What If Michael Jackson Is Still Alive?
By Jeffrey Hyatt
Can you even imagine if Michael Jackson were found to be alive? ‘Ruckus’ doesn’t even begin to describe the media fallout and 24-hour news circus, not too mention the consequences levied at those involved in such a grand conspiracy, none more so than the King of Pop himself.
There were always going to be conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Jackson; the whispers most likely began just hours after the music star was pronounced dead of a cardiac arrest on June 25.
Those fake death rumors that might have been swirling around on the fringes caught steam this week by way of a video containing footage that claimed to show a very much alive Michael Jackson getting out of a coroner’s van.
But let’s assume that Michael Jackson is alive – and the ruse is somehow uncovered.
Then what?
Putting aside for a moment the mass hysteria among fans and TV morning show hosts upon hearing the news that Jackson is not dead, there would no doubt be a laundry list of questions that must be answered – on a TV special of course.
In many ways it would be like the movie Castaway starring Tom Hanks; not the stranded on the island part, rather when he is reintroduced into society after having been thought to be dead for many years.
I cannot imagine that a once dead, now-alive Michael Jackson could just resume his curious ways.
Just the idea that Jackson conspired with a group of insiders to fake his death to flee the pressures of fame, then gazed upon the global hullabaloo over his death, legacy and requisite business opportunities only afforded by his passing is hard to wrap your head around.
Escape might be the only plausible explanation. If there were ever one celebrity, one human individual who most likely needed a break, it’s probably Michael Jackson.
There are very few people who live or have lived in the public eye who can even remotely understand the kind of celebrity and excess Jackson experienced – almost everyday of his life.
The world’s biggest pop star lived in a bubble filled with enough fame, legal problems and personal issues to last more than a couple lifetimes.
Surely any sensible person can understand the need to stop that train.
You wonder about his children and family (not sure he cares what papa Joe thinks). But his children just might have a shot at something close to a normal life now that they are with Jackson’s mother. The debt is cleared. CD sales are strong. The estate thrives.
The legacy is now something beyond exalted – if that’s even possible.
Not bad for a dead superstar.
If Jackson is alive it’d be interesting to know what he thinks about all the media coverage, the funeral, the tributes and the legal wrangling that has touched on just about every aspect of his personal and professional life.
Is he reveling in the media madness, or is he touched by the out-pouring of admiration? He might actually smirk at much of the pablum considering the abuse and mockery inflicted on him over the years by media types.
The flip side to all this is that if Jackson were, indeed, alive, he will have to account for a lot of pain inflicted on his family and millions of fans around the world. To be found out now only a few months after supposedly dying might not be as bad as turning up alive 5-years down the road, but it would be a shock to the cultural system either way.
If he thought the celebrity spotlight was intense before he faked his own death, I cannot imagine his life after returning from the grave would include less wattage. And if he is alive and ‘relaxing’ where might he be? A remote village in South America? Russia? Australia? He could be anywhere. Or… he could be dead! Time to worry about something else now. But it’s more fun to think about if he’s out there somewhere.
Like the cottage industry built on the notion that Elvis Presley still walks among us, Jackson will quickly join The King atop the conspiracy mountain with his very own pop culture fable that perpetuates over time with every new sighting and rumor.
The ‘net has already staked its claim to the unending spectacle: michaeljacksonsightings.com. But maybe it’s Jackson who will have the last laugh. Perhaps he is alive and well and happy for the time off – all the while plotting the greatest comeback the world has ever witnessed.
Michael Jackson: Back From The Dead World Tour!
Tell me you’re not paying for that ticket. For all we know he might have the tour, the movie, the TV special, the website, the book and the CD all ready to go in one, gigantic blow-the-universe’s mind package that will change the entertainment industry forever.
I think he’s dead. But if he’s not, I hope he’s happy.
Further Reading:
- Michael Jackson Tribute Concert Cancelled
- Michael Jackson To Receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy
- This is It Earns Over 100 Million Dollars
- This Is It: Movie Review Redux
- Michael Jackson’s Glove Sold for $48,000
- Hear Michael Jackson’s Single, This is It
- Michael Jackson’s MTV VMA Tribute
- Michael Jackson Finally Laid To Rest In L.A.
- Prince Considering A Michael Jackson Tribute Performance
- Videos of Speeches and Songs at Michael Jackson’s Memorial
- Michael Jackson’s Death Boosts Album Sales
- Michael Jackson’s Life in Pictures
- Michael Jackson: Life in Videos
- Michael Jackson Has Died
Friday, August 28, 2009 7:43PM
Interesting post, but here's where you get off track: "Just the idea that Jackson conspired with a group of insiders to fake his death to flee the pressures of fame."
Who says that getting out of the harsh public spotlight would motivate Michael Jackson to fake his death? There are many possibilities, and the only one you mention happens to be the most illogical and unlikely one of all.
Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:21AM
If he is alive, he is happy where he is and he will never come back ! I hope and believe he is alive and good for him, he deserve it !
Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:51PM
I love michael jackson RIP
Saturday, August 29, 2009 2:52PM
duh
Saturday, August 29, 2009 6:18PM
I hope he is alive…and if he is good for him! He deserves a life, a life that no one gave him a chance to have. Everyone is now just cashing in on him, they all act like they care..where were they years ago when he needed support for the trials? I say leave him alone, either way, and let him either rest in peace or let him have the life he wants to live now. If anyone on this earth could pull faking his death off…it would be Michael Jackson, and if he has…he must have had a good reason for it.
Sunday, September 6, 2009 5:15PM
Michael Jackson: Back From The Dead World Tour!
Monday, September 7, 2009 7:37PM
Good god! It does look like him…but i still find it hard to belive. If he is alive i hope the media would just leave him alone. I didnt belive it when i first herd he was dead. It would be really cool if their was a back from the dead tour. I thought that at his memorial service he might jump out of his coffin but..he didnt. crap. Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/Love mj/ YEAHH!!!…………….DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!:P
Monday, September 14, 2009 11:33PM
my mom thinks he is still alive…
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:20PM
interesting, as a huge fan i pray,wish and hope to God he is still alive and happy and well, but i dont wanna get my hopes up, it all seems to far fetched and it would be totally out of character for Michael to fake his own death and cause so much upset.
however, there are many questions i wanna know- in the "last photo" of him in the ambulance, he was supposedly already dead for up to three hours-then shouldnt he look more like a corpse? more pale? i am no expert so maybe im wrong.
and then the ambulance itself- in the footage taken by a tv station of the ambulance leaving mjs house, it travels very slowly and doesnt even turn on its sirens- very odd for an ambulance carrying a man in cardiac arrest,let alone a beloved music icon in cardiac arrest!
how come a group of Germans who claim to have made the hoax video of him climbing out of the coroners van happen to have personal links to Michael and his family?
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:21PM
why did kenny ortega (director of Michael's O2 concerts) slip up in his speech at the memorial? (for those who dont know, ortega said "a little over a week ago we were here [rehearsing], and michael was here too"-this speech was made 12 days after michael died, so was this a cooincidence that ortega said "over a week" instead of "over 2 weeks" ?!
some say his family are in on the hoax, backed up by footage of an old man at the memorial sitting in the 2nd row. noone seems to know for sure who this old man is, some believe it was michael in disguise as he often did.
why did the helicopter carrying michaels body look like something out of a film? with the doors open and all? and so many people in the coroners van!- how many people do you need to lift a body into a van?!and after the body is moved they all seem to disapear off camera!odd.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:22PM
some say his family are in on the hoax, backed up by footage of an old man at the memorial sitting in the 2nd row. noone seems to know for sure who this old man is, some believe it was michael in disguise as he often did.
why did the helicopter carrying michaels body look like something out of a film? with the doors open and all? and so many people in the coroners van!- how many people do you need to lift a body into a van?!and after the body is moved they all seem to disapear off camera!odd.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:22PM
why did the helicopter carrying michaels body look like something out of a film? with the doors open and all? and so many people in the coroners van!- how many people do you need to lift a body into a van?!and after the body is moved they all seem to disapear off camera!odd.
then of course theres all the obvious things that might stir fan's hopes, like the fact they havent seen any body and they havent seen a grave site or cant visit the grave site.
the whole thing from the memorial to the funeral to the movie trailer all looks like something out of a movie, fuelingg the conspiracy speculations but either its a load of people taking advantage of MJ or it is the biggest most elaborate hoax, ever!
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:09PM
I have felt strongly deep in my soul that Michael is still alive…….but then again maybe I just want it so bad. I've prayed without cease for god to bring him to me…..no matter what he may look like now.. ..I think I would still know him . In my opinion a lot of things just dont add up……just love him so much…as to never have met him.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:39PM
God blesse you for such a wonderful comments.I need to see MJ by all means I still believe that he still alive I dont believe his death both the furnneral and memorial all looks like a big film to me
Thursday, October 29, 2009 11:39AM
Well we all hope hes alive. but no one can be sure.
we wll never know unfortunatly but on day he could turn up at your doorspt delivering mal and then you recognise him. anything and everything could happen or have happened
you just dont know
(worlds bigest MJ fan) x peace out
Friday, November 6, 2009 10:42AM
Well, I have to agree with the post on this one…if he were alive, the media pressure would be the actual death of him…if he were alive. But, my neighbor told me that the possiblity of him faking his death was rather high…because of the aggravation. I asked him how he knew and he said: "When you are the king of any thing like Michael and I and as much as we were loved by millions, there has to be a stopping point sometime, plus, I have been waiting to shoot the breeze with Michael anyway and wondered why he and Marie never quite got along other than being friends."
(Hmm, I knew my neighbor looked familiar). My neighbor also said something about doing it his way…something about a final curtain..hmm, i don't know, but anyhow…he even has an ol' hound dog that keeps the racoons and skunks away…but it cries all time…but it never caught a rabbit either.
Friday, November 6, 2009 1:24PM
Here's a kicker…Elvis Presley's casket was open…the king of Rock N Roll was deceased, but back then molders and wax sculptors were good with statues too…I think people wanted to actually see a body in the casket…but after Michael died…they did an autopsy on him, and it was almost a week or two before they buried him, so…they had to keep him on ice for a very long time, which I thought was kinda morbid to begin with. The death of Michael Jackson and the funeral was very strange and damn awkward, and Liz Taylor called it a whoopla…so, did he fake his death? I'm still undecided, but I'm thinking more that he did because of certain things that have come up and yes, Michael was a prankster and could pull it off…but IF he did…it will be one of the best hoaxes of all time
Saturday, December 5, 2009 3:56AM
hope that it is an elaborate hoax, he was or is so amazing, I wish that I had met him. MJ came to my city for JB funeral I was supprised and impressed that he took the time to attend.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:45PM
okay please leave him alone now he live happily with his family now, celebrating their christmas
he is more famous when he died because they post his name from town to town but please this is just a movie..that happened now in actual, he need money and fame specially and for the future of his children..
he is now happy being rested at home and free to do everything…
and get new records…can you imagine there's no such thing that you cannot buy with money you can pay everything with your money and m.j he got many house wherever he goes….
SO HELLO IT'S THE KING OF POP NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE HERE IN THE WORLD!!
Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:57PM
okay please leave him alone now he live happily with his family now, celebrating their Christmas…
he can do everything he wanted to..
DUH this is just a movie , a movie that happened on actual, in life and do you know who are the characters? it's us!!!
and the director? it's Michael Jackson
hello!!! NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE HERE ON EARTH!!
THERE'S NO SUCH THING THAT YOU CANNOT BUY WITH MONEY…..
HE NEED FAME!!! I KNOW HE WILL BE BACK AND IT'S A SURPRISE AS HE WROTE IT IN HIS DIARY!!!!
Thursday, December 24, 2009 2:05PM
okay please leave him alone now he live happily with his family now, celebrating their Christmas…
this is just a move, a movie that's happening in actual and it's live…
DUH!!!! THERE'S NO IMPOSSIBLE HERE ON EARTH
HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANT TO…
DUH!!!! THERE'S NO SUCH THING THAT YOU CANNOT BUY WITH MONEY
I MEAN HE GOT EVERYTHING
AND DUH!!!! HELLO HE'S THE KING OF POP!!!
THERE'S A MAN THAT YOU THING YOU KNEW HIM AND YOU CANNOT REALLY PREDICT HIM 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T READ HIS MIND…
AND HE WILL BE BACK WHEN HE'S READY AS HE SAID TO HIS DIARY….