“Beat It” now takes on a whole new meaning.

It’s official — Michael Jackson has moonwalked through the Pearly Gates.

Back when we started this Dead Pool, we all laughed when J picked Michael Jackson to die in 2009.  But once again, he shows us that he doesn’t have a PhD for nothing.

J has now tied for second place with Bouch in the HisDaddy.com 2009 Dead Pool!  That gives J seven more points, and two chances to overtake Guy for the lead.  Mind you, Guy has 12 points, so both J and Bouch will need one of their remaining picks to die by the end of July to take the lead, or in August to tie Guy.

As for the rest of us — our celebs better hurry up and get to dying!

Yes! I am dead, sir!

So our very own Jenny B, aka “Bouch” scored big today upon finding out that Ed McMahon had bitten the dust!

Because Ed died in June, Bouch is entitled to 7 points (12 in January, going down to 1 in December) for the HisDaddy.com 2009 Dead Pool.  This mean Bouch shoots up the charts to a solid second place behind last year’s co-champ, Guy.

Guy still has a 5 point lead, but the year is barely half over.  There are plenty of other celebs in the game that don’t look like they’re going to make it that long.

And I just want to thank all the good doctors for giving Steve Jobs a new liver, and screwing me out of my victory.  Bastards.