http://www.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/06/...ces/index.html
recently CNN article
(CNN) -- Michael Jackson may have earned more than half a billion dollars over his career, but now he's having trouble paying the bills -- and his lenders say the pop star's entire fortune is at risk.
"He is not broke, he is still asset rich -- he has assets of value," says Brett Pulley, senior editor at Forbes magazine
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He probably has over 3/5 of a billion in assets.. but as the story reads, he has a cash flow problem. so hes not poor.