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The deaths of Michael Jackson and other icons

Updated on 30 June 2009

By Nina Teggarty

More4 News compares the reaction to Michael Jackson's death with those of Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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The deaths of all four have led to huge outpourings of grief.

But those not mourning  Michael Jackson have expressed to us, and other news outlets, an impatience with the level of coverage - so we thought we'd look back at the deaths of the other stars in the past, to see if responses to them were any different?

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