Dopers, please reassure me

[Nobody]

Please tell me that Michael Jackson won't stay in the media for the next 10 years the way lady/princess Diana stayed in the news for 10 years after she died <shudder>

[Covered_In_Bees!]

Well, uhhhh, how can I put this? I think someone else is going to have to break the news to you, I just don't want to break your spirit like that.

[Freudian Slit]

Lady Diana's been in the news for the past ten years? That's news to me.

[Gr8Kat]

/me is waiting for Elton John to rewrite Candle in the Wind for him. Instead of English Rose, he can call it American Weirdo.

[Kozmik]

Originally Posted by Gr8Kat

/me is waiting for Elton John to rewrite Candle in the Wind for him. Instead of English Rose, he can call it American Weirdo.

You mean him?

[Gr8Kat]

Originally Posted by Kozmik

You mean him?

I suppose Sir Elton wins in the wardrobe department, but for overall lifestyle freakishness, it's hard to top good old chimp owning, elephant man bone buying, oxygen tent sleeping, child molesting, Neverland Ranch living, skin color changing Michael Jackson. I think I just wrote half the song!

[Little Nemo]

me is waiting for Elton John to rewrite Candle in the Wind for him. Instead of English Rose, he can call it American Weirdo.

Goodbye Michael's nose
Though you changed shape all the time
You stayed on Michael Jackson's face
At least most of the time

And it seems to me like I've played this song
A time or two before
Never knowing who will die next
And who I'll sing it for

I thought I'd be singing for Farrah
Or maybe Andy Dick
Got a version for Walter Cronkite
Cause I heard he's pretty sick

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Goodbye Michael's nose
Though you changed shape all the time
You stayed on Michael Jackson's face
At least most of the time

And it seems to me like I've played this song
A time or two before
Never knowing who will die next
And who I'll sing it for

I thought I'd be singing for Farrah
Or maybe Andy Dick
Got a version for Walter Cronkite
Cause I heard he's pretty sick

That is awesome!

[ashman165]

Originally Posted by Little Nemo

Goodbye Michael's nose
Though you changed shape all the time
You stayed on Michael Jackson's face
At least most of the time

And it seems to me like I've played this song
A time or two before
Never knowing who will die next
And who I'll sing it for

I thought I'd be singing for Farrah
Or maybe Andy Dick
Got a version for Walter Cronkite
Cause I heard he's pretty sick

And the meter even works. Excellent work. /genuflect

[The Scrivener]

Good one, Little Nemo.

I think MJ will have a much more persistent media half-life than Diana's, for three reasons: the scene is set for an ongoing battle over custody and estate (and how to pay down the supposed $400 million debt); the criminal investigations (now involving five doctors!) of MJ's doctors and possibly other parties; and the rumored hundreds of songs (many of them from his peak Off the Wall - Thriller era) in various stages of completion that MJ has left behind. If you think Jeff Buckley has had an impressive posthumous recording career, well, you ain't seen nothing yet!

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by Freudian Slit

Lady Diana's been in the news for the past ten years? That's news to me.

Yeah, until just a few years ago, she kept popping up in the news.

For example, There was this investigation in 2005

[Freudian Slit]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Yeah, until just a few years ago, she kept popping up in the news.

For example, There was this investigation in 2005

Well, I think the occasional article once in a while is hardly staying in the news for ten years. I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned her.

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by Freudian Slit

Well, I think the occasional article once in a while is hardly staying in the news for ten years. I can't remember the last time anyone mentioned her.

Thankfully now-a-days you don't hear anything about her, but it more than just the occasional news article. In 2007 they had the Concert for Diana

Yeah, you don't hear anything about her now, but it took about 10 years for everybody to get it out of their systems. I'm just hoping Michael doesn't stick around that long.

[Gr8Kat]

Little Nemo wins the Intarwebs.

[Rilchiam]

There may be a lull for a few weeks or months, but when the "Backstage at Neverland" confessionals hit first the newsstands and then the bookstores, it'll be twice, three, five times this.

[don't ask]

I thought Elton's song for Michael Jackson was Don't Let Your Son Go Down on Me

[Wheelz]

Well, Elvis has been dead for 32 years and he hasn't gone away yet.
Expect to be seeing MJ impersonators for the rest of your life -- and don't be surprised to find Nic Cage starring in Honeymoon in Neverland, coming soon to a theater near you.

[Marley23]

Excellent work, Little Nemo.

[smee goan]

Don't forget the $700 million in ticket refunds, everyone knew he was never going to perform those 50 London shows. People said that days after they were announced.

[runner pat]

Little Nemo by a hair over don't ask.

[SanVito]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Please tell me that Michael Jackson won't stay in the media for the next 10 years the way lady/princess Diana stayed in the news for 10 years after she died <shudder>

Sadly I think you're going to have to pray someone else megafamous dies to wipe it off the front page. Queen Elizabeth is your closest option at the moment, but considering she's 'only' 83 and her mother lived until about 102, you might have 20 odd years to wait.

[Nobody]

Originally Posted by SanVito

Sadly I think you're going to have to pray someone else megafamous dies to wipe it off the front page. Queen Elizabeth is your closest option at the moment, but considering she's 'only' 83 and her mother lived until about 102, you might have 20 odd years to wait.

I can see it now; CNN: "We have breaking news. After 20 years of being the 24 hour a day Michael Jackson channel, we're now the 24 hour a day Queen Elizabeth channel."