Are Jackson Fans Committing Suicide?
Various blogs and gossip rags claimed today that up to a dozen hardcore Michael Jackson fans have taken their own lives following news of the pop star’s death. The Sun, Spike, and the Mirror are keeping tabs on these shocking developments. Their source is Gary Taylor, the owner of fan website MJJcommunity.com. Police officials have yet to confirm the deaths.
Here’s a quote from the Mirror piece:
Michael Jackson’s death last Thursday has reportedly sparked a dozen suicides amongst hardcore fans.
So far, it’s been reported that a Tunisian fan took her own life, and that Russian Jacko impersonator Pável Talaláyev slit his wrists.
Pável survived, but said after: ”I don’t know why the doctors saved me. I want to be with Michael, and I will kill myself anyway.”
None of the deaths attributable to Jackson’s demise have been confirmed as yet.
But Gary Taylor, head of the star’s fan site MJJcommunity.com, said he understood the tragedies had mostly taken place abroad – though he believed one may have been British.