# Michael Jackson has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195 "2009-06-27T20:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/1 "2009-06-27T20:27:31Z")
Formerly of “The Jackson 5”,a 70’s “Motown” singing group. Link > **[Archive blogs](https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/)** > > Los Angeles Times blogs that were published between 2006 and 2013. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/2 "2009-06-27T20:29:17Z")
“Rio” by Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/3 "2009-06-27T20:29:29Z")
Ever hear the expression “A day late and a dollar short?” Try two days. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/4 "2009-06-27T20:35:00Z")
I can’t tell if this is a massive whoosh or if **MadTheSwine** has been in captivity by a supervillain the last few days. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/5 "2009-06-27T20:36:07Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Ever hear the expression “A day late and a dollar short?” > > Try two days. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/6 "2009-06-27T20:40:25Z")
What was it like on Mars, **MadTheSwine**? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/7 "2009-06-27T20:41:19Z")
I hear Farrah Fawcett’s not feeling too well, either. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/8 "2009-06-27T20:41:53Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Huh? It’s Saturday. The whole world (minus one, apparently) knew about it on Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/9 "2009-06-27T20:42:10Z")
> [@choie](#): > > What was it like on Mars, **MadTheSwine**? Lotsa nougat,some chocolate topped with almonds. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/10 "2009-06-27T20:46:14Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I hear Farrah Fawcett’s not feeling too well, either. I heard the same..I had Jackson in my death pool..if Farrah goes I might win. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/11 "2009-06-27T21:12:58Z")
Thanks for the news, OP, I don’t know why the news doesn’t mention this. Goddamn liberal media. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/12 "2009-06-27T21:51:01Z")
Current Michael Jackson threads: > **[Michael Jackson Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522373)** > > Just got this AOL alert: We’ve just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles … and we’re told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance. He was picked up at his home around 20... > **[Michael Jackson-$40 million in Debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522452)** > > I was saddened by his passing…but in the local newspaper, they reported that Jackson had blown through his fortune, and was $400 million in debt! How on earth did he accumulate so much debt? I assume he sold his ownership of the Beatle’s songs long... > **[Michael Jackson and the Beatles catalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522444)** > > All the coverage yesterday got me thinking about this. Apparently the Beatles catalog was one of the most, if not the most, valuable assets he had. But I was wondering, did he still have to pay any royalties to either of the surviving Beatles when... > **[Best Michael Jackson Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522379)** > > In sort of a tribute to the late singer… Which were your favourite songs of his with or without his brothers. I wasn’t a huge fan of his solo stuff, but I did like Dirty Diana, Beat It and from his Jackson 5 days, “The Love You Save.” > **[fuck the gloved one](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522395)** > > Correct me if I am wrong. Michael Jackson was a real grade A asshole This INCREDIBLY talented was a homosexual who got married twice to women to dispel the rumors that he liked boys errr I mean men. Instead of helping the gay cause, he turned his... > **[Whose death could eclipse Michael Jackson's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522537)** > > His death was a front page story around the world, not just the US. Who, if they died tomorrow, could wipe him off the front page? I think some political leaders could, such as Obama, Queen Elizabeth II, Pope Benedict XVIII, or Osama Bin Laden. ... > **[Did Michael jackson really plan to take his freak face on an actual tour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522566)** > > His face had become a hideous freak-mask. Did he not realize how bizarre he looked? Seemed to me that he did, due to all the hiding behind masks and wigs and veils and all that. Was he really planning to go on a comeback tour and actually show his... > **[Why does Michael Jackson's death make everyone buy his music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522570)** > > I don’t know if it’s the wrong forum for this but it’s a poll of sorts I guess. The day after Michael Jackson’sdeath, 7 of the top 10 songs and 9 of the top 10 albums are by him. On some sharing sites his music dominates the top of the list. Why? ... Did I miss any? ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-has-died/501195/13 "2009-06-27T22:10:16Z")
I probably shouldn’t have to explain this closing. But, [just in case…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522373) 😛