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celebrity death

Posted by lisleman • 6/26/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: celebrity, einstein, farrah fawcett, michael jackson

MJ and FF gone the same day. As the news media cycle churns I did happen across another aspect of celebrity death - their continued earnings after death.

Sorta doesn't seem fair in a way. Life is not fair of course.

So for the ones that don't start some helpful foundation do you think that revenue should go some where useful?

I do think copyright law is really screwed up in this regard.

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6/26/09

xmarks

conspiracy theory: Both killed by agents of Iran to get media off their backs.

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1. 6/26/09
  
  lisleman
  
  that's a new for me - the thought crossed my mind that the neo-cons did it. Maybe that South Carolina gov needed a "wag the dog" thing started.
  
  Well I think your theory would need more proof.
2. 6/28/09
  
  Stillthinking
  
  My thought was Big Pharma killed both to distract from health care reform.
3. 6/28/09
  
  lisleman
  
  hmm - we should start a crazy conspiracy theory discussion
  maybe aliens could be involved
4. 6/28/09
  
  xmarks
  
  Aliens, working through drug companies, utlized WMD smuggled out of Iraq by the Illuminati killed MJ to distract the public from realizing that Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannity have never been seen together. In fact, they are the same person . . . . Ricci Lake.
5. 6/28/09
  
  lisleman
  
  Keith O. and Sean H. they do love to go at it. All for the ratings. Now just to tie this back to the original thought here - MJ knew his income would increase in death so --- I really don't think that's the case but somebody will believe it.
6/27/09

preaxz

Who is FF? Firefox?

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1. 6/28/09
  
  lisleman
  
  I guess she was not as international as MJ (or as popular) but she died the same day. Farrah Fawcett is who I meant by FF. If you search you'll find plenty on her. She died of cancer.
6/28/09

chicky401

Billy Mays died today too. I know he wasn't a big star like MJ and FF but I think enough people knew of him as well.

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1. 6/28/09
  
  lisleman
  
  thanks for pointing that out. I just looked at a report - death might be related to a hard aircraft landing he had the day before.
6/28/09

dosox

that's not the problem.. every dog has its day.. let them RIP

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