Michael Milken: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:51, 24 June 2007

Revision as of 17:52, 24 June 2007

Line 90:

==Trivia==

{{Trivia|date=June 2007}}

* Milken originally planned to fight the charges against him, even going as far as to hirehiring one of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s former campaign aides to launch a public relations campaign prior to the trial.

* After his incarceration, Milken hired [[Alan Dershowitz]] to help reduce his sentence.

* During the trial of former [[Enron]] [[CEO]] [[Kenneth Lay]], Lay praised Milken while on the stand.

* Milken shed his famous (or infamous) hairpiece while he was in prison and has been openly bald since.

* Milken and the supposedly light sentence he received is referenced in the [[Deeelite]] song ''The Fuddy Duddy Judge:'' "You get four years if you are Michael Milken but 10-15 if you rob the milk man."

* Milken is a graduate of Birmingham High School, where his classmates included actresses [[Sally Field]] and [[Cindy Williams]]

* [[Oliver Stone]] stated in the special features of DVD release of the movie Wall Street starring [[Michael Douglas]] that the movie is a close parallel to Michael Milkin's past career.