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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Jackson was murdered, claims sister
2009-07-13
[Bangla Daily Star] Michael Jackson was killed by a band of greedy hangers-on, his sister La Toya alleged in interviews with British Sunday newspapers.
Greedy hangers on? Ooooh. Do tell, La Toya...
Functionally, sure. But another way to look at it is slow-motion suicide by proxy. One of his doctors said he had that rare, painful skin de-coloration condition that impacted lung function, another said he had the autioimmune disease lupus, plus ongoing pain from when his hair caught fire while filming that Pepsi commercial, and no doubt more pain from an overabundance of cosmetic surgeries...And the fact is, he'd never reclimb the peak he reached in the 1980s.
And LaToya was so concerned about her brother's health and financial issues that she shoo'ed all these hangers-on away, didn't she ...
The phrase "worth more dead than alive" comes to mind The Dead King of Pop's sister spoke about her younger brother's death and the aftermath with The Mail on Sunday and the News of the World weeklies.

"I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the start," the 53-year-old said.
Posted by:Fred

#14  does anyone really give a rip? It's not like it has been a slow new week, frustrating how the media covers this more than current issues. I caught up on old reruns of NCIS reruns.
Posted by: Jan from work   2009-07-13 19:42  

#13  Killed by death.

-Lemmy Kilmister
Posted by: Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6   2009-07-13 18:10  

#12  

Strange noises last night - Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale, California.

Posted by: BigEd   2009-07-13 14:15  

#11  I would be that it was the accidental result of mixing incompatible drugs. He did look healthy in a rehearsal video, taken the day before his death. But he had reported an inability to fall asleep.
Posted by: Spike Gramp9390   2009-07-13 12:29  

#10  #9, you have a point there. If MJ's children don't wind up dead with overdoses, it will have been a miracle.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2009-07-13 12:15  

#9  Carl Denham: Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast. - King Kong (1933)

It twas the entertainment industry and media that killed them both. At least Kong wasn't a willing accessory to the fact.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-07-13 12:03  

#8  On the plus side, at least this finally puts to sleep rumors that Michael actually *was* La Toya.

Don't think about that too much.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-07-13 10:56  

#7  I am not going to stop until I find out who is responsible.

Maybe she can team up with OJ.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2009-07-13 10:42  

#6  Hangers-on? La Toya was one of them. As were Jermaine, Tito, Grumpy, and Sleepy.
Let's watch their careers skyrocket now that he's gone.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-07-13 10:36  

#5  Well maybe his siblings should have kept a closer eye on him, La Toya...
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-07-13 08:17  

#4  Oohhhkkkkkaaaayyyy, I got it, trying for double indemnity insurance, maybe not as crazy as I first thought.
(But loons anyway, just clever loons)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-13 03:57  

#3  What a shock, his family's crazy too.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-07-13 03:54  

#2  HMMMMM, HMMMMMM, shade of death of 'Cuzin ANNA NICHOLE SMITH = impor of DNA Testing to LEGAL-PDENIABLE claims on $$$ = interests in wealthy estates???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-07-13 00:28  

#1  WFC
Posted by: OldSpook   2009-07-13 00:19  

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