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Final Picture Of Michael Jackson Fetches $500K
(06/30/09 11:00 AM)

OKMagCover200.jpgLOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - X17online has learned that OK Magazine paid $500,000 for the last known pic of Jackson, a harrowing photo from inside the ambulance that they're featuring prominently on the cover.

Some critics say using the photo, which shows Jackson's lifeless body with a tube in his mouth, is insensitive. However officials with the magazine's parent company told the UK's Guardian using the photos were justified because they constituted a major celebrity news story.

Jackson's death has sparked a huge surge in entertainment news magazine sales with readers eager for the latest information on what is one of the biggest stories of all time.

While magazine's have faced difficult economic times recently, the large price paid for the photo shows readers desire for celebrity news is strong. Add to that the ongoing questions surrounding Jackson's death makes a story that has the potential to make headlines for weeks to come.

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Posted by: Derwin Richardson

God bless MJ and the Family.For 1 the World is so cold,Trying to please the World may have cost his death,I do believe u can shorten ur life here on Earth Trying to please people.May God except him into his kingdom,When my time comes "I WILL BE THERE" 1 LOVE



Posted by: Anonymous

Entertainment news or not this is an invasion of privacy. What kind of lowlife decided to snap this pic and sell it. Hope this cowardous act is repaid to them in twofold.



Posted by: Anonymous

He was a disaster waiting to happen. He should be vilified not glorified. He's a child molester who got off because of who he was and his money. His music was good but as a human being he was joke.



Posted by: Sickened!

I can't believe someone paid for this... would you like your children to see a picture of you like this? Horrendous!!



Posted by: Anonymous

May God bless Michael Jackson, and his family. I believe that he never did anything to any child what so ever. He might have been different but why is it that we are so afraid of difference? The angels in heaven are getting a lesson on how to sing and dance. When my time comes "I will be there", until then I will wonk on "healing the world"



Posted by: Sickened!

The other thing is that he was not convicted... Think about it... if someone molested your child would you take money or see that they are in prison? No money would ever be enough. He may have lived an Odd life, But you should never speak ill of the dead :(



Posted by: Sick of the trash talking!

For the person who said he should be villifed not glorified, he was never ever proven guilty of anything. If money and power got him off, then the judge and jury are just as guilty. The same woman was in trouble for welfare fraud so what does that say about her character. Michael has done more and given more for less unfortunate kids then anyone in this world. What have you done to help the world ! How dare you!!!!!!!!!! He was the first African American to have his music played on MTV, sold out most concerts, gotten the most awards, and sold more #1 albums who can top that, and remember dont judge anyone, because God doesn't. May God bless his family especially his kids. I bet you were the main one falling out at the concerts!!!!!!!!!!!



Posted by: Califprnia

If people dont have anything good to say about someone that is no longer in this world then they shouldnt say anything at all. Only God could judge! God Bless Michael!



Posted by: Anonymous

I find it interesting that everyone loves Michael Jackson now. Not so much after the molestation trial I guess. Not so much with his last two albums, which sold in very low numbers. Not so much after all of the bizarre news this man generated....but we love him now don't we? This man was a musical genius and a pedophile in my opinion. Just because you are a fan does not make it different. If he was innocent of the multiple charges, then may God Bless and keep him.



Posted by: Claudia

Sad that the media can't respect the last moments that define a person's dignity. That why they can't defend becuase they are gone. HOPEFULLY the public begins to learn how twisted and one sided, or agenda driven they are. Just youtube the documentary behind that darn Bashir documentary. Maury Povich did a rebutal to clear Michael's name with a camera that was taping it all mounted and acknowledged/recognized by all by Michael. So sad how M. Bashir used that to gain bigger fame. BOOOOOOOOOOOOO ON YOU MAN. YOu are rotten. A rotten egg Bahir.



Posted by: kevin

Victim after victim paid off along with their families and a pedophile goes free. Talented - yes! One of the sickest human beings in show business - definitely! Time will show that he was a drug addict as well. Most thinking Americans walked away from MJ after the last molestation case. Again,... a talented man - but a freak....And thus the interest of the media for the greatest freak show since PT Barnum. The Jackson's will make a bundle over this sad individual. Get ready for a visit to St Michael's body at some Jackson Museum.... He is more of an asset dead to these moochers than he was alive. "Long Live the King!"
It all to pathethic.



Posted by: shell

He may never have been proven guilty or convicted.....but then again.....neither was O.J.....understand? And where is O.J. now? Karma is a bad thing you know.



Posted by: Anonymous

To Kevin. Any parent who would take money after their child is supposely molested is not a parent. They were after money from the start. And Michael didnt want to end up one of those innocent people in prison.



Posted by: UNITED KINGDOM

KEVIN ALOT O PEOPLE HAVE SKELITON IN THEIR CLOSET, THE ONLY THING WITH MICHEAL HIS PLAY OUT IN FRONT OF THE WORLD, AGAIN WHO IS THE TO JUDGE MICHEAL HE WAS A TALENTED BRILLANT GIFT SEND FROM GOD, PAPER SELLS NO ONE I BELIEVE GET TO KNOW THE REAL MICHEAL THEY CHOSEN TO GET CLOSE TO HIM, GO AND SELL STORIES, I KNOW HIM [MJ] AND JAMES BROWN WITH BE DANCEING IN HEAVEN, THE GUY IS DEAD GIVE HIM A REST DONT BE A HATER.



Posted by: Nancy

We Love You Michael and You will be Missed!He never had a childhood or a adulthood cause everyone was always in his business and trying to take his money!



M BASHIR, CAREER OVER FROM 2003 WHEN HE FILM LIE WITH MICHEAL, JACKSON WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT MICHEAL WILL MAKE ALOT OF MONEY NOW IN THIS GRAVE, BASHIR WHEN HE DEAD NO ONE WILL NOT CARE, HE WILL ROTT IN HELL, KEVIN DO HATE APPRECIATE , AND GO ON YOUTUBE, [WATCH [MICHEAL JACKSONS PRIVATE HOMES MOVIES]AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE REAL MICHEAL DONT JUDGE



Posted by: kevin

Any parent who would take money after their child is supposely molested is not a parent. They were after money from the start. And Michael didnt want to end up one of those innocent people in prison.

right... and years of counseling and psychiatric treatment comes for free... the kids are messed up for the rest of their life.... So if Michael does not pay taxpayers will have to...nonsense...
hate - not an issue with me... stop hating the truth the man was sick and sexually victimized children. Even Janet Jackson admitted her brother messed with little boys...



Posted by: #1MJstan

The person that snapped the photo of MJ in the ambulance will burn in hell. No matter what our personal feelings are about him, he was still someone's son, brother, uncle, and FATHER!! I hope that person can sleep at night knowing they took this disgusting picture.



Posted by: kevin halligan

KEVIN ALOT O PEOPLE HAVE SKELITON IN THEIR CLOSET, THE ONLY THING WITH MICHEAL HIS PLAY OUT IN FRONT OF THE WORLD, AGAIN WHO IS THE TO JUDGE MICHEAL HE WAS A TALENTED BRILLANT GIFT SEND FROM GOD, PAPER SELLS NO ONE I BELIEVE GET TO KNOW THE REAL MICHEAL THEY CHOSEN TO GET CLOSE TO HIM, GO AND SELL STORIES, I KNOW HIM [MJ] AND JAMES BROWN WITH BE DANCEING IN HEAVEN, THE GUY IS DEAD GIVE HIM A REST DONT BE A HATER.

MJ's life was one big lie.
He lied about his skin condition.
He lied about fathering children.
He lied about plastic surgery
He lied about his drug addiction
He lied about the President of Sony Records
the list is endless,
And we are to believe he is not lying about being a child molester?
FYI - DAT AINT NO "SKELITON!"
I will say it again... talented - yes
a freak, definitely....



Posted by: jackie chan

hahahaha that's my fav pic of jacko



Posted by: idamay

fyi his name is not jacko it is michael jackson get your names right i no what it to lose a love one god bless the jackson family and the kids my heart gos out to them



Posted by: Anonymous

WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA? MICHAEL JACKSON WAS BRILLANT. HIS KIDS SHOULD SUE ALL THE DOCTORS INVOLVED. HIS MOM AND KIDS SHOULD GET ALL THERE MONEY. WHEN THERE IS MONEY THERE IS GREED ODD HOW SOMEONE SAYS THERE KID WAS MOLESTED. THEN TAKES MONEY.WHERE THE HELL WERE THERE PARENTS. PLUS HE WAS NEVER FOUND GUILTY. I HOPE THE MOM AND KIDS GET ALL THERE MONEY PLUS HIS. WE LOVE U MICHAEL AND LEAVE THE FAMILY ALONE THE DOCTORS DESERVE TO FRY.







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