Michael Jackson ‘s death continues to form effortless metaphors for his life. At his private family funeral the remaining Jacksons were charged $35,000 for ‘burial garments’, $21,455 for food and $3682 for a framed picture, among other ludicrous inflations. The Associated Press reports that the funeral cost $1m in total and the family were also charged $1,975 for wardrobe, $2,000 for usher costumes, “$959 for embroidery; $11,716 for invitations and programs; $16,000 for flowers; $30,000 for cars and security; and $15,000 for a funeral designer.” I suppose it was naive to even hope that people would stop seeing Jackson as a kind of weird, frail piggy-bank after his death
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