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NPR reports dead. -- nm - loosilu on mobile Jun 25, 15:35
This is worse than Pearl Harbour. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 15:33 3
- Yeah, I earned that. -- nm -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:34 2
  - Dude, honestly, I only read yours after I posted this. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 15:34 1
    - No, it's all good. I said it was hyperbole, and even beyond ridiculous to compare. But a part of me feels the same today. - Subversive Jun 25, 15:37
ST Decide My Reading: Duma Key by Stephen King or Odd Hours by Dean Koontz -- nm - Beaker Jun 25, 15:32 1
- Mrs. Havens just finished Duma Key. Said it was just okay - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:34
i hope they do a timelapse film of the people gathering outside the hospital -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:32 1
- Real time would look like time-lapse. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 25, 15:34
Has anyone checked to see how Scott Baio is doing? -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 15:30 3
- heh. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:32
- Bob Loblaw's Law Blog? -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:31
- wait! where's Shaun Cassidy? -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:30
Forget you, Iran! We've got important news today! -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:30
I know this is hyperbole, but if he really is dead, it feels like a HUGE thing, like 9-11 big. - Subversive Jun 25, 15:29 24
- I was going to disagree but then my friend called me crying. Maybe near-elvis big. -- nm - kare Jun 25, 15:37 1
  - count how many of your facebook status messages reference it. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:39
- wow. just wow. -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:34 2
  - Go on... -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:35 1
    - this is just one of those days that makes me realize how completely opposite i am from the majority of ST - Guy Jun 25, 15:50
- Maybe if he died in 1984, it would have been world changing. Not today - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:34 4
  - You never really lose the "former biggest star in the world" tag. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:37
  - that's true, but i think you are underestimating what is to come. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:34 2
    - Oh, I have no doubt there will be massive and well-deserved mourning. He was a uniquely talented individual - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:35
    - I think he might be bigger outside the US than in. -- nm - the liioulu with whatever Jun 25, 15:35
- I don't think so, or it won't be a Princess Diana thing...If he would have died 10-12 years ago, yeah it would have been monumental - amoxy Jun 25, 15:31 3
  - We'll see Diana type coverage. I don't get why he warrants it, but he'll get it. - TWuG Jun 25, 15:33 1
    - Well, that's a whole different conversation. But if Tom and Katie's baby deserves front page news, then the death of a star of this magnitude is HUGE. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:35
  - Maybe, maybe... I think he was basically the biggest star in the history of the modern world. - Subversive Jun 25, 15:33
- Maybe if it happened 20-25 years ago. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 15:31 1
  - Agree...his relevance hasn't held up like a Muhammad Ali -- nm - Stewie Jun 25, 15:34
- True. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:30
- This will be felt worldwide. Like in loosi Africa worldwide. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:30
- the next week is going to be *INSANE* -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:30 5
  - If it is true, I feel sorta bad for those close to Farrah. I have a feeling her death will the the footnote. - kelly Jun 25, 15:31 3
    - Maybe they'll be relieved. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 15:34 1
      - Well, not relieved. But personally, I'd hate to see a friend's death on the cover of every magazine in the country -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 15:36
    - well, comparitively their careers are on entirely different scales. - Andie Jun 25, 15:33
  - it will be a thriller! -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:31
LA Times and CBS said he passed -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 15:27 3
- LAT still not loading. Get. Toe. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:32 1
  - Very slow, but finally got their latest update - quoting city and law enforcement spokesmen confirming he died. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 15:35
- As does ABC - the liioulu with whatever Jun 25, 15:31
Smooth Criminal is probably my favorite MJ song. - musubi Jun 25, 15:27 6
- That or Beat it. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 15:33
- Mine is probably Beat It, though I prefer Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me in which he sang on the chorus. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 15:30
- I've had that song stuck in my head since the first mention. - JaxSean Jun 25, 15:28 2
  - AAF's version is one of my favorite covers. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:28 1
    - "Word" to this whole thread. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:29
- Word. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:28
catchy name for a show about micro-climates - go! - Andie Jun 25, 15:27 7
- OIMBY. Out In My Back Yard. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:36
- ~ Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you .. lalala ~ -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:35
- Is That a Tornado in your Pocket or are you Just Happy to See Me. -- nm - pmb Jun 25, 15:33
- Is it raining? -- nm - Reuters Jun 25, 15:33
- All Weather Is Local. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 15:30
- My Own Private Rain Cloud. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:29
- The Weather Where You Are - con_carne Jun 25, 15:29
Maybe I'm heartless but Farrah's death bothers me more -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:26 5
- I'm too young for Farrah. I've never seen her in anything. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 15:37
- ditto -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Jun 25, 15:27
- Possibly because her death has less to do with her lifestyle choices? -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 15:27 2
  - looks - marcel Jun 25, 15:29
  - and the whole molestation thing -- nm - Stewie Jun 25, 15:28
Twitter's pretty slow right now too. -- nm - mara Jun 25, 15:25 1
- My twin's FB Status: "Michael Jackson RIP! I listened to Thriller in my bro's apartment like 2 weeks ago." - con_carne Jun 25, 15:26
L.A. Times has just updated their story of MJ being in a coma and are now reporting that he has died. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 25, 15:22 6
- CNN reporting "dead, according to" but not confirming. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 15:26 1
  - "Dead, according to this tweet, and this fan on Facebook." -- nm - CNN Jun 25, 15:27
- Updated on their website, and on NBC news.. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 25, 15:25
- What if he wakes up though. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 15:24 1
  - "I got better." (nm) - musubi Jun 25, 15:25
- they should have upgraded their servers before they did that -- nm - Stewie Jun 25, 15:24
Get out your crystal ball. What is Megan Fox's future? - Mop Jun 25, 15:20 14
- A. I expect a booze/drug burnout. Hope she survives, tho. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jun 25, 15:39
- im pulling for B, but A wouldn't "shock" me -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:35
- E: Kelly McGillis - Mr. Havens Jun 25, 15:24 3
  - Or Sally Kirkland. - the liioulu with whatever Jun 25, 15:36
  - Any nudity? -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:30 1
    - Cute Kelly, Fat Kelly or Doesn't Look Like Kelly? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:31
- Other. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:24
- I'm leaning towards "d", too. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:24
- d -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:22
- i say 'd' -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 25, 15:21
- Porn -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 15:21 1
  - *nods -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 15:24
- b i hope -- nm - marcel Jun 25, 15:21
- I like how you are listed on there -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:21
Have any legit news sources reported that he's died, or just TMZ etc.? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 15:16 9
- CNN just reported he's in a coma - GJOSHGREEN Jun 25, 15:23
- OK Magazine if you want to count them -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:19
- Reuters is carrying the TMZ story -- (link) - Andie Jun 25, 15:17 6
  - MSNBC now reporting it via the LA Times. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 25, 15:23
  - but Reuters and AP can basically be seen as "factually reporting on hearsay and conjecture" at times ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:19 4
    - Yup. "It is being said..." -- nm - mara Jun 25, 15:21 3
      - AP: "It is being said that Qale is totally awesome and that you all should like him." -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 15:23 2
        
        Others are reporting and Qale is totally awesome, these reports are incorrect according to mara. -- nm - Reuters Jun 25, 15:29 1
        
        Nikki Finke reports Qale's awesomeness level predicted lower than initially reported. -- nm - Qale Jun 25, 15:36
All right, who emptied the ice cube trays and put them back in the freezer without refilling them? - 'lia Jun 25, 15:16 2
- Heh, I can't stand when people put them back in empty. -- nm - Loyola Jun 25, 15:22
- that's where they belong. - marcel Jun 25, 15:20
The reports of Michael's death may be greatly exaggerated. - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 15:14 9
- Even in death, Farah can't catch a break. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 15:23 1
  - Too true. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 15:25
- Or not. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 15:21
- *perks up* -- nm - Chevy Chase Jun 25, 15:19 1
  - Francisco Franco is still dead. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:20
- "He was then taken to a better hospital where he was pronounced alive." -- nm - David Jun 25, 15:17 1
  - The monkee doctor from the Neverland Ranch Hospital, flanked by Bobo the hospital administror clown and 2 statues of MJ representing his personal - pmb Jun 25, 15:25
- he was revived by paramedics before taken to the hospital -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 15:15 1
  - Did he do the Thriller dance afterward? -- nm - David Jun 25, 15:19
I'd hate to be the dudes trying to untangle the financial legalities. nm - Dignan Jun 25, 15:10 4
- Doesn't this put the Beatles library in play? -- nm - David Jun 25, 15:11 3
  - possibly...Sony was lending him a ton of money in the hopes that when he defaulted he'd sell off the Northern Songs catalog to them... -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 15:20
  - I thought he sold that off already. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:18 1
    - I think something was done with it, but he might still be a partial owner -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:18
Like, who were the "three" that David Carradine was in? -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:10 7
- usually, when it comes in three, all three are at least usually within the same week. almost always -- nm - Jovian Jun 25, 15:15 2
  - so it always happens in threes, except when it doesn't. -- nm - Reagen Jun 25, 15:17 1
    - Usually. (nm) - musubi Jun 25, 15:26
- And over what time period? (Whatever time period it takes for there to be three!) -- nm - mara Jun 25, 15:14
- And how famous do you have to be? And do you have to be an entertainer? Ridiculous. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:12
- *cracks a "young offenders act" joke* -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:11
- Carradine, the 12 year old boy he killed before he himself died and the hitman who botched the job entirely. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:11
Amelia trailer -- (link) - Dano Jun 25, 15:09 1
- looks good. hopefully Gere won't ruin it -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:19
I still think Beat It was a crossover hit - amoxy Jun 25, 15:05 9
- Eddie Van Halen played guiter on Beat It? I never knew that. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:19 2
  - yep. He did two takes. He said QUincy Jones called him to work on it and he didn't believe it was QUincy and hung up on him.... - Remlik Jun 25, 15:22
  - Hear it again, and it will be obvious -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:20
- He's one of the people where I stopped liking their works the stranger the person got. - TWuG Jun 25, 15:06 3
  - I only became a big fan after Black or White -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:08 2
    - That or Smooth Criminal would probably be my favorite Michael song. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 25, 15:11 1
      - Yeah, Smooth Criminal is the top for me. -- nm - Subversive Jun 25, 15:25
- huge...cause he had Eddie on it, rock stations in middle America played it. -- nm - Remlik Jun 25, 15:05
- Totally agreed. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:05
nmb loosilu - con_carne Jun 25, 15:04 1
- cool! -- nm - loosilu on mobile Jun 25, 15:33
All three of them had seen their best years come and go. All three were suffering emotionally and physically. I'm glad they no longer suffer. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 25, 15:03 6
- MJ was taken to UCLA, not Cedars. Many cops are arriving to UCLA now from the news chopper picture. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 25, 15:05 1
  - yeah, my subject line was incorrect...the article linked said UCLA. -- nm - CrankYanker Jun 25, 15:08
- well said - zork Jun 25, 15:05
- This sentiment applies most to McMahon, I think. I saw him on Family Feud a few months ago, it made me sad :( -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:04 2
  - I was embarrassed for him when he did those Gold4Cash commercials -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 15:05
  - (And farrah, too, of course. cancer is a terrible thing.) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:05
and Andie made my other post for me -- (link) - zork Jun 25, 15:03 [Backboard]
this will sound callous but I knew he would get out of doing all those London concerts, certainly didn't expect him to die though -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:02
Meh, I saw it coming. -- nm - Guy si Jun 25, 15:02 3
- Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!! -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:15
- Clearly, a pattern of abuse going back 20 years makes it easy to call a 50 year old man's death an easy call. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:05 1
  - clearly there is no room in between abject shock and clairvoyance -- nm - Guy Jun 25, 15:16
boom. -- nm - tRuMaN Jun 25, 15:01
Highs and Lows, The Extraordinary Life of, etc... do they have these things already made and on file? -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 15:01 15
- For pretty famous people, there's obituaries ready to go for them all. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:02 10
  - I still love the MTM episode where she had to rewrite the Obituary file - amoxy Jun 25, 15:07 1
    - so many classic moment from that show -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:08
  - Do they actually have people who write pending obits? -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 15:04 5
    - that's what interns are for -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:05
    - They don't write themselves. Anyway, they're really biographies. They would be used (or cribbed) for any big story on the person. -- nm - mara Jun 25, 15:05 2
      - Or accidentally sent live with minimal changes, with an apology afterwards. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 25, 15:06
      - I wonder if they resemble something like a wikipedia entry, only with more quotes -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 25, 15:06
    - I'd assume so. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:04
  - almost everybody, really. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 15:03 1
    - *displays his obituary on the fridge* -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 15:03
- Yep -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:01 3
  - but the most likely to go are usually the most complete -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:03 2
    - You'd be surprised. Sometimes these things are prepped just because the person is that famous. MJ, for example. -- nm - con_carne Jun 25, 15:06 1
      - of course, the really big names have to be ready -- nm - zork Jun 25, 15:10

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