I don't think he's dead. I saw him jumping out of the back of the Funeral Home van at the morgue, & saw him attending his own Memorial Service. His sister was sitting in the row behind him a couple of seats to his left, and looked at him, and silently mouthed, "Michael". It is my understanding his doctor helped him stage his own death, while Germaine flew him to the Bahamas on his private jet. Still writing music for his brothers? His last double CD was "This Is It".