I'd run with that assumption as well, as he was a well known "old movie" fan.

--- "Jonathan Calder" <Bonkers.Hall@...> wrote:
>
> My money is on the actor.
>
> Jonathan Calder
> Visit Liberal England
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Crook
> To: PnP@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 7:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [PnP] Michael Jackson's tiger Sabu

>
> But was it named after the actor, or the wrestler, or maybe after Paul
> Sabu's band?
>
> Steve
>
> Tipu Purkayastha wrote:
> > While going through everything I could find on MJ today, I followed a link
on NYTimes that mentions that Tippi 'Birds' Hedren will look after Jackson's pet
tigers, one of whom is called Sabu. The other one is Thriller.
> >
> > http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/06/tippi_hedren_will_take_jackson.php
> >
> > Tipu