From May to September we lost stars such as; Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine and Patrick Swayze. Although these stars will no longer be able to make personal appearances, their estates will flourish with the sales of albums, movies, posters and other forms of memorabilia. By purchasing these items after their deaths if often allows fans to feel connector with the celebrity, even though they are gone.

Check out the entire story here at cnn.com, then go re-stock your M.J. collection!

Michael Jackson had 3 of the top 5 selling albums in the U.S. for the second week in a row.  ”Number Ones” sold an amazing 339,000, ”Thriller” sold 189,000 copies and ”The Essential Michael Jackson” sold 125,000 copies.  ”Number Ones” would have been #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts if it was eligible to compete.  It sold a little more than twice as many copies as ”NOW 31”, which holds the #1 position on the Top 200.  There is a great article on Yahoo.com here that breaks down the all the numbers.

It is sad that we as a culture don’t seem to appreciate what we have, until it is gone.  Maybe this will be the time we take that lesson to heart.

Now, I could write a big, long blog about the King of Pop and breakdown the events leading up to his passing, but I am going to leave that to the pros.  Please see below links for the full story from the most recognized media outlets.

CNN link here

MSNBC link here

Fox News link here