Michael Jackson on the Shelf

In an Associated Press article I was reading this morning, LeToya Jackson makes the accusation that brother Michael was murdered for his money and claims that she knows who did it, though she conveniently stops short of naming names.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090712/ap_en_mu/eu_britain_michael_jackson


Her assertions are a bit premature I suspect, given that that the coroner's office have still not released the results of MJ's autopsy toxicolgy reports.





I suppose like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, and Marilyn Monroe and other high profile celebrities who died under mysterious circumstance before him, conspiracy theorists will be coming out of the woodwork with ideas on how Michael Jackson really died. There will MJ sightings splattered all over the ragmags, and accustations aimed at lawyers, handlers, backers, family members, friends, business asscociates, rival artists, doctors, crackpots and vigilantes.



But like many of those dead legends who passed on before him, although drugs will almostly certainly be found to have played a role in his demise whether by accident, misadventure, or by foul play, I suspect the public will never learn the truth.



Doubtless, as LeToya states, Michael was worth more dead than alive to certain interested parties. His untimely death as with his sensational but troubled life, have provided the media with a seemingly unending source of news fodder for gossip hungry readers. Those who hated him seem as equally fascinated as those who loved him. Jackson's CDs and DVDs are flying off the shelf, feeding the coffers of Michael's Estate while LeToya and other Jackson family members, long absent from the spotlight, are enjoying renewed celebrity from his death.



Jackson certainly went out with a bang and the reverberations will continue long after he's turned to dust. But it's unfortunate that only a small portion of that interest will be on his musical legacy and fatherless children rather than his questionable business and personal affairs.



MJ once shelled out huge bucks to buy the bones of the Elephant Man. I wonder if one day same publicity hungry pop star with time and money on their hands might pay to have his bones sitting on the mantle. I'm sure tons of longterm revenue could be made off of fans and curiosity seekers who'd make the pilgrimage and shell out bucks to see them.



Michael might even approve! It somehow seems to fit in a twisted kind of way.



I just shake my head.