Jackson's hair made into diamonds -- for real
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Since Michael Jackson's sudden
death on June 25, the rumor mill over details of his
bizarre personal life has ground away nearly non-stop, and
on Friday, one company said it was turning his hair into
diamonds. That one is true.
The claims this week included a report in Rolling Stone
magazine that a prosthetic nose he wore apparently went
missing when he was taken to the morgue, and a British
tabloid trumpeted a headline that he fathered a secret
love-child.
In one by-product of the "Thriller" singer's death, a
Chicago company said on Friday it had obtained some of the
hair Jackson burned while filming a 1984 Pepsi commercial
and planned to create a limited edition of diamonds from
it.
"Absolutely this is for real," said Dean VandenBiesen,
founder of LifeGem, which has a patent on a process that
extracts carbon from hair, turns it into crystals and then
into high-quality laboratory diamonds.
VandenBiesen told Reuters he thought the company could make
about 10 diamonds. No sale price has been set but
VandenBiesen said LifeGem created three diamonds from locks
of Beethoven's hair in 2007, and sold one of them for
around $200,000.
Separately, the August 6 issue of Rolling Stone magazine
reported that not only was the left arm of Jackson's dead
body "scored with needle marks" -- claims that have arisen
before -- but he wore an artificial nose that was missing
when he was taken to the Los Angeles county morgue.
"The prosthesis that he normally attached to his damaged
nose was missing, revealing bits of cartilage surrounding a
small dark hole," the magazine said in an unsourced report.
While that report could not be confirmed, Los Angeles
coroner's officials did say earlier this week they were
probing security breaches in their offices.
The coroner's office is expected to release an official
cause of death next week which could shed light on some of
the reports, including Jackson's possible use of powerful
drugs.
And even as custody of Jackson's three children is set to
be decided in court on August 3, The Sun newspaper
speculated the singer may have had a love-child raised in
Norway.
Omer Bhatti, 25, sparked interest when he was spotted
sitting with the singer's immediate family at Jackson's
public memorial earlier this month. Bhatti reportedly spent
time with Jackson at his Neverland Valley Ranch in the
1990s and was known as "Little Michael".
But another of Jackson's former proteges, singer Ricky
Harlow, told celebrity website People.com on Friday that
although they were close he doubted Bhatti was Jackson's
son.
"They had a father-and-son type of connection," Harlow, 26,
told People, "but I never thought he (Jackson) was his
biological father."
In Jackson's 2002 will, the singer listed only three
children now living: Prince Michael Jackson, Jr, Paris
Michael Kathering Jackson and Prince Michael Joseph Jackson
II.
(Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS NEWS STORY (SHOW) What's
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so how much would the missing nose fetch, on the ****
market? sooo...there is this 'lil kid done-up-in-bandages
at the pyramid, tugging in the tourist's jacket..." hey
mister...my daddy's a mummy too..."
POSTED BY: wyldeotse on SAT, JUL 25, 2009 12:11 AM -0500
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The sheer greed of people is enough to make you vomit.
POSTED BY: ibdancin on SAT, JUL 25, 2009 12:00 AM -0500
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Did the prosthetic nose have any carbon in it?
POSTED BY: wyldeotse on FRI, JUL 24, 2009 11:54 PM -0500
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When are we finally finish hearing about Michael
Jackson?
POSTED BY: Miche on FRI, JUL 24, 2009 11:44 PM -0500
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The WARPed world of MJ still goes on!
POSTED BY: Jake on FRI, JUL 24, 2009 11:31 PM -0500
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
ReplyDeleteJane On MJ's Victimization
Dear Jan: Nice meeting you! Tabloid Trash is so full of slander, and many famous people sue the tabloids, usually settling out of court. Why "out of court"? It costs so much to take a case to court for both parties. Usually when cases are kept out of court they are done for two reasons; 1. privacy (somewhat, usually the claimant has to sign a "waiver" not to discuss the case with the press, etc. and 2. keeping the costs and time involved to a bare minimum. I believe MJ was given a bad rap because he did not follow protocol. There are certain things people should do and/or not do. If MJ could prove false accusations, but he was dealing with children and the law must over-ride the interests of the defendants to protect the innocent. In other words, this case was all one sided with no defence for MJ. It is so easy to get collaborating witnesses to lie in court as well as evidence tampering. MJ became a victim to the wiles of greedy people who saw a sucker. Remember PT Barnums adage "There's a sucker born every minute". Once must be prepared for the scammers of the world or one gets his "battleship" sunk. And there's no resurrecting a career or life after that. Where were MJ's advisors? His personal coach? His manager? Obviously absent if they let his vulnerability get the better of him. Maybe others could learn from this. Perception is not always from one angle; there will always be at least two sides to a story.MJ RIP jajo---
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Dear Firm: These meds that depress the Central Nervous System are the culprit. Viagara may not work that well. Some have to think of other things to make themselves "happy" again. Not fun. I think was MJ's situation. Hard to say however. It is only conjecture. It would be nice to know the truth about what really went on there, but like most high profile conspiracy case; we'll probably never know the truth. It will be cloaked. My question; why would no one try to protect the singer from this? Seems there were many animosities going on in the MJ camp. This is in evidence with the absurd custody battle. Oh, another theory I have is about MJ's family. He married that Rowe woman and had almost (yes it was) a surogate arrangement. Rowe waiver her rights to the children. She took the money. Michael wanted a family without wife because..you got it..he couldnt get his "happy" on, but he still wanted children. Now this is coming into focus, much more clearly now. Does this make any sense to you? Jajo---
July 9, 2009 11:06 AM
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ReplyDeleteplease note the above URL for the Jackson story on MJ's Prosthetic nose. Please note the above reprint by Jane Jones MJ Victimization reprinted here with permission from the Divine Ms JJ Gina Whitley Chiccoreal aka Jane Jones
About MJ's hair (from the Pepsi burn commercial) made into "diamonds"...YUCK!!! How friggin' morbid! Sounds like how ppl made jewellry and "art" with dead ppl's hair! EWWWW...I think that Thriller album zombie thing is kinda like continuing ad infinitum! Why? Why?
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