15 hrs ago | The Mayo News
"Sure he was a freak who hung around with kids and monkeys but the man also had a talent so profound that it is hard to comprehend it." Neill O'Neill I CANNOT claim to be a hardcore Michael Jackson fan.
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Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies
Record label mogul Allen Klein, who handled the affairs of both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said.
The Straight Dope: Michael Jackson and the Beatles
This article originally appeared in the November 17, 1995 edition of the Boston Phoenix .
Michael Jackson was loved, but he's no Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson never did that much for me. His performances were childish and over-stylised. But the grief over his untimely death is genuine and impressive.
If God does exist, is he really anti-gay?
Within minutes of the Delhi High Court decriminalising gay sex, religious leaders across the spectrum were making statements about how homosexuality is against the will of God.
Michael Jackson: In Death, as in Life, the King of Pop Culture
Now that Michael Jackson is dead-or to quote one of his album titles, 'HIStory'-an antidote is sorely needed to the gushing CNN and Fox News anchors I heard all last night and into this morning, eulogizing Jackson as if he had died on a cross instead of in his home of apparent cardiac arrest.
Sales surge outstrips Presley and Lennon
A surge in interest in Michael Jackson is forcing people around him to revise their initial assessment that his assets could be overwhelmed by the debts attached to them.
A 1958 Hofner Senator guitar that used to belong to John Lennon
One of John Lennon 's guitars from the early years of his Beatles career sold for A 205,250 at auction yesterday, almost doubling its A 100,000 - 150,000 estimate.
Private Bin: Jackson more popular dead than alive
Michael Jackson has outsold John Lennon and Elvis Presley in the week after their deaths, according to the UK's largest music retailer, HMV Group.
Ono wins rights to Lennon footage
JOHN Lennon's widow has won a lawsuit against a group of collectors who disputed her rights to movie footage capturing intimate moments of the former Beatles legend.
Imitating Jackson "a mission impossible"
Michael Jackson, the American pop icon and a household name in China who died Friday, had no substantial influence on Chinese pop music, a Chinese music critic said.
Yoko Ono wins copyright ruling
Afederal judge in Boston says Yoko Ono is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing John Lennon and his family in London in 1970.
Sometimes more than one famous person dies on the same day. If you're the less famous one, your tragic-death hype will be overshadowed by the tragic-death hype of the more famous person.
The King of Pop dominates... World's Front Pages too
NEVER before... and if you are reading this, you are part of the statistics of the online frenzy that has captured the world with Michael Jackson's death.
Judge: Ono Owns Copyright To Rare Lennon Footage
A federal judge has found that the widow of John Lennon is the rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing the former Beatle and his family in London in 1970.
The scenes the other evening were all too familiar. We had seen them played out before.
Getting the word about a celebrity death
Was the death of Michael Jackson one of those news events that will always remind you of where you were and what you were doing when you got the word? Will it be a memory like that of people who recall the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the murder of John Lennon? How did it strike you? When news broke Thursday ...
Celebrities Offer Tour of Central Park, by Phone
On Tuesday, dozens of celebrities began offering guided tours of Central Park highlights.
Remembering the "Man in the Mirror"
I'll admit, when I took a job writing about sports, athletics and athletes, Michael Jackson was way down on the list of people I ever thought I'd be writing about.
Despite record-breaking sales, Jackson died in debt
He recorded the best selling album in history. For a time, he pulled down $50 million a year, with an overall worth reported at $750 million.