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1. Michael Dougan on June 25th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

   A sad fall from grace and an untimely death for the King of Pop.

   Lifes a bitch…….

2. Dan Jensen on June 25th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

   The Des Moines Register, long known for its painstaking exactitude, unfortunately mispelled Jermaine Jackson’s name as Germaine. A lawsuit is undoubtedly about to ensue. Originally from Des Moines, I am painfully shamed by this typographical error.

3. Dan Jensen on June 25th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

   Of note, however, was that “the coroner’s office, which will handle inquiries into the type of death, is taking possession of the body.” What is this “type of death”? I suppose that one might wax philosophical, one could come up with all sorts of sordid explanations for “type of death.”

   Pills and liquor.
   Auto-erotic asphyxia.
   Coronary on the toilet.
   Astride a prostitute.

   Other thoughts?

4. Lucy Foley on June 25th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

   A dead kind of death. You probably don’t want the lively kind of death. Or the unusual kind of death. Probably the boring kind of death would be the people’s choice.

5. Sheila Ryan on June 25th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

   Types of death may include but are not limited to:

   Death (lonely) in a furnished room
   Death by misadventure
   Death followed by interment in a shallow watery grave
   Death before one’s time
   Death well after one’s time

   Death before dishonor

6. Lucy Foley on June 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

   We need to get Edward Gorey in here. I need to go to sleep. Whoah, folks. Michael Jackson is dead. This is such a weird one.

7. Sheila Ryan on June 25th, 2009 at 9:20 pm

   You know, the date often given for Gorey’s birthday (February 22) is as close to mine as makes no difference.

   Unlike Gorey, though, I’m still alive.

   I suspect this may confer some manner of obligation on me.

8. Lucy Foley on June 25th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

   Edward Gorey is dead? This gets worse…

   E is for Edward who fell peculiar and died.

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