Ian Monk: Jackson's death a new media scoop

By Ian Monk, PR Week UK, 01 July 2009, 6:00am

Michael Jackson's death, for all the bizarre quirks of his life, was a classic rock 'n' roll ending. Too beautiful to live; too young to die. A haze of pills and drugs, and a fatal confusion of reality and fantasy, mixed with the desperation of a man trapped behind the image while trying to recreate past glories.

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