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  • i watched this other video and had close up views of the licence plates on close up of the number on the van that picked his body up and this one thay were both the same!wired!

  • so dis is the real deal this is not tempert whit i hope not but if he thinks thats funny playing dead voor over two years i dont fink this is a realy funny prank i en miljoens of ader people wer hart brokken over his dead i think thats cruel of him ifs he,s alive he must reveel his zelf and stop whit haiding

  • thats probley just his wife

    

  • but y would they have let this guy film this and let him in there...im pretty sure if it was fake they would have been realy careful with it.

  • This was proven a hoax. It was a group of students who set up the van to look like the coroners van. I'm sure the video is on youtube somewhere.

  • @lynnypinny40 You are so stupid look at the license plate 1276020 it's match with the photo from the news it was the same van.

  • @bendix109 I can assure you I'm not stupid . These students had license plate and decals made to make it look like the real van. I have seen the video of them putting all this stuff on the van. It was some kind of experiment to see how people responded to it. I wish with all my heart that Michael was alive and this was real - but it's not. It was not done maliciously - they didn't expect the public to really believe it.

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  • @bendix109 check out the following video on youtube and then question again whether I'm stupid

    RTL FAKE VIDEO Original + How it Was Done, Michael Jackson

  • @lynnypinny40 Dude, that's called media hoax , those people just want to debunk the original coroner's van video that is not the same van and it's not the same building with the original video look at the door in the building it looked freshed paint there is no wall on the right side of the van the original video has the wall where his bodyguard was standing waiting for him the license plate looked difference too. RTL video is FAKE it's not the same with original video. Debunk is not always true

  • @lynnypinny40 RTL video was created by Bravo magazine in Germany these german people are big supporter of MJ you have to watch both videos carefully to find the difference between the two videos I found many differences such as no wall on the right side of the van, fresh green paint on the door, the bodyguard doesn't look the same, there is SUV and some cars parking in the building next to the van in RTL video, the parking lot looked totally different. than the original video.

  • @bendix109 I know this could be a way of covering up for a real situation - I did think of that but there are some things that really bother me about that. If Michael faked his death and was in the ambulance that took him to the hospital to make it look realistic - then wouldn't he just slip out of the hospital in the back of a delivery truck or something unnoticed. Why would he lay on a gurney covered in a sheet all the way to the coroner's office in a helicopter with a million eyes watching?

  • @lynnypinny40 He couldn't slip out of the hospital because he has to make it look so real he has to play dead so the can carry his real body to helicopter then coroner's van. The helicopter crew did not know that he was playing dead covered with the white sheet you can see his body moved when he was in helicopter. MJ faked his own death because he was having miserable life and he wants to get away with that crazy life and his debt , he wanted normal life to spend more time with his children.

  • @lynnypinny40 Here is Media Hoax video part.11 watch?v=W_kDmpb7yo8

  • @lynnypinny40 Sorry I called you stupid I apologize I have some more videos proof that MJ faked his own death you can watch it in my channel.

  • @bendix109 Thanks for apologising. We MJ fans should stick together - there are so many haters out there. I just haven't seen anything yet to prove that Michael is alive. I have yet to see the videos you recommended. If Michael is alive we should leave him at peace - he was robbed of that in the past. If Michael wanted to fake his death and the authorities knew - why would they involve Dr . Murray and have a huge trial?. Why wouldn't they just say that MJ died of a heart attack?Mystery.

  • @lynnypinny40 The authorities did not know MJ faked his dead but Dr . Murray knew MJ faked his death it was all planned by his family and some close friends Dr . Murray was friend of MJ family, his sister Latoya signed his death certificate because she said there is no doctor would sign it. Only doctor is allowed to sign death certificate nobody else allowed to sign it that is proof his death is faked, if it was real death the doctor would sign his death certificate there was no autopsy report.

  • @lynnypinny40 The initial thing I saw to lead me to believe MJ faked his death was Dave Dave's appearance on Larry King Live. That is so obviously MJ in disguise! Look at his EYES, listen to his VOICE and the way he answers questions!  So Michael! And if you pay attention to the hands... I believe those are fake hands, because you will also notice the fingers don't move on camera... They change position UNDER the desk, come up in that position and go back under the desk!

  • @lynnypinny40 I like MJ and I think that's the right thing to do for MJ to faked his own death because he needed normal life but the people won't leave him alone he wants the people to leave him alone. I hope MJ has much better life now without other people bother him. MJ was in his memorial dressed up like a blonde woman sitting next to Chris Tucker holding hand in the audience his brothers and sisters all wear black sunglasses so they can look at him they laughed at MJ wearing women's dress.

  • This could be real, because at the end if you pause it you can read out the license plate close enough and then if you go watch the video that was on the news of when michael Jacksons body was being put in the van, the license plate number does match!!.. On the other side. I think they would have been a little bit more careful of being followed.

  • MJ is alive and was a brilliant movement. Is a matter of money, of course. We are talking of lot of money. I think that this video is real. For that reason, the german "video and its making of" are differents. In purpose!. German did it diffferent in purpose, to show that the first one was real.

    If german people would like to do it well, we wouldn`t see the difference never. But they did it with mistakes in purpose. To show us the the first one is REAL.

  • MJ is alive and was a brilliant movement. Is a matter of money, of course. We are talking of lot of money.

  • I saw a match in the license plates to the van the picked up his body from the helicopter footage??? WTF??? It doesn't match the van from the German network footage!

  • I saw a match in the license plates to the van the picked up his body from the helicopter footage??? WTF???

  • yall have seen the video of the people who pulled this off jus to show how fucking stupid people are havent yall?its on you tube>smh an sad part is people bought this hook line an sinker i want him to still be here as much as anyone els but sadly mike is gone

  • If this video is real why hasn't it caught the attention of the police or is it real and thats why the good Doctor hasn't been charged w/ Mike's death. Because he's not dead. And thats why the doctors not worried about money anymore, hmm. Makes you think...R.I.P. Mike, either way

  • biggest question, is "why are you there?"

  • people do say michael jackson is still alive and with he's familly.

    if he is,and he's familly know he's still alive,what are they going to do when he REALLY ides?

  • you are idiot !!! MJ is alive...believe it or not he is...L.O.V.E

  • is it me or can i hear wooohoo! in the background??? like MJ singing!!?? Hope he is alive!!! <3 MJ 4 EVA

  • i wouldn't believe this video but the Plates on da VAN MAN SMH WTF... Love u MJ i understand y u did it

  • who else has that black hair? it makes perfect sense

  • MJ isn't dead, I mean think about it.he annunces that he's making poissibly the biggest tour of his career and declares "You haven't seen anything yet." He was finally trying to tell people the truth and what's going to happen and then he mysteriously dies at the age of 50. Then we were lead to believe that he 'died' of heary problems becuase of the medication that his doctor gave him? He faked his death to get away from the very peolple who want him gone, so that he can get the message out

  • ANY one can act this.

  • that was actor, cmon!

    one german tv house made that wideo to see what will people say. and you just did what they expet it. you'we been prankt

  • I think it Is real I mean common there are so many clues

  • @riveragurl101

    thank you..

    you understand

    he is faking his death

    there are tons of clues...

    i even made a facebook page on Michael Jackson fakin his death

  • Guys, this clip was revealed as a hoax. This clip is not real!

  • i wouldnt be surprise if he was still alive. he got all that power and money. hell you talking about one of the most powerful man in the world.

  • I love Michael with all my heart and have been a fan for 40 years, but Michael stated on some guys Twitter account who was following coronerla ..his name is DeathHag, Michael wrote this via web Sept. 11, 2009..I just want to dis-appear, I can't remember the whole thing but It sure as hell looks like Michael. He was sick of the media. The family knows of his hoax and I'm sure he sees his kids and family in disguise. But he can't come back, faking your death is against the law. if he's gone RIP

  • Also, When Larry King asked Joe Jackson where Michael's body was he said he didn't know. He asked about the autopsy, he said he didn't see it. Gimme a break! Latoya signed her own brother's death certificate, I'm sorry but things just don't add up. The Dr. wouldn't sign it?!! Of course not cause he's not a real Dr.! IMDB Craig whatever his name is and you will see that he is a technical Advisor for various movies..Jermaine said MJ was on the way to the airport.? He meant to say hospital. OMG!

  • Bag over his head… why? Parked so close to the door… why?!

  • its just a fake made by a german tv programme so dont believe this they said that this a fake cause they wanted to show how ppl like u get tricked here the proof for fake

    h t t p: / / w w w . youtube .c o m / watch? v = t v g n X R w d 9 G 8

  • it's him, michael jackson is alive .

    he ever so happened had to die at 50 ? right after receiving loads of money from a scheduled concertt ? doesnt make sense, he faked his death ilovehim with all my heart and believe he still is alive to this day , and if im wrong R.I.P. mj <3

  • The license plate matches. It is the same van his body was put into. Tell me, how did they get permission to use an official LA Coroner's van, the EXACT same one, to film a hoax??

  • It's not the same van, first the plate numbers are off slightly, second, there isn't any writing on the white part of the van under the license plate like the original van, third, the tailights don't match the original.

  • @lovinmichael4ever how did you see the license plate. @-) its all blurry.

  • *****Can we get a close up of the shoes ?

    Remember Jermaine had said that when he saw MJ disguised when out in a store ..he knew it was MJ because he always wore the same shoes.*****

  • @zzhoundzz That was Marlon that said that.

  • God, you people are idiots. This is an incomplete video. The rest of it (if you were smart enough to search it out) shows people like Lincoln and Jesus getting out of the van. It was a joke, taped for Jimmy Kimmel's show. Welcome to reality, morons restricted to plastic cutlery.

  • @reverendflash

    Hey Einstein, You are the one that needs more education. Jimmy Kimmel's video is a PARODY of this one. DUH!! Kimmel made his video AFTER this one was making the rounds. LEARN TO USE YOUR MOMS INTERNET AS A RESEARCH TOOL. You won't look as foolish.

  • @FinalScoreProducts loving the backslap you gave our friend above lmao,

    fare play to ya

  • Just watched the Kimmel clip. The van Kimmel used for Jesus and Elvis is way different than this van. Kimmel actually showed this video at first, which he got from the internet, but then they added to that video with their own addition using actors in a recreation of this video. They did a pretty good job, but used a van with Coroner written in huge black letters. Clearly not this van.

  • @reverendflash You fucking clown Jimmy Kimmels' video is a parody and doesn't show you Jesus, Elvis and President Lincoln walking in the same door not hard to get a Coroners van and make a parody you dick. Calling us idiots you're the idiot!

  • @reverendflash LOL if u analyze the video, the wall disappears on the Elvis, Lincoln, and Jesus clip.

    SO now walls disappear?

  • @reverendflash You are an idiot jimmy kimmel talked about the original video and he made another one with lincoln and jesus

  • @reverendflash You stupid retard

  • @reverendflash Why are the vans different ?

  • This video is not fake, RTL "the making of" is the fake video. RTL did this to help Michael out because it was to early in the hoax to reveal that Michael is still alive, so who ever caught this on video got the real thing!

  • This is a fake. the German tv station RTL made a reporter how many people would fall for videos on this, as have the television on a 21 year old man with a wig and a white shirt can be dressed and have an ambulance to imitate.

    By the sender just wanted to see how many people fall for something like that

  • @MJsThriller1 if what you say is true then the next question would be why would a tv station go out of it's way just to see if ppl believed if this was true or not? What is the gain to them to spend their money to do this? Makes no sense either way whether it's true or fake that they would be that concerned about public opinion.

  • oh my gosh!

  • MJ's docotor was charged with man slaughter today

  • THAT was mj

  • right . . . . .

    IS A FAKE O.o

    lol >_>

  • Ok, I don't know if his death was faked or not, BUT the video the germans put out was fake!!!! I watched it and the van was way too close to the door. It isn't anything like this one. I think they just wanted to take the credit when in fact they didn't do anything.

  • After reviewing a lot of death hoax videos, I believe that he did in fact hoax his death. He is not dead as believed. His come back will be amazing.

  • looks like his body and EXACTLY what he was wearing when he was found dead, strange isnt it.

  • this is not true those people showed everyone how thay did it its on u tube

  • This is NOT the same van that was waiting for the helicopter. The license plate numbers are different. People do not get your hopes up, this is FAKE. Michael is gone, and we need to let him rest in peace, finally!

  • look closely. the plate numbers ARE the same

  • It is possible. I got a feeling it was faked. I think a demon is possibly haunting neverland he had me put there. We'll know, I asked God to take him away there. I wondered why MJ's family was thankful, but now. Knowing this could be fake, and having enough crazy stuff going on in my life, why do BSB, etc. have to let me down and MJ too? I wondered why I dreamt he was alive, I guess it was just more proof of them using me.

  • i dont know what this video actually proves but i think theres a good possbility that he could still be alive..i mean they still havent arrested dr .murray , and he is only one we know that could have done something, there gonna restart the investigation in 2011, it took them a long time to bury him , 2 autopsies , more then 2 different types of autopsy reports , it took them a long time to release a real autopsy report , but that could be fake to. all i can say is that mj's death is strange

  • they r going to restart the investigation in 2011???

    what?? why??? why not finish it now???

  • im sorry i meant 2010 , and murray's only charge is about child support , and if they do charge murray IF they chare murray what is it gonna be manslaughter or homicide?

  • just read on tmz that the ivestigation is coming to an end...and they r probably charging murray w/ manslaughter...involuntary manslaughter...so IF michael is indeed gone...that ASSHOLE SHOULD GET CHARGED W/ MURDER AND NOTHING LESS THAN THAT!!!

    if he hurt michael in anyway they better give him the death penalty otherwise I AM SOOO GONNA KILL HIM!!!

  • i so agree with you....

    he deserves nothing more then the death penalty ...that involuntary manslaughter shit is to easy for murray!!!....thanks for telling me this ...because now im gonna wait to here the verdict

  • hear*

  • wow, chill a bit

  • well...easy to say...hard to do...

  • yes but its true.

  • what exactly is true...? u lost me...

  • Ana Nicole's was out in the open? MY MAIN ISSUE being from the medical field is that Doctor MURRAY aka (murderer) committed several felonies against his license in which n e other doctor would have been in front of the medical board the next week and would have lost their license HE HASN'T EVEN BEEN IN FRONT OF THE MEDICAL BOARD? WHO IS PROTECTING HIM? I promise you I'm being 100% truthful and I KNOW Factually HE SHOULD'VE BEEN BY NOW? N E other Dr would've;this person looks too short 2 b MJ

  • the person in the vid is too short? teah i know...i don't believe that it's michael either...ohh and as for murray...guess who had the "breaking" news? yeah...DEAR OLD TMZ... i mean seriously now how come these ppl seem to always have all the info about the case b4 they r even made public officialy? huh? how?

  • theres a good possbility that he could still be alive..i mean they still havent arrested dr .murray , and he is only one we know that could have done something, there gonna restart the investigation in 2011, it took them a long time to bury him , 2 autopsies , more then 2 different types of autopsy reports , it took them a long time to release a real autopsy report , but that could be fake to. all i can say is that mj's death is strange and stil dosent add up completely

  • OMG...here we go again! Another Elvis is alive BS story. Mikes gone and so is Elvis people, stop falling for this media crap!!

    RIP MJ

  • If MJ is alive like so many believe, he sure has a lot of people who he enrolled to help him fake his death. If someone is going to fake their own death, they aren't going to have all these people knowing because eventually somone will talk. It's insane to think he's alive.

  • Exactly! Mike would never leave his kids or try to fool his fans, nor would Elvis. Stop falling for this media ignorance!

    BTW ...Fuck Joe Jackson....the pimp daddy who pimped his own flesh and blood. He can't die soon enough for me. He's evil!

    To LaToya stop playing a sister that is so sad over a brother who you betrayed! Bitch!

  • HI there yes i agree with you, so many people involved, and eventually someone will speak out.........thats when MJ returns.

    Michael is resting, in time he will appear.

  • nope it isn't Michael at all this was staged by a German radio station to see how fast rumors travel via the internet, do a google search and you will find the story posted.

  • Really is that what they did? Im devastated....

  • ...

  • Do you think he has the heart to lie to his fans all over the world?how long can he hide? he has problems he won't runaway..how long yawl think it will last?? he love us he would nvr ever do this to everyone..his not that kind of person.

  • it´s not the same van

  • Are you joking? He NEEDS to be dead, the whole world thinks he is dead. And even if he isn't he wouldn't come out of hiding... he would go to jail for a TON OF CRAP!!! He is seriously dead!!! Ya-ll crazie!

  • i wish he wasnt dead but i no he is 1 he wouldnt put us threw that and 2. why would his family be so sad if he was alive.

  • Through NOT threw....learn to spell if you are going to post on youtube...plzzzzzzz! Thx.

  • I really really really hope this is a TRUE video, and that he is not dead !

    Michael Jackson 4 Ever <333

  • @TheMJJfan Well you can ease up my friend... MJ is alive very much so.. The only way to keep him alive was to fake his death.. The Illuminati want him dead.. As long as MJ quits speaking the truth they won't care if he faked his death.. Catch my drift?

  • The rest of the video shows Elvis, Lincoln, and Jesus all getting out as well, but you wouldn't want to show that. It might hurt your 'credibility'.

  • No it doesn't that was just for fun.

  • That is not the rest of the video smart one.. it's just a parody

  • i mean it makes sense for him to fake his death , privacy and the fact he may have had to own up to the fact he wasnt going to be able to do the concerts :( this way he still makes money to bail him out of debt but i hope its not true b/c i really wanted to see those live concerts and michael at his prime when he is in the spotlight so i hope its fake

  • This video was made by RTL german tv you can see it in utube

  • Na minha opinião Michael Jackson está vivo sim!

    A pessoa que anunciou a turne dele não era o MJ e sim o seu Socia!MJ não iria estar com as mãos sujas em pleno discursso!

    néh?

    Na minha opinião MJ tah vivo sim!Podem pesquisar!

  • Im pretty sure that Michael Wouldnt fake his death for privacy and things....he has always said he loves his fans, and he wouldnt do tht!

    TO be honest if i heard that he was still alive i would be over the moon! of course everyone wants him to live!

    I think its just like when elvis died, everyone kept saying they saw him.....but to be honest i really dont know what is going on :S i hope he is alive, but then i think that would bring more problems to him :/

    I dont know. x

  • I have tried and tried to convince myself that this is not MJ, but the more I look at it, and think about the excuse that the people who shot have said, but I still have one burning questions.....where was this shot at? and then you can hear sirens in the background....is the RTL trying to say that they got someone who gave them access to a coroner's van with valid plates...and you can hear the person breathing in the background...like they had been running or were very excited about what it

  • this vid needs WAY more details to prove. can't tell...

    there IS alot of suspicious things though...watch and reads everything there is yourself. i don't quite believe it either, but it's a possiblity.

    maybe the concert wasn't even meant to extend from 10 to 50. maybe he got tricked. even if it did sell out so fast and he was real happy, there still wouldn've been such a significant difference.

    time'll give the answer.

  • i can understand if micheal jackson did this...maybe he wants to be private...maybe hes tired of all this attention...so maybe this could be real...who know...i hope he isnt dead cause hes just......not one of the best.....but........the best!!!

  • this is fake.the real Michael is dead. why do you lie?

  • That guy who came out of the van is kinda short and MJ was 5 feet 9... :(

  • this is from jimmy kimmel show

  • I'm very happy! Latoya comes to Brazil in November with "Tribute to Michael Jackson. I already bought my ticket in the stalls. This is the first time that I'll be near him, even he is not present ....

  • i think there is a great posibility of michael being alive.someone asked why would they do an autopsy if all this was fake.well,for this very reaction.if people hear about the autopsy,they will believe that michael is dead.which,i repeat,may or may not be true.i,myself,am a believer. it's all about knowing how to persuade the audience.statistics,planning and a very cunning mind.and michael knew his crowd.and loved(perhaps still does,if alive) the people around him.kings don't die

  • Sorry to burst your bubble guys, but the people who made the video have said it is fake. They wanted to see how quick a rumor could get around the world.

  • Yes, its fake from German TV RTL :D

  • bull

  • 5D!

  • this is fake

  • I agree with you karlis 2007, why would he do something like that and involve his kids if he loved them so much?

  • Where did you find this "diary"?

  • What most of you seem to be forgetting is that there was an autopsy done and investigations launched. If he faked his death, why would they get an autopsy done? Why would he involve his own small kids in on such an act, and why would the doctor allow himself to have death threats against him and his family to be in on this "fake death". For some reason people never seem to think about all these things when they claimed he faked his death. MJ was a mystery in life & a mystery in death as well...

  • he was 49!

  • he was born in 1958, he was 50

  • I ment he's was Not 5ft 7..ok

  • Ok:)), sory

  • this was made to show that people will believe anything they see on the internet and from my experience with people its true and people realy did believe this was real.

  • This video is made for people who still believe in tooth fairies. Very good video.

  • fake

  • YEAH AND mj WAS 57.LOL

  • NO HE WAS 50!!!!!

  • this video was made by the german tv channel RTL it was a fake to see how the people think ..its real or fake^^

  • its not fake,look this german tv whatever ,did make a second vid about this,which is this one,but try to look at the original one the first one that came out,and youll clearly see a lot of diferences between those 2 vids

  • The license plate on this van is the same as the one shown to be MJ's coroner van.... weird.

  • I agree with 'stonesopinion' Im pretty sure parts of the diary was released on the internet/news or something cause iv read that too. Seriously, just let him rest in peace.

  • Ok it says enhanced. I think it's like when elvis died, no one wanted to believe it and always thought he would return and I am sure there are some poor unfortunate souls out there that still believe that. Do you really believe MJ would do that to his children and if this was true and he did return he would be strongly criticized for that and would probably have them taken away. Kind of sick when you think about it. MJ was just eccentric not demented. Sorry to break it to you but he is dead!

  • did u read anything i wrote here? I READ HIS DIARY

  • the diary also says ''I don't know who I am anymore,Maybe im just a father to my children,maybe im washed up''. also i read that ''I'll have a heart attack from drugs like he did'' and ''I'll come back,but only when im ready''.''maybe i'll come back in Christmas 2009 or in new years 2010 but now i must rest im not thinking clearly''. basically michael jackson is telling us that he will come back

  • Okay, well only one way to make sure, check his casket

  • it could be anyones body in that casket

  • Biggest come back concert of all time!

  • he took the money of the last concert he would make and run away forever 2 be alone " that is it"

  • lol

  • michael will be back....michael faked his death to give us a test...he probably wanted to see if the fans really loved him or not......hes teaching us a lesson that u should appreciate the people u love before its too late

  • hows that close up

  • Dude, As we all pretty much know, Michael jackson was sick, This could probably be before he died, Leave michael alonel, Geez the man is dead, This aint 2Pac, Why would michael jackson make a friggin' Last concert and just hide out for the rest of his life, Then have that HUGE funeral, And then that private burial, The man's Dead, R.i.p.

  • this is fake.

    the video was made by a german tv channel called RTL. there's a video on youtube, which shows, how they did it.

  • this is fake.

    the video was made by a german tv channel called RTL. you can look for the video; they explained how they made this. it's on youtube, too.

  • It's lovely how people are focusing on the deaf of a celibacy and not more focused on the faith of our planet earth. Humans are stupid 8D Let's prey that there's intelligent life some where out there because there's absolutely none down here on earth :D

  • wow michael jacksons alive and hes being held prisoner

  • woah it did look like him..

  • Dam it he's dead the king of pop is dead let him rest in peace dam i knew this was going to happend.

  • mimiron

  • FAKE

  • yeah, right...

  • its a fake from the German TV sender RTL

  • FAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I'm praying that this is real!

  • If this IS real, why isnt it all over the news and tv? Thats what makes me think this is fake.

  • bcos the people that organise conspiracys like this are the people that own the media

  • ohhh i see, so the media also know about the 'hoax'?

  • fake....so very very fake

  • HES ALIVE!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE PROOF!!!!! im going to look for him now

  • I'm sure he is alive. I can feel it inside me, in my soul, in my mind ..... There is nothing that makes me feel differentt

  • you idiot.

  • I think and feel what I want and if you do not agree, please do not talk to me.

  • You dont think thats because nothing is different in day to day life?

  • Maybe I did not understand your comment ... But nothing makes me think otherwise. He is alive. And I'm so happy, knowing that I'll never see him. I can not explain, but this feeling nourished my spirit ....

  • If he came back do you think people would understand because fans have apparently committed suicide over his death so you think he'd be welcomed back, he deceived people into thinking he's dead and caused a whole lot of pain over something that didn't really happen.

    People killed themselves over this and he may not even be dead??? I don't think people would understand if was in fact alive and he came back seriously!

    what reasons does he have for faking his death?