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

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma to c/music

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Likely Accounting trickery

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago

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

[–] Sanctus 14 points 5 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.