Thursday afternoon as I was leaving my office, I realized that I had forgotten something, so went back in to retrieve it. Several agents were in a circle having an animated discussion, and as I walked up one of the agents said, "TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died." It stopped me in my tracks and I forgot what I came back in for - briefly. She continued, "Neither Fox or CNN are confirming it - they are saying that he has been taken to the hospital in a coma, possibly a heart attack."
All the memories of Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five sort of rushed back at me. We are very nearly the same age, and the Ed Sullivan Show was a huge part of my parents' lives, and mine. Michael Jackson was a darling child, and their dancing and their music rated right up there with The Beatles, The Partridge Family and the Osmonds in my heart (What? Yeah, I was a bubble gum pop kind of girl.) I grew up loving the Jackson Five, and danced so many nights away as a teenager to Michael Jackson tunes. My very first "slow dance" was to I'll Be There," on my twelfth birthday.
Over the years as he grew and fell, so did I. From afar, I saw the transformation of Michael to someone hardly recognizable as the Michael Jackson I once adored. I watched with horror as he changed and became this mega monstrous superstar with no boundaries, no brakes, and no real roots.
My adoration faded with time, but he was always there in the news and the tabloids. Sad. With "Man in the Mirror," I think we got a rare glimpse into the spirit of Michael. Now he's gone and I find myself humming and singing my old favorites, and occasionally breaking out into a dance to the "Billie Jean" in my head. I guess this is what they mean when they say, "...but his music will live on forever."
Rest In Peace Michael Jackson.
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I always liked the Thriller album although, truthfully, I was not a huge fan of Michael's with or without the 5. Then his life went horribly awry. It was sad. Maybe he's in a better, more peaceful place.
What a shame.
Even though I prefer hard rock style music, I must admit, I did enjoy his music as well.
I've loved him for more than 40 years - what a loss!
Michael Jackson is an icon and his music will go on forever, regardless of what anyone thought about him, nobody can argue how talented he was and what he brought to the music industry.
Hi Dedra, watching his life spiral out of control so publicly was horrible. He seemed to be such a tortured soul.
Although his music was not my style, I grew up with them as you did, heard them all the time, and fan or not, they become a part of the fabric of your life. He changed so much in the music world, was a genius in many respects.
I shudder to think of what type of things will come out now. He should be left in peace because now he an finally achieve the peace that so eluded him while on this earth plane level of things. However we know that will not happen, things will be bouncing around the internet, on the news, more stories than we can shake a stick at. Things that will cause many that are close to him so much pain. I would prefer to focus on the memories of the same type you focused on.
There's no way to mistake that he had talent and he has made an enormous impact on music for many years.
Michael lost me during his first pedophile trial in 1994. You don't pay someone anywhere from $20 to $40 million if you're not guilty of such a heinous crime against humanity. He's the only music superstar who is no longer represented in my 25,000 digital music files and never will be again.
I think Michael had a troubled childhood and unfortunately that childhood and what he missed I think affected his whole adult life. He was a great artist, but his personal life in the end over shadowed a lot of what he contributed to music.
