Stuck in Oblivion, Saved by Death Celebrities, such as the recently deceased Michael Jackson, sometimes seem more alive after they have died. Death becomes just another chapter in a vivid career, often a profitable chapter. As Bob Greene wrote in The Times, Mr. Jackson may follow in the footsteps of Elvis Presley, whose death at age 42 barely affected his marketability. It was widely reported that Mr. Presley's longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker said, in the hours after his client died, "This changes nothing." Mr. Presley in death became an enormous earner. And this lesson was not lost on Michael Jackson's father, who within three days of his son's death told an interviewer: "Right now, he's bigger than ever." The news of death does, indeed, work in strange ways on the public mind. Sometimes, as with the "king of pop," the fact never truly takes hold; sometimes, when celebrities outlive their notoriety, the public is too quick to relegate them to the afterlife. Even when the deceased is a genuine king. --

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