Michael Jackson was $500 million in debt when he died, according to court filing (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 29 points 4 months ago

Likely Accounting trickery

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[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 27 points 4 months ago

If the debt was owed to banks, then... heeee hee

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

I took a music business class and I vaguely remember this subject. I'm pretty sure dude was actually in the hole from frivolous spending, and also partially due to the way the music rights worked out.

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