After all the political storm, let us have some bright foolish star.

Faded pop superstar Michael Jackson on Friday was on Friday crowned as America's most foolish person in 2006, narrowly beating out trigger-happy US Vice President Dick Cheney for the title.

The 47-year-old "King of Pop," who is living in exile in Bahrain following his acquittal last June on child sex charges, snatched the dishonour for the fourth year running, according to a survey by a US public relations consultant.

Sixty-nine percent of the 1,045 people polled in a random telephone survey ahead of Saturday's April Fool's day said the singer had "done something foolish" in the past year that merited the title, the poll showed.

"Michael Jackson seems to have a lock on the number one spot for the foreseeable future," said the poll's organiser Jeff Barge. "If Mr Cheney's actions weren't enough to oust him, it's hard to imagine what could."

"And he hasn't even been in the country," Barge said, noting that Jackson was last spotted in Dubai shopping in a market wearing woman's clothing.

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