"I don't want to go out like Marlon Brando. I want to go out like Elvis."

Flabbergasted

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:25 PM
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"I don't want to go out like Marlon Brando. I want to go out like Elvis."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-tribute-to-my-friend-mi_b_221268.html#postComment

Most people would describe Elvis's death as horrible and non-romantic.

Michael saw someone who died doing what they love to do...playing music till he died?

Could he have envisioned a scenario like this for himself...

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msongs

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:27 PM
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1. go out sitting on the toilet n popping pills? umm, no thanks. nt

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:29 PM
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3. I don't know -

if you're too stoned to get up to go to the bathroom, sitting there, popping pills doesn't sound like a bad way to pass some time.

Or pass away..............

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Rabrrrrrr

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:29 PM
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2. Die on a toilet a fat, irrelevant druggie; or die leaving an amazing body of artistry behind you?

I'll take the Brando way.

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Tangerine LaBamba

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:30 PM
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5. Elvis irrelevant?

You cannot be serious - to quote John McEnroe.................

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Gwendolyn

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Tue Jun-30-09 12:39 AM
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6. That amazing body of artistry also included the Island of Doctor Moreau...

:shrug:

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kestrel91316

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Mon Jun-29-09 11:29 PM
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4. Well, he sure didn't go out like Brando, the beached whale.

Word is, MJ was 5'10" and weighed a whopping 112 lb when he died. When my dad died of cancer he had 90 lb on his 5'11" frame.

One distinct possibility is that MJ went out, not like Brando, and not like Elvis, but like Karen Carpenter - starved himself to death.

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