Originally Posted By Mr X insert circus joke *here* indeed <a href="http://www.showbiz411.com/michael-jackson-funeral-date-set-at-staples-center" target="_blank">http://www.showbiz411.com/mich...s-center</a>
Originally Posted By dlkozy Bodies don't stay "fresh" forever. Heard on the news that his hometown wants to have a service with Jackson's body around the 10th. Good Luck with that!
Originally Posted By SuperDry Actually, there's a story about him: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/02/michael.jackson.bubbles/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBI...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Bubbles might have recognized Jackson, too. "Most of our chimps recognize their former owners," Ragan said. "They get very excited to see them, and I am sure he would have recognized him."*** Er...do most of their former owners completely rearrange their faces several times over?
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>Bodies don't stay "fresh" forever.<< Lenin's body is still on view. Somewhat macabre, eh?
Originally Posted By dlkozy Can't even begin to think of what procedures they might have done on his body! And I would not have wanted to have the job of changing the clothes on his corpse over these many years either! YUCK!
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin It was said that A. Lincoln was embalmed so many times that when he was buried for the last time (about 1902?) the coffin was opened and other than the skin having a tanned color he looked like the day he had died.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I remember a high school history teacher bringing in an article that said Lincoln's skin had turned black and wasn't that interesting considering the war during that time. I remember thinking then-someone will always try to make something out of nothing.
