Okay, I was trying to come up with some kind of Michael Jackson tie in for my IOTD and nothing was coming to mind until a helpful reader suggested Dr. Sathyavagiswaran, an Indian native, who is the Chief Medical Examiner at the Los Angeles Coroner's office. The doctor appears to be quite a character in movieland with his debut in the OJ trial. More recently, he testified in the Phil Spector murder trial. And now he will help the world find out exactly what happened to the King of Pop.
I have to say that even though yesterday's news was depressing (to be honest, I was a lot more upset about Farrah Fawcett dying than Michael Jackson), I laughed out loud when I saw various news correspondents standing in front of the coroner's office. The office has a video billboard attached to the official sign that posts various inspiring quotations as well as warnings on activities to avoid (drunk driving, etc.) that presumably keep the coroner busy. So when I heard about Dr. Sathyavagiswaran, I decided to go to the Coroner's web site to learn a little bit more and found that the Coroner's office has an online gift shop (!) that actually sells souvenirs from the coroner's office. It even has a clever name - Skeletons in the Closet.
Ya gotta love LA.
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