MICHAEL JACKSON MAKES A KILLING AFTER DEATH

2009-11-01: Lauren Streib, Forbes.comOn March 5, 2009, Michael Jackson stood in front of an audience of cameras, flashbulbs and screaming fans with the promise of a comeback. Bearing his signature sunglasses and bejeweled armband, he pronounced with pumping arms: "This is it!" He would take the stage at the O2 arena in London in July for his last tour. "This will really be it. This is the final curtain call."A few months later, Jackson was dead. Though he didn't survive to perform his anticipated grand finale, the pop star portended the summer with eerie accuracy. With his posthumous return to ra...