Michael Jackson, Elvis, Paul McCartney...

The concept that Michael Jackson didn't actually die can get rather interesting.

There is the theory that MJ learned how Elvis faken his death.

Remember, he was Elvis's son-in-law for awhile.

And then there's his Paul McCartney connection.

Does anyone remember the "Paul is Dead" rumor decades ago?

Paul and Michael worked on three songs together in the early 80’s

- The Girl Is Mine, Say Say Say and The Man.

McCartney also wrote the lyrics for the song Girlfriend which each recorded separately for their own albums.

Do you remember the banner at the first Michael Jackson funeral that said

"I'm alive and I'm here forever" ?

I thought that was a reference to fame -

both the concept of fame where your work lives on

and also the song Fame -

which says "Fame!  I'm gonna live forever."

It turns out, that line on the banner was a quote from the McCartney/Jackson duet The Man.

Spungoo on Youtube has a series of videos with theories that perhaps MJ didn't actually die.

The second video talks about the song "The Man".  Look around 5:30 into the video to find it.

Anyway, I found it interesting that Michael Jackson had connections to other pop stars with a history

(whether deserved or not) of death hoaxes.

I wonder what other celebs MJ worked with who have been connected in some way with perceived (by some) death hoaxes...

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Interview with a police officer regarding Michael Jackson

Interview with a police officer

While on vacation I had a chance to chat with a policeman regarding various Michael Jackson issues.

Here is roughly how the conversations went.

Are you following the Michael Jackson thing?

Not really.

From what you know, is there ANY possibility that Michael Jackson could have faked his death?

No way.  

For one thing, he'd have to pay off too many people.

A million here, a million there and there just isn't enough money, even for Michael Jackson. 

Would they have taken fingerprints? 

Maybe, maybe not.  

It's difficult getting fingerprints off a dead body and really DNA evidence is so accurate that fingerprints aren't used as much anymore.

What if he had a body double and that person was ill and about to die anyway...and that body double was also the one who showed up for his legal issues in the 90's?

That still wouldn't work because of the DNA evidence.   The DNA can be compared to the DNA of his family members to see if it matches.   Have any of his family been in trouble with the law?  

They probably have a DNA sample on record somewhere.

There is simply too much DNA evidence here.  Now if he had disappeared in the sea with no trace of his remains - that might've worked.... 

What if Michael had noticed something interesting while in Bahrain or in travel around that time and  provided useful evidence  and needed to get away and join the witness protection program?

I can't see someone like that being agreeable to the witness protection program's way of doing things.   Plus, if he was going that route, it would have been him quietly disappearing, which isn't what happened here.