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By: 4dbirds

4dbirds — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:25:04 +0000

Lisa Marie Pressley stated that there was sex in their marriage. Why do I know these things?

By: LA Mary

LA Mary — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:43:45 +0000

The kids mom said a while back that MJ is not the father, and yes, kids can be nearly platinum blonde and their hair darkens. I have two of those kids. One is still blonde but a dark blonde, the other brown. I don’t think MJ’s a virgin, but I think he wanted white kids just as he wanted white wives.

By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one)

Jeff (the mild-mannered one) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:27:21 +0000

Well, you can’t call Diana an entertainer . . . or can you? But she surely wasn’t a politician.

By: moe99

moe99 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:58:43 +0000

There is a legal presumption that children born to couples in wedlock are the legitimate offspring of the parents. So, Jolene would be right wrt to the older two of Jackson’s children. Have no idea about the third and I have been staying as far away from the debacle as possible.

By: Julie Robinson

Julie Robinson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:39:40 +0000

With all respect to Jeff tmmo and celebrity deaths, Princess Diana.

Valuing lighter skin is common in many cultures around the world, especially India.
Our daughter was telling us about her exchange student from Indonesia, who had gotten a tan here and was very worried about her friends’ reactions. She felt she had dropped a notch or two in social status. She is smart, well-off, and beautiful, and yet she values herself by skin color.

By: basset

basset — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:30:21 +0000

well, yeah, but the nature of media was so different then. and I suppose MJ had some effect on mass culture, but compared to the Beatles? no way.

meanwhile… I see another “lost” Beatles track has been dredged up and is supposed to go on release soon, some old demo that the surviving Fabs added parts to… far enough back that George is on it. come on now, this stuff didn’t get released way back when for a reason.

By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one)

Jeff (the mild-mannered one) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:19:10 +0000

Lennon’s death seems like the last time before this that a celebrity death garnered so much media and cultural attention, over as long a period. In between have been political deaths and extended funerary folderol, but from Lennon to Jackson i can’t think of any other pure celeb that got this sort of general cultural conversation.

By: basset

basset — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:03:46 +0000

maybe Catherine meant Ringo’s birthday, which was yesterday… his 69th, the oldest Beatle.

By: Jolene

Jolene — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:20:37 +0000

I’m not sure that’s correct, Catherine. I’ve heard several attorneys say that, under the law, they are his children. In the case of the two older children, he was married to the woman who gave birth to them, which makes him the father regardless of their genetic connection. And, presumably, there was a contract that makes him the father of the youngest child. Perhaps one of our lawyers can comment.

Not sure what your reference to John Lennon was about.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:01:26 +0000

If the children are not genetically MJ’s, and he didn’t legally adopt them, then they are in a custodial no-man’s-land. As disordered, irresponsible and self-destructive as he apparently was, you’d think that the attorneys who got him to execute that will would have made sure that the custody issues were taken care of, too. That’s one reason I ultimately think they are genetically his.

Is anyone else thinking about John Lennon’s death?