TMZ reported Saturday the Discovery Channel is planning to air a gory reenactment of Michael Jackson’s autopsy, and some fans of the late pop star are not too happy.
Jackson’s faithful are up in arms over the documentary, titled Michael Jackson’s Autopsy: What Really Killed Michael Jackson, slated to be televised in the UK on Jan. 13, 2011.
According to TMZ, in response to the show, approximately 1,500 signatures have been collected. Petitioners say, “This type of sensational and unscrupulous reporting can only cause harm.”
“We ask the directors of the Discovery Channel programming to proceed with the outright cancellation of this indecent documentary,” those in opposition wrote to the suits of the channel.
Jackson died at his Bel-Air, Calif., mansion on June 25, 2009. In August 2009, the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office ruled Jackson’s death a homicide.
