As with so many stars gone before him Michael Jackson isn't going to let a small detail like being dead stop him from being the centre of attention.
In the past seven days not only have we had the release of 'This is it', a film about the late star's rehearsals for his 'upcoming' world tour, but also - with Halloween last Saturday - the singer's most famous single 'Thriller' has been played to death (sorry about the pun) on every radio station from here to there.
Like him or loathe him Michael Jackson had a great talent and will surely go down as possibly the greatest pop star of his age.
Show business was the only world that Jackson ever knew having been pushed onto the stage while still just a kid to sing with his brothers as the 'Jackson Five'.
In the years that followed he was the only one of his brothers to become a world-wide superstar with his sister Janet the next most successful Jackson - albeit always in the shadow of her more successful brother.
In June of this year, while in the middle of rehearsals for his upcoming world tour, Michael Jackson died of a heart attack.
Question marks still hang over his sudden death at the age of just fifty but, as is often the case with these things, the exact details and circumstances of how the singer and performer met his end may never be fully revealed.
What was clear right away, and what was predicted in this column, was that there would be a film made about the star.
While a revealing biopic along the lines of those made about Ray Charles (Ray) or Johnny Cash (Walk the Line) may still be years away, this week sees the release of 'This is It', a documentary style film which follows the 'King of Pop' in rehearsals for his upcoming world tour.
Michael Jackson was to many an example of the detrimental effects of living your entire life in the spotlight as a celebrity.
And while he was something of a rarity - a celebrity who actually had talent - this didn't seem to protect him from being a poster boy for all that is bad about living your life in a goldfish bowl.
Despite all the plastic surgery, all the rumours and allegations, and the other eccentricities he suffered from one thing 'This is it' successfully does is scupper the rumours that the singer was frail or in any sort of ill-health prior to his death.
Several scenes in the film show him engaging in energetic dance routines like the Michael Jackson of his hey day.
This footage of the rehearsals was apparently shot to go alongside concert footage in a possible DVD of the world tour - after the fact.
Now, unfortunately, there will be no world tour but, with 'This is it', fans get a chance to see, and hear, their hero performing some of his classics one last time.
From listening to the audio it is clear the voice was still there - aged slightly but still powerful and instantly recognisable as that of Michael Jackson.
As this world tour was going to be all about the singer's greatest hits, and with no new album to plug, 'This is it' features some of his best known songs sung by one of the most recognisable voices in the business.
While the various pieces to camera are neither here nor there any Jackson fan should take the chance to see this up on the big screen during its limited run.
