It seems MJ is £500million in debt. I was surprised by his assets though - his 50% control of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is worth £600million. I knew about his Beatles back catalogue but didn't know, for example, that he owns copyright to more than 750,000 songs, including all of Bob Dylan's!!!! There are rumours that he was going to leave all his Beatles' stuff to Sir Paul anyway
but if not, surely he'd be trying desperately to buy them? I know very little about financial things (other than how to spend!) but I would imagine after all the creditors and vultures have swooped in, there won't be a lot left.
Going back to Sheik's original question though, I know obviously what I was doing the other night but doubt it will stay in my head in the future, not like the way I remember others like JFK (
), Lennon, Bolan and Diana (but Elvis made no impact either). What you have to remember is that artists/icons/famous folk have different impacts on people and with Jackson, it's probably more a generational thing. If you were a fan for years, you'd be saddened by his death, especially if you were planning on seeing him in his new tour for the first time.