Despite late surge in celebrity death, Michael Jackson still No.1 for 2009
CALIFORNIA - A poll in popular men’s magazine Maxim revealed readers voted unequivocally that king of pop, Michael Jackson, still held the reins as biggest celebrity death in 2009, despite a strong late showing from other Hollywood heavyweights like Patrick Swayze and David Carradine.
During the voting process, voters were asked to take into consideration the type of celebrity death that occurred, whether there was any hint of conspiracy, and whether they would be happy if a family member died in the same manner.
“Michael [Jackson] was drugged and murdered,” said mother of three Linda Connor, “so you have to vote for him. Although David [Carradine] did die trying to pleasure himself off, which is more interesting than a heart attack or something.”
Flying under the radar: In any other year, being found hanged with a rubber tube tied around your penis might net you first place
Flying under the radar in the poll was musician Les Paul and underrated Hollywood writer/director John Hughes, who was one of the first writers to portray young people in a positive, intelligent light with features like The Breakfast Club, Home Alone and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Zsa Zsa Gabor was also on Maxim’s list, although Hollywood officials later indicated that she is in fact still alive, although due to poor health is rumoured to be on Maxim’s 2010 celebrity death-list alongside John Travolta (plane crash), Sylvester Stallone (steroids) and Jean Claude Van Damme (high-kick induced ruptured testicle).
Maxim stated that due to the one-sided nature of the poll, the only scenario where Jackson could be overtaken were if Jesus Christ descended from the heavens and die in a freak snowboarding accident.
Comments
By dave on September 26th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
lol this is absolute borderline, love the predictions for 2010 and the last line. great article