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The death of Michael Jackson last month spurred a flurry of domain activity. All sorts of names were bought up by speculators looking to cash in, but would you believe that one domain, MichaelJacksonIsDead.com, has been registered since 2005?
Domain Name News ran a piece about the story today. The name is registered to Tony Hinch, a physically disabled man who said he had a hunch the pop star was going to die in the near future and registered the domain as “a cheep [sic] investment that might pay off for a guy like me.”
He also owned RonaldReaganisdead.com and Richardpryorisdead.com, registering both before the two celebrities died. However, he was been unable to profit from them. No one was interested in buying either name when he tried to sell them several years ago. They met the same fate as their namesakes: expiration.
Hinch has received more than 20 offers for MichaelJacksonIsDead.com, but few have been legitimate and no one has been willing to pay his $100,000 USD price. The highest offer he’s received from a serious buyer is $9,000. He wants to sell his domain and seems willing to accept any offer, but time is running out. Michael Jackson is quickly becoming old news, and it may very well be too late to sell it.
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