Michael Jackson died today at the age of 50. He had been living just off the Sunset Strip for the past several months in a $100,000 per month rental house. For weeks he has been rehearsing for his 50-show comeback tour in London’s O2 arena. There was a lot of money tied up in those shows. I’ve seen a few people say that Michael’s death is somehow related to money, but I bet that the sponsor (AEG Live) of his 50-show comeback tour will argue that theory because there is a massive financial headache and potential fallout from Michael’s untimely death.

Here is a link to a last picture of Michael Jackson: ET Online

Now, here are some of the ‘Michael Jackson died from’ theories and conspiracy theories circulating around the world right now:

• Did painkiller addiction and pressure of making a comeback kill Michael Jackson? (dailymail.co.uk)
• Collapsed after an injection of Demerol (thesun.co.uk)
• Michael Jackson is dead…Now how long until it becomes a conspiracy? (abovetopsecret.com)
• Michael Jackson’s death brings conspiracy theory back into spotlight (jacksonnjonline.com)
• Michael Jackson faked his own death (colbertnation.com)
• MJ killed by new experimental bio weapon (topix.com)
• Was Michael Jackson murdered? (selectsmart.com)
• Tito did it? (wikipedia.org) [some jerk always has to make stupid edits to Wiki after tragedies]
• Faked his death to pay off debt and make money (denverpost.com)
• They come in 3′s: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson (penny-arcade.com)

I, for one, believe Michael Jackson has died. I believe he is dead. TMZ, who broke the news of Michael Jackson’s death earlier today, is reporting that MJ’s autopsy has been expidited. It will take place tomorrow. Hopefully we will all find out the exact cause of his death, so everyone out there can have some closure. However, I’m sure that no matter what the coroner says, conspiracy theories will abound. People will claim that Michael Jackson killed himself, was murdered, faked his death, etc… That’s just the nature of humans these days. When anything happens, we have to create a conspiracy theory. But who knows? Maybe they are right – because it’s also true that nothing is what it seems these days.

Regardless, this was definitely a tragedy. No question about it. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michael’s family and friends. May the King of Pop rest in peace.