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By John Scott Lewinski
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July 2, 2009 |
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4:01 pm
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Let’s quash this rumor before it gets started: Michael Jackson did
not fake his own death to escape the exhausting rigors of stardom. The
troubled man is gone. Let him go.
The problem is, when a legendary rock performer checks out early,
desperate fans sometimes build such fables. From Jim Morrison to Tupac,
enthusiasts who can’t let go (and Jackson had more than a few of those)
insist their beloved musical icon is hiding in Iowa, not in heaven.
No fandom built its “faked death” mythology with more richly honed
detail than the followers of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll
whose untimely passing seems eerily similar to the death of the King of
Pop. Jackson’s unexpected passing at 50 makes one pine for the late 1980s and The Elvis Conspiracy specials.
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