Michael Jackson:

UNDER THE COVER-UPS

We all want the TRUTH. Especially when a star dies. For closure, we must know why  -- the real cause. Especially more in the case of an “icon.”  “A living legend.”  

Elvis, Lennon, Hendrix, Janis, Morrison, Garcia, Cobain: all were icons. But we still don’t know the truth about the deaths of three. 

Now, Michael Jackson. The cover-up is just beginning. Maybe it will succeed and we will never know how and why he really died either.  

The architects of cover-ups are of course those who have most to lose from the revelation of the truth – those who, intentionally or not, had a part in the death. Usually those who should have been protectors – managers, handlers, family, and/or “friends.” 

But imagine now the ghost of the King of Pop looking down on this investigation himself. Would he want the real truth of his tragic demise revealed? Probably not. Because how he really died was the direct result of how he, in his gated Neverland, really lived. And, in his lifetime, he did everything he could to keep this private.

But, if not secrecy, wasn’t he at least entitled to privacy? He certainly felt so, just as did Elvis and the other stars. Throughout their careers, each loathed and resented being public property. Not unjustifiably, each felt that once they left stage their responsibility to their audience was over – that their off-stage life should be no one’s business but their own. Except the reality of a “living legend’s” life is this: to the fans, the entirety of it – on and off-stage – is a performance. And, therefore, public domain. 

Like many politicians, superstars are reduced to living their “private” lives as masqueraders. And, with the help of the few people they think they can trust, as cover-up artists. 

With every living legend, in life and in death, there are two warring camps: the star and his spin-controllers and image protectors versus the hounds and the ferrets who are fed by anonymous “Judas” insiders. The truth is usually the first casualty in this war that soon deteriorates into denials, lawsuits, and sensationalism.

So how did Michael Jackson truly live and die? Let’s look now at the two sides on the issues and make a few comparisons to the other stars along the way. We’ll start with the elephant in the room: Drugs. Then the mental and physical Health issue; then the Molestation and Gay issue; the Peter Pan issue; the Black-White issue; and finally when everything climaxed in the overwhelming perfect storm for the King of Pop.