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Newsweek magazine's latest edition includes an in-depth analysis of what celebrity - or a celebrity - actually is.
It questions whether people considered to be celebrities are actually deserving of the title and suggests that the reason they are given it is because their lives are entertaining for the public.
Rather than being especially talented or unique individuals, the magazine argues that many of these people are given the media attention primarily because they act out a popular narrative in the public domain.
It gives the example of Michael Jackson, whose music and undoubted vocal and dancing talents were not the only thing that ensured he had a long and successful career.
The late king of pop's tempestuous relationship with his family, his unusual marriages and erratic behaviour, not to mention his strange and sudden death, all let his celebrity star shine ever brighter, the magazine argues.
Michael Jackson died on June 25th 2009 of a reported heart attack at his home in Los Angeles.
