Michael Jackson, Pop Icon, Is Dead at 50
LOS ANGELES — For his legions of fans, he was the Peter Pan of pop music: the little boy who refused to grow up. But on the verge of another attempted comeback, he is suddenly gone, this time for good. Michael Jackson, whose quintessentially American Tale of celebrity and excess took him from musical boy wonder to global pop superstar to sad figure haunted by lawsuits, paparazzi and failed plastic surgery, was pronounced dead on Thursday afternoon at U.C.L.A. Medical Center after arriving in a coma, a city official said. Mr. Jackson was 50, having spent 40 of those years in the public eye he loved....read more at New York Times:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/arts/music/26jackson.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
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MADDONNA CAN'T STOP CRYING OVER JACKSON
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE....'WE HAVE LOST A GENIUS'
LIZ TAYLOR....TOO DEVASTATED TO COMMENT
3 comments:
God, makes me feel old when my childhood icons start dying...anyway love him or hate him---you cannot deny he was one of the greats.
Hi Mike -
Speaking of the death of childhood icons dying, you might want to read this article:
Jackson, Fawcett deaths: Bad day for Gen X
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31556916/ns/entertainment-music/
Hey thanks for the link John....Here's some comments from my facebook about Jacko's death...
Molly Macleod at 7:46am June 26
I still can't believe it. He was amazing. I still have my Michael Jackson jacket from when I was five. He was a huge part of my life growing up. Rest in Peace Michael.
Mike Williams at 1:22pm June 26
Yeah, makes the 80's seem like a bygone era destined for permanent retirement.
Tony Parker at 7:39pm June 26
I don't get it.Yes he made some music that may rival the Beatles or some other supergroups.But that was in the 80's. Does everyone forget his out of court settlements?Does making music people love give him a pass? I think thats fucked up. Maybe it's just me.
Mike Williams at 8:14am June 27
haha...of course he gets a pass...this is America! JFK got a pass for his infidelity as did Clinton. Mel Gibson said he hated Jews, OJ murdered his ex-wife, Paris and Pamela released Sex tapes, Woody Allen married his daughter and Hugh Grant slept with prostitutes. And when these guys kick the bucket, society sweeps their dirty deeds under the ... Read Morecarpet because -just like the 1000's of movies they've seen---they want a happy ending. People prefer to accept fantasy than reality...and that's why Jacko will always be remembered as the King of Pop and not for being "Home Alone" with McCauley Culklin.
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