much in the way of grief. I didn't wish him dead but I'm not unhappy he is.

Yup. Same with Farah Fawcett, I'm not happy but I'm not sad either.


I also saw the amazingly gifted psychic Uri Geller on the Beeb last night. He not only said that he didn't know if MJ was alive or dead but that the news that Jackson had been rushed to hospital came as a complete shock to him. Wow, to have such powers. Although, give it a week and he'll be claiming that he knew this was going to happen.

[skbuncks]

Yup. Same with Farah Fawcett, I'm not happy but I'm not sad either.


I also saw the amazingly gifted psychic Uri Geller on the Beeb last night. He not only said that he didn't know if MJ was alive or dead but that the news that Jackson had been rushed to hospital came as a complete shock to him. Wow, to have such powers. Although, give it a week and he'll be claiming that he knew this was going to happen.

He was on GMTV this morning. He is convinced that since Einstein proved that matter is energy (E=mc2) that MJ's energy is "up there somewhere" (eyes roll to ceiling). Probably bending spoons.

skb

[skbuncks]

Here come the sick jokes.

And keep 'em coming



OK, here goes:

What the difference between Michael Jackson and Alex Ferguson?


Ferguson will be playing Giggs in August.


Reports of Michael Jackson having a heart attack are incorrect. He has been found in the children's ward having a stroke!


Jackos body will be melted down to make kids toys. Then they can play with him for a change


Michael Jackson died falling over a Childs pram, so they’re blaming it on the buggy!


skb

[Matt]

The following Micheal jackson dates are cancelled.

Timmy aged 7 and Bobby aged 9

[Croydon Bob]

Macaulay Culkin on Jacko: "He touched me in so many ways".

Latest Gossip from Celebrity Grim Reaper: Farrah and Michael bow out on double eviction Thursday.

As Jackson is mourned around the world black armbands are inexplicably turning white.

Coroner says: "Don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight, blame it on a massive heart attack."

[SorryImPsychic]

Coroner says: "Don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight, blame it on a massive heart attack."


RIP:jd:

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

Here come the sick jokes.

And keep 'em coming >:D

I watched BBC News America this evening before Jackson's death had been confirmed. They interviewed Uri Geller (a friend of MJ apparently). Geller said that at that time, he wasn't sure if MJ had died or not.

Not such a great psychic after all!

Gellar was first person they basically got on Sky News last night.

I am sure I have read a debunking of their friendship before, it was basically a business relationship. However it is impossible to find anything on Google cos the number of 'close friend' links.

Note how anything he says is basically just supposition but twisted to make it sound as if it is personal.

The rest of you are going to hell. Bad people.

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

It was in the popbitch email last week that his high pitched and squaky voice is just a put on, and in private he speaks like any 50 year old man.

I'd hate to speak ill of the dead, but having quite closely followed his trial and listened to what various psychologists had to say about him at the time, I've certainly formed the opinion that much of his persona was maintained to support characteristics which would see anyone else treated in quite a different way.

[bindeweede]

Have any "clairvoyants" oozed out of their slime yet to claim they predicted the death? (Retrospectively, of course.)

[Mulder]

MJ brought down Google (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8120324.stm)! He was undoubtedly a phenomenon. It would be an interesting study in how celebrity has become one of the most important social phenomena in recent decades.

[davidrodway]

Cant beleive the beeb interupted QT with a Newsflash. Thought at first Gordon Brown had called an election, resigned, or shot himself, or her madge, PoG or PoW had died, or we were at war with Iran, or there had been a terrorist attack. Nothing so trivial - Gary Glitter (was it?) had KTBed

[lost thought]

Farrah Fawcett’s death was a blow she was my first crush as a hormone enriched boy. It is a shame that Michael Jackson’s death has over shadowed hers and She may not have been as big a star as Michael Jackson was but I thought she deserved a mention and not derision as she harmed only herself.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5639364/Farrah-Fawcett-dies-aged-62-after-losing-battle-with-cancer.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5639364/Farrah-Fawcett-dies-aged-62-after-losing-battle-with-cancer.html)
Farrah Fawcett dies aged 62 after losing battle with cancer
Farrah Fawcett, the actress famed for her role in Charlie's Angels, has died following a long battle with cancer.

Her longtime partner, Ryan O'Neal, said she died in her hospital bed in Los Angeles after being admitted earlier this week.
"After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away.
"Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world," O'Neal said in a statement

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

When Farrah Fawcett arrived in Heaven, God was such a big fan he decided to grant her one wish. She asked that all the children in the world could be safe. So God killed Michael Jackson

[bindeweede]

Jackson was an enormous success, but according to this, he has died with huge debts.

Michael Jackson dies owing up to $500m

Financial turning point appeared to come in 1993, when Michael Jackson paid $22m to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of a 13-year-old boy


http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/26/michael-jackson-finances-lost-fortune

[polomint38]

Michael Jackson dies owing up to $500m

$500m, I ask the bank for a tenner they tell me to F**k off :cheesy:

[Croydon Bob]

$500m, I ask the bank for a tenner they tell me to F**k off :cheesy:

To be fair to your bank they do tell you to f**k off even if you're trying to deposite money... ;)

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

A 'special' edition of popbitch email today. Somre more jokes and an interesting read overall.


http://www.popbitch.com/home/2009/06/26/no-more-squeaks-michael-jackson-tribute/


{rescription drugs, anxiety medication, a
long-standing fairly secret alcohol problem,
and the almost constant threat of bankruptcy.
Then add on top the no win situation of the
concert series - pull out and lose what was
left of his reputation or head to the O2
with frail health and stagefright, and
lose what was left of his reputation.

So farewell Michael Jackson, if you are dead
and not whisked away to Bahrain while an
impersonator throws us off the scent.
He touched so many people through his life
- and no doubt many of the younger ones will
be going to the press with their stories.
And not only did he leave us so many brilliant
songs, let’s remember all the laughs we shared too.
Rest in peace Michael: hopefully you will be
sharing some Jesus Juice with Jesus tonight.

......

[davidrodway]

Hardly any fuss was made when many much more talented and original ,musicians died - eg Janis Joplin, Hendrix, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer.

[Lord Muck oGentry]

So, farewell then, Michael Jackson
Or Whacko Jacko as you were sometimes known.
My friend Keith says you will soon be spotted
Down the supermarket where your ex-wife's dad
Put in a word for you.

E J Thribb ( 17 3/4)

[Trinoc]

Hardly any fuss was made when many much more talented and original ,musicians died - eg Janis Joplin, Hendrix, Bob Marley, Joe Strummer.
There was plenty of fuss among the people who cared about their music. The media are only going overboard now because he was one of their favourite targets. If he had remained nothing more than a brilliant musician (though not my sort of music), they would be making no more fuss than they did for all the others. The next time we see them go over the top like this will probably be when the queen dies.

[FarSideOfTheMoon]

It's interesting how there is blanket coverage - yet no one is telling us anything we didn't know. The man's life has been laid bare in public for 30 years.

It's just empty coverage, clutching at straws for something interesting to say.

[Trinoc]

I'm watching out for the bad news stories that the government will try to sneak out while all this is going on, in the hope that none of us will notice.

[Graham Lappin]

I am reading USA today and the front headline, not surprisingly is "Michael Jackson's last show". And then at the bottom of the page: "many adults cannot name a famous scientist, 47% named Albert Einstein, 23% didn't know"

Feeling just a little despondent!

[lost thought]

Makes a change from Jesus, but you would have thought that they would wait until after the funeral. :ghost:
Watch your PC Michael Jackson might make a return visit…………..:cheesy:


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/jackodolia/ (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/01/jackodolia/)
He wasn’t the King of Kings of Pop, but he can still thrill a greasy drip pan (http://noticias.terra.com.br/popular/interna/0,,OI3851955-EI1141,00-Imagem+de+Michael+Jackson+aparece+em+forma+de+carn e+assada.html).
Now c’mon, that’s pretty good. It looks a whole lot more like Michael Jackson than pretty much any Jesus sighting. The key is to know who it is supposed to be before you are told, and that’s clearly the Moonwalking man. My Lenin (http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/lenin.html) is IMO better, and yet to be beaten, but still. Hooooo hoo! Bauw!
Tip o’ the sequined fedora to Carlos Cardoso.

Just in case the greasy drip pan link doesn’t work
http://noticias.terra.com.br/popular/interna/0,,OI3851955-EI1141,00-Imagem+de+Michael+Jackson+aparece+em+forma+de+carn e+assada.html (http://noticias.terra.com.br/popular/interna/0,,OI3851955-EI1141,00-Imagem+de+Michael+Jackson+aparece+em+forma+de+carn e+assada.html)


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/01/jackson_malware_deluge/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/01/jackson_malware_deluge/)
Jackson mass mailer adds to attack onslaught
More zombies than the Thriller video
By John Leyden (http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2009/07/01/jackson_malware_deluge/) • Get more from this author (http://search.theregister.co.uk/?author=John%20Leyden)
Posted in Spam (http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/spam/), 1st July 2009 16:55 GMT
Free whitepaper – Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work (http://go.theregister.com/tl/93/-697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=wptl93)
Miscreants have created a Michael Jackson mass-mailing worm.
The malware, which follows a growing list of other hacking attacks in the wake of the superstar's death last week, claims to offer secret songs and photos of Jackson in an attached zip file. In reality, the emails (which claim to come from sarah@michaeljackson.com) offer only malicious code.

[ZERO]

Michael Jackson's ghost caught on camera!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/834294/michael-jacksons-ghost-caught-on-camera

:cheesy:::)

[Croydon Bob]

And now he's not dead at all!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/6094032/Michael-Jackson-shown-still-alive-in-conspiracy-theorist-video-posted-on-web.html

[Mulder]

Dying is certainly a way to boost your sales. And, if it's not real, you get to benefit. I guess he's in a hideaway with Elvis, weatching the money roll in!

[polomint38]

Dying is certainly a way to boost your sales. And, if it's not real, you get to benefit. I guess he's in a hideaway with Elvis, weatching the money roll in!

On Lord Lucan's Private Island? ::)

[bindeweede]

Dear old "Psychic Medium" Charlie "channels" Michael Jackson.

Sad, sad, sad.

YJIdDMhuwFk

[polomint38]

Dear old "Psychic Medium" Charlie "channels" Michael Jackson.

Sad, sad, sad.

YJIdDMhuwFk

Evil, Evil, Evil

Discuss

ETA: by the evil (quite strong I admit) question, I was referring to Charlie, not Michael.

[Dubious Dick]

Wasn't sure whether to include this in the MJ or McDs threads. Apologies to those of a sensitive nature:

MCds to launch a new McJacko burger. 50 year old meat between 10 year old buns with a dash of mayo....

Perhaps he was he a secret RC under cover as a JW (ref the Penn and Teller Bullshit on the venal, sorry venerable, Vatican).

O.K. I'm sorry.....

[Mulder]

Who needs conspiracy theories!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8233250.stm

[Croydon Bob]

Who needs conspiracy theories!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8233250.stm

"We wanted to show how easily users can be manipulated on the internet with hoax videos," she said.
"Therefore, we created this video of Michael Jackson being alive, even though everybody knows by now that he is dead - and the response was breathtaking."

Yeah, well they would say that wouldn't they. Everybody knows that debunking denials just prove that the video is genuine. Or something.