Good Question -- maybe his creditors will sell them to the highest bidder...

They become part of the tangled mess his attorneys will happily inherit.

Regardless of everything else - great songwriter, great performer.

Maybe Paul can buy them back now!

Very strange about Michael Jackson - I'm sure we will be hearing much, much, much more. I am the same age as Michael, loved the J5, thought a lot of his solo stuff was great - but have been appalled and amazed for the last 2 decades or so at the freak he has become, appearance-wise and behaviorally. An enormous talent, but sadly also one of the most freakishly out-there showbiz casualties of our time.

Oh Sweetheart. The time knows no tide.

You get to be as old as me.......... time stops.

Does anyone remember?

I do not know

How long does the memory last?

I remember people dying. When I liked them I cried. I rued.

When Nixon died or others, I did not cry.

Yes, we are waiting for the third. Always three.

How sad for the families of both those who died today. This just adds to a sad week where Ed McMahon also died. But that is life is it not? We all die. Few people can comprehend the kinds of lives these people got to lead at the top of their games, known and loved by millions to the point where in death those millions feel sadness and grief akin to losing a longtime friend.

Here's hoping that should there be life after this one, that they find it as exhilarating as the one they just lived and if there is none that eternal peace is found.

I'd just like to add, here, that I do feel for the families and fans involved. Of course I do.

I just see the upcoming media circus in a different light, and thought I'd keep it light.

Olbermann just said it's rumored he may have left them to Paul McCartney in his will. The other 50% he already sold to Sony.

I bet Gov. Sanford is kicking himself right now... If only he had waited 24 hours to hold that press conference.

All I am saying, is.....

Give this perspective.

Some folks get really famous. It happens.

Some folks don't. That happens too.

People die....that happens too.

Icons.....Pop Kings.....Poster Girls......

People are people.

Give this perspective.

Um... okay, I came late to this because in the face of 'all' that's happening Michael and Farah leaving is not nothing, but it seems that the media et all will enjoy making this a big distraction for a while and that bugs me. Anything that is 'sensational' and will bring more viewers is 'big news'($) for them.

On a different note... the situation with Farah got me thinking about sexually transmitted cancers. I don't know if hers was but it is clear that the STD, HPV, causes cervical and anal cancer.

It seems that we are all aware of how serious AIDS can be but perhaps take other STD's like HPV much too casually. Here are some facts about HPV:

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/dental/pdf/HPV_Fact_Sheet.pdf

Now, to be honest, part of the reason this bums me out is I would prefer not to have to worry about my sexual encounters causing me 'disease' and 'death'... takes all of the fun out of it;) but perhaps it is one of nature's ways of creating population control.

I doubt any prominent figure wants to be the poster child for sexually transmitted cancer.
I personally know of someone in my own family
who died of sexually transmitted cancer though
it was 'not' discussed while they were alive.

This really may not have anything to do with Farah's death but I was struck by the nature of her death being due to anal cancer and it got me thinking...

I send my blessings to all beings leaving physical form right now including Michael and Farah.

I'll just be glad when the circus is over.
let the guy RIP, fergoshsakes!
I couldn't believe all the hoopla last night.