Michael Jackson Dead

**blue** · 07-03-2009, 12:33 AM

Hollywierd scuttlebut is the Jackson Memorial Service will have a $25 cover charge, T-shirts will be sold outside of the venue, and 700+ cops for crowd controll.

Disregaurding all the pedo charges over the years, I find this distasteful.

**Karen** · 07-03-2009, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by blue

Hollywierd scuttlebut is the Jackson Memorial Service will have a $25 cover charge, T-shirts will be sold outside of the venue, and 700+ cops for crowd controll.

Disregaurding all the pedo charges over the years, I find this distasteful.

Don't believe everything you hear. I have heard it will be free, and the family will be giving away the tickets. It being Los Angeles, I am sure there will be plenty of "entrepreneurs" packing the site trying to sell any souvenir they can manage to produce. And no amount of police presence is going to be able to prevent that. Good or bad, his life was a media circus, and I am sure his death will continue to cause one.

**blue** · 07-03-2009, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Karen

Don't believe everything you hear. I have heard it will be free, and the family will be giving away the tickets. It being Los Angeles, I am sure there will be plenty of "entrepreneurs" packing the site trying to sell any souvenir they can manage to produce. And no amount of police presence is going to be able to prevent that. Good or bad, his life was a media circus, and I am sure his death will continue to cause one.

If I believed it I wouldnt have called it scuttlebut. Even if the Memorial is free, I find it distastefull that some will try to profit on Jacksons death by selling souvenirs outside of the venue.

I also hope the scuttlebut about the extra police officers is wrong as well.

**Pam** · 07-03-2009, 06:52 AM

Originally Posted by Karen

I am sure there will be plenty of "entrepreneurs" packing the site trying to sell any souvenir they can manage to produce.

I spent the day at the Jersey shore yesterday and the MJ t-shirts were already on the boardwalk, one saying "The Thrill(er) is gone." Thankfully I saw no one buying them or wearing them. I was amazed the year that Elvis died. We were on vacation in Williamsburg, Va and within hours of his death there were t-shirts for sale. Death is a moneymaker for some for sure.

**Grace** · 07-03-2009, 09:49 PM

That's the name of the drug found recently in MJ's house.

Lovely drug - I can say that because I've had it.

When I had my carpal tunnel surgery in March, I was given 3 drugs to put me out. Fentanyl, Versed and Propofol. The Anesthesiologist told me that Diprivan would cause me to wake up with a smile on my face - and it did.

It's not a drug commonly found in people's medicine cabinets - because it can only be given intravenously. And it doesn't make one sleep - it makes one comatose. There is a difference.

**slick** · 07-04-2009, 12:21 AM

You know, I feel bad for the family and everyone else concerned. I've never been a fan of Michael Jackson although I recognize that he had a talent that no one else has or ever will have. It will be years before they let him RIP.

That being said, I'm sick of hearing about him already and it's only be over a week. I think I'll turn my attention to the food channel.

**carole** · 07-04-2009, 10:32 PM

you know i guess we all do get sick of hearing about him, but in some ways it keeps his memory alive longer, what i mean by that is ,someone dies and then you don't hear about them again, seems like they are simply forgotten so quickly, although i know some of it is not good things we are hearing, i still find it interesting, he was a complex individual it seems, and i actually want to know more about him.

As for people making money out of his death, well there is always someone out there ready to make a quick buck,that's life i guess, but yes it is somewhat distastful i guess, but then the fans are the people who will buy the t shirts, and i am sure they are more than happy that they are available, i would be if i were a fan, anyhow thats my take on it.

**kitten645** · 07-04-2009, 10:39 PM

At the end of the day, people wouldn't produce/sell stuff if people wouldn't buy it! Same is true of the media. Everyone complains but it's supply and demand on it's most basic level. If the public didn't demand it, there would be no market. You can't have it both ways. RIP MJ.