As stranger and stranger tales emerge about his life and death, David Randall sifts through the truths, theories and downright lies ap When Jackson's will was drawn up, in July 2002, it valued his estate at $500m (_306m), but high-octane spending and falling income have reduced that by about $180m The mystery of the later life and sudden death of Michael Jackson threatens to go on and on revolving indefinitely, like some fairground carousel driven by perpetual motion. In the past week, enough material has surfaced about his death to keep conspiracy theorists, lawyers, fans, crystal-users, moon-worshippers and ley-line-mappers going for generations. Virtually all of it is so far outside the pale of normality that today, if a website reported that Jackson talked sense, ate three meals a day and took pills only when he felt ill,...
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