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Michael Jackson's Death Causes Shark-Like Media Frenzy

By David Lohr

I was not much of a Michael Jackson fan when I was growing up, although the video for "Thriller" did catch my eye when I was in fifth grade or thereabouts. Being a huge horror fan, anything with zombies in it was cool to me both then and still is now. That being said, I was not going to write anything about Michael's death, as it is not a crime to die; however, after watching the news for an hour, I became annoyed by some of the coverage of his death. I watched heart specialists describing what Jackson's final moments would have been like, financial experts debating the value of his estate, psychologists speculating on how his children will cope, and lawyers speculating on who will obtain custody of the kids. One commentator even went so far as to question whether Jackson - an alleged believer in cryogenics - would be frozen...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on June 25, 2009 (boomark / email).