news bulletin – answers

Jackson’s tangled finances

questions

1. What is no secret? that Michael Jackson had money problems
2. How are his debts described? as a mountain (of debt)
3. How much is this estimated to be? US$ 0.5 billion
4. What 2 things would the London Come-back Tour have achieved? raked him in millions and put him back in the black
5. How many tickets were sold? 750,000
6. What will probably happen to the Jackson estate? it will be liquidated and tied up in lawsuits for years to come
7. What happens when a lot of money is involved? people seek an interest
8. Where are people coming from to get the money? out of the wood work
9. What was Jackson planning to do with his ranch? sell it
10. How did he manage to sustain his lifestyle? from his stake in the Beatles catalogue and the copyright to his own songs
11. What will his music continue to do? earn money
12. What, sadly, is his ‘epitaph’? He’s worth a lot more dead than alive