MJ Dead, in 1986

According to an unnamed and imaginary source, the king of pop, Michael Jackson, did not die last week but passed away on January 08, 1986 due to complications from surgery nearly two years after he suffered second-degree burns while filming a soft drink commercial.

"America and the world is mourning him now, but the guy fans fell in love with died back in the 80s," said the imaginary source I will call P. Youngthing.

P. Youngthing said burns Jackson received during the filming of the infamous Pepsi commercial were much worse than the public ever knew, and eventually led to his death at the age of 27.

"You think Epic Records or Quincy Jones or the family were just gonna let him die-- it would have cost them millions," P. Youngthing said. "They propped up the best impersonator they could find, and that's the guy that died on June 25."

He added that he thought the longtime MJ fill-in was "a real d-bag."

P. Youngthing said he was a personal assistant to Jackson from 1981 to 1991. But, he said after the king of pop underwent reconstructive surgery in 1986, he was introduced to an all-together new Jackson by father Joe and a record executive.

"They said it was all going to be okay, and that this was the new Michael," P. Youngthing said. "I started asking questions because I knew it wasn't Michael, and Joe just gave me one of those looks like he was going to beat the crap out of me, so I shut up."

P. Youngthing said everything from "Bad" on was a total farce.

"There was just too much money to be made," he said. "When the new guy started getting really weird with the monkey and the sleeping chamber thing even Joe wanted to go public, but then Sony wanted to sign him and so nothing ever happened."

He said he still hopes those close to Jackson will "come clean" and tell the real truth someday.

"You think the real Michael Jackson would have slept with kids-- he could've had any girl in the world," P. Youngthing said. "It was the skin-bleaching freak who was the freak."