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Michael Jackson set to be embalmed after missing the deadline for cryogenic freezing
dailymail.com ^ | 6/26/09 | dailymail.com

Posted on 06/28/2009 8:05:06 AM PDT by melt

Michael Jackson will live on as a 'plastinated' creature preserved by German doctor Gunther von Hagens.

Von Hagens has caused controversy with everyone from the Pope to the chief rabbi in Israel with his practice of embalming corpses with preserving polyurethane.

Yesterday, he declared: 'An agreement is in place to plastinate the King of Pop.'

Von Hagens said that he spoke with representatives of the Jackson family 'many months ago' and it was agreed that his body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles, his late pet monkey who was plastinated a number of years ago and is exhibited at The Body Worlds & Mirror Of Time exhibition at the O2 Centre in London. Von Hagens also confirmed it was one of Michael's final requests to be reunited with Bubbles.

'There is no better place than to do this at the venue where Jackson was due to perform his world record 50-date tour,' said a spokesman for Von Hagens.

He added: 'Von Hagens has hinted that a moonwalk pose would naturally be favoured. 'It is hoped the exhibit will be unveiled towards the end of July.'

It was widely believed that the singer, who died yesterday from a heart attack, was interested in having his body frozen in the hope he could later be brought back to life. However, it is now too late for his wish to be granted as the freezing process - cryonics - must be initiated almost immediately after death but an autopsy on Jackson's body still needs to be carried out.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bizarre; creepy; embalmed; michael

Michael Jackson doesn't need embalming or 'plastination'. He's already pickled...

1 posted on 06/28/2009 8:05:07 AM PDT by melt
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To: melt

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!


2 posted on 06/28/2009 8:07:18 AM PDT by siamesecats
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To: melt

And you thought the jokes were funny. Damn, you can’t make stuff like this up.


3 posted on 06/28/2009 8:07:27 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: melt

Will they put him on display?

4 posted on 06/28/2009 8:07:58 AM PDT by Loud Mime (It all makes sense when you understand that Obama is a Muslim.)
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To: melt

Due to the fact that Michael Jackson was 99% plastic
he will be melted down and made into Legos
so little boys can play with him for a change.


5 posted on 06/28/2009 8:08:18 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: melt

Since he’s mostly plastic already he just needs to be recycled.


6 posted on 06/28/2009 8:08:25 AM PDT by Joiseydude (I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
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To: melt

And I thought it all could not get any sicker....what next??


7 posted on 06/28/2009 8:09:23 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: melt

The article said — Von Hagens said that he spoke with representatives of the Jackson family ‘many months ago’ and it was agreed that his body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles, his late pet monkey who was plastinated a number of years ago and is exhibited at The Body Worlds & Mirror Of Time exhibition at the O2 Centre in London. Von Hagens also confirmed it was one of Michael’s final requests to be reunited with Bubbles.

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He added: ‘Von Hagens has hinted that a moonwalk pose would naturally be favoured. ‘It is hoped the exhibit will be unveiled towards the end of July.’

I’m desperately looking for the sarcasm tag and/or the parody clue here... but I’m afraid I can’t find it anywhere...

It’s sure a b*tch to be forced to work even after you’re dead...


8 posted on 06/28/2009 8:09:47 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler

It all sounds like bull to me. I read an article yesterday that stated Bubbles was at some primate rescue center because he got too big to be around Jackson’s kids.


9 posted on 06/28/2009 8:12:10 AM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: Loud Mime

Like Trigger and Buttlemilk and Bullet at the Roy Rodgers Museum in CA?


10 posted on 06/28/2009 8:12:31 AM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: Star Traveler

I can’t quite decide if it’s Sisyphean or occultic, to have your corpse walking backward for eternity.


11 posted on 06/28/2009 8:13:50 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: K-oneTexas

You said — Like Trigger and Buttlemilk and Bullet at the Roy Rodgers Museum in CA?

Ummm..., but we’re talking about Michael Jackson — which would then be like saying Roy Rogers is on display, too.... LOL...

BUT, the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum is in Branson, Missouri and not California... :-)

http://www.royrogers.com/museum.html

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum
3950 Green Mountain Dr.
Branson, MO. 65616
417-339-1900


12 posted on 06/28/2009 8:17:04 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: melt

Wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see in about 10 years that he’s been cloned.


13 posted on 06/28/2009 8:29:56 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: melt

“Von Hagens said that he spoke with representatives of the Jackson family ‘many months ago’ and it was agreed that his body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles,”

If this is true, it would seem as if the family had some kind of pre-knowledge of his upcoming shocking, tragic, surprising, pre-mature death!


14 posted on 06/28/2009 8:30:07 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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To: melt

Anyone still doubt the jerk was insane?

His fans are just a tad less insane.


15 posted on 06/28/2009 8:33:12 AM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: melt
It was widely believed that the singer, who died yesterday from a heart attack, was interested in having his body frozen in the hope he could later be brought back to life. However, it is now too late for his wish to be granted as the freezing process - cryonics - must be initiated almost immediately after death

Probably wouldn't have had the money anyway.

16 posted on 06/28/2009 8:34:30 AM PDT by fso301
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To: melt

Yes Michael Jackson was uh....”casket ready”


17 posted on 06/28/2009 8:38:25 AM PDT by indylindy (Anyone dumb enough to have voted for him deserves what they get.. No Pity!)
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To: melt; pandoraou812

This guy should work with Disney Studios and get MJ motorized and animated. He can go on tour indefinitely.


18 posted on 06/28/2009 8:39:54 AM PDT by TigersEye (0bama: "I can see Mecca from the WH portico." --- Google - Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: river rat

(His fans are just a tad less insane.)

The word ‘fans’ is short for fanatics, that should explain a lot of it.


19 posted on 06/28/2009 8:40:48 AM PDT by RetSignman (DEMSM: "If you tell a big enough lie, frequently enough, it becomes the truth")
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To: melt

Okay. That pegged out my weirdometer. Putting him in a moonwalk pose at an exhibit extends beyond anything I could imagine. If the article about him being controlled by Nation of Islam towards the end is true, though, it makes sense. It’s about money, and there’s no telling how much the museum would pay for that.


20 posted on 06/28/2009 8:51:12 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: melt

My daughter just asked me, “Did they find his nose?”


21 posted on 06/28/2009 8:53:35 AM PDT by Excellence (Meet your new mother-in-law - the United States Government)
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To: melt
Great! He can still do the 50 concert gig. He could no longer sing or dance before he died, so nothing is lost there. Just roll him out upright on a four wheeled cart and play "Billie Jean" through the PA system. Maybe jiggle the cart every now and then, roll it backwards a few feet for his moonwalk.

Fans will be delirious, fainting in their seats.

22 posted on 06/28/2009 9:04:36 AM PDT by behzinlea
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To: melt

This is just gross. I’ve had enough!


23 posted on 06/28/2009 9:08:12 AM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Robe

“Due to the fact that Michael Jackson was 99% plastic
he will be melted down and made into Legos
so little boys can play with him for a change.”

Hit that one out of the park!

Like your style dude.


24 posted on 06/28/2009 9:17:15 AM PDT by primatreat ( Enjoy! the Big "0" while he plays with your life and his toys, marine one, AF1, etc.)
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To: melt

Curious....

Does California’s garbage disposal law require that Michaels plastic face must be recycled?


25 posted on 06/28/2009 9:17:51 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: TigersEye

lmao! I think they ought to just bury him & then we can watch TV without every other word being about MJ. I find it sickening that the media who condemned him for his playing with little boys is all gushing about him now. MJ was odd thats for sure & I never was a fan of his. Prayers for his children & the hope they can live a semi normal life now.


26 posted on 06/28/2009 10:37:23 AM PDT by pandoraou812 (elected officials should be required to pass drug, alcohol & dementia testing)
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To: melt

Plastized or not. He is no longer in that poor pathetic lost body. The only thing left is the poor pathetic lost soul.


27 posted on 06/28/2009 10:44:49 AM PDT by BigFinn
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To: Star Traveler

I visited it years ago in Victorville, CA. Mid-to-late 80’s.


28 posted on 06/28/2009 11:39:30 AM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: K-oneTexas

Well, it’s moved now...

It’s now in Branson, Missouri


29 posted on 06/28/2009 11:41:24 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: melt

There is a certain majestic inevitability to all this...


30 posted on 06/28/2009 11:42:57 AM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Star Traveler

Yippidee do da!!! It’s moved. I was using it as an example ... where ever it is located.

Maybe Madame Tussaud’s would like it.

I saw a special a month or more ago Eva Peron of Argentina must have had a similar thing done to her. The embalming technique that is.


31 posted on 06/28/2009 11:45:22 AM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: K-oneTexas

Actually, I was trying to advertise for Branson, Missouri...

No, I don’t live there, but it’s an absolutely great place to go to — especially for conservative, mid-America-type people.... great place...


32 posted on 06/28/2009 11:47:05 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Star Traveler

I’ve heard it is a great place and seen many specials from there.


33 posted on 06/28/2009 12:00:48 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: K-oneTexas

Silver Dollar City is a great place to go to, also, just on the outskirts of Branson. It has a bunch of rides and things to see for the whole family, an old-fashioned sort of place (historically speaking) and a lot of shops selling things, too and seasonal activities going on in the park.


34 posted on 06/28/2009 12:08:02 PM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Liberty Ship

I’m starting to wonder that some years back, when MJ was photo’d having major plastic surgery to his face, if Bubbles had a couple hands in it?


35 posted on 06/28/2009 12:13:03 PM PDT by chemicalman ("There's a sucker born every minute", PTB, "They all voted for Obama", CM.)
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To: melt

He’s already non-biodegradable...


36 posted on 06/28/2009 12:27:33 PM PDT by JRios1968 (The real first rule of Fight Club: don't invite Chuck Norris...EVER)
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To: melt

Plastination..... http://www.visitlondon.com/bodyworlds/about/plastination

So the following will be what the King of Pop will be looking like in a few months?

Images and videos:
http://www.visitlondon.com/bodyworlds/images_video/index


37 posted on 06/28/2009 12:36:35 PM PDT by deport
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Michael Jackson will live on as a 'plastinated' creature preserved by German doctor Gunther von Hagens.
I see the jokes really do just write themselves. ;')
38 posted on 06/28/2009 3:15:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: melt

Injecting Michael with polyurethane? Isn’t that redundant?


39 posted on 06/28/2009 3:17:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: melt
Von Hagens said that he spoke with representatives of the Jackson family 'many months ago' and it was agreed that his body will be plastinated and placed next to Bubbles, his late pet monkey who was plastinated a number of years ago and is exhibited at The Body Worlds & Mirror Of Time exhibition at the O2 Centre in London.

Bubbles unable to attend Jackson funeral

The 26-year-old chimpanzee, who was previously rumoured to have died, now resides at the Centre for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, but will not be present at any memorial for the legendary King Of Pop.

"Probably the best tribute we can pay Michael Jackson here is just to take excellent care of Bubbles because I know he loved Bubbles," centre director Patti Ragan said.


40 posted on 07/03/2009 10:32:01 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: Richard Kimball
Okay. That pegged out my weirdometer. Putting him in a moonwalk pose at an exhibit extends beyond anything I could imagine. If the article about him being controlled by Nation of Islam towards the end is true, though, it makes sense. It’s about money, and there’s no telling how much the museum would pay for that.

This sort of thing virtually guarantees that Michael Jackson did not follow Islam, as the Islamic faith would not allow that sort of thing.

Islam requires that burial take place as soon as possible, in a plain shroud. Generally, they don't even embalm, as they bury their dead quickly after death.

41 posted on 07/05/2009 8:20:12 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney & his sons: members of the 1st Winnebago Motor home Brigade, aka "The Fightin' RVs")
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To: deport

Yikes.


42 posted on 07/05/2009 8:58:01 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." DorothyBernard)
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