MJ Not Eligible For Nobel Peace Prize

Many fans have been petitioning for Michael Jackson to be nominated to receive a posthumous nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Unfortunately, this is not possible.

After researching at the Nobel Prize web site, we found the following information:

Is it possible to nominate someone for a posthumous Nobel Prize?

"No, it is not. Previously, a person could be awarded a prize posthumously if he/she had already been nominated (before February 1 of the same year), which was true of Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Nobel Prize in Literature 1931) and Dag Hammarskjöld (Nobel Peace Prize, 1961).

Effective from 1974, the prize may only go to a deceased person to whom it was already awarded (usually in October) but who had died before he/she could receive the Prize on December 10 (William Vickrey, 1996 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economics in Memory of Alfred Nobel).

See also par. 4 of the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation."

So, sadly, there will be no need to petition for this award to be given to Michael...

Source: MJFC / Nobel Prize