Obit: Michael Jackson (1958-2009), age 50

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:49 AM

Sadly the footnote to his life may be bigger than his music in some folks' eyes.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Mooh
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:32 AM

Lots of folks wished him dead. They got their wish.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,Mrr elsewhere
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:26 AM

Man, this is huge. I'm sorry now I didn't really believe he was sick.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Jack Blandiver
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:15 AM

I will remember him for a genius best manifest in monolithic masterpieces like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA

Cha'mone motherf*cker!

Respect.

RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,6 months younger than MJ
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:11 AM

hmmm.. speculative hints of long term cocaine abuse leading to severe heart problems;

hmmm... fragile state of nasal bone structure popularly attributed to excessive cosmetic surgery..

hmmmmmm....???


oh well.. seriously, how many of us, if we ever considered the prospect,
genuinely expected MJ to survive to a ripe old age ?

For all of us who were born in 1958, its definitely a moment for contemplation and reflection.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: goatfell
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:09 AM

sad that he's dead but as somone said   One less paedophile preying on children, the children can sleep a we bit safer now in bed. I mean what grown man sleeps with chlidren in his bed which aren't his.
but sad all the same

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Dave Sutherland
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:05 AM

Seconded bankley.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Arnie
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 05:57 AM

What's going to happen to the 75,000 tickets sold for his July concerts in the O2 London? The organisers are going to have a massive hole in their finances paying all those refunds. I suppose that some fans will hang onto their tickets as momentoes, or maybe sell them on EBay. One thing is for sure, the ticket touts will be sitting on a load of vastly overpriced tickets that they won't now be able to shift. Never a fan myself, but I always recognised him as a true showman with an amazing act.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Bainbo
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 05:43 AM

Among the welter of media commentary, I think the most sensible I heard^* was from the presenter Paul Gambaccini, who drew parallels with the death of Judy Garland, just 40 years ago.

At the time, all the talk was of her wayward lifestyle and drug abuse. Now, with the distance of time, all of that is little more than a footnote, and what we remember is her artistry - the marvellous music and films. It will surely be the same with Michael Jackson.





^*There are plenty of candidates for the least sensible thing I heard. But I think the best was from the ever-fatuous BBC Radio Five Live, during the period of uncertainty before the bad news was confirmed, when one contributor was asked: "Can you remember where you were when you first heard this still-to-be-confirmed news?"

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 05:23 AM

A brilliant and extremely talented performer. Sadly, probably due to pain in his own childhood, he lost the plot in later life.
A sad loss to music but the overrididing sentiment of this thread is correct - he is at peace at last.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: bankley
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 05:11 AM

I like the Miles Davis version of 'Human Nature'

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST, Sminky
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 04:58 AM

An easy target for ridicule, some of it doubtlessly deserved.

No arguing about his popularity though - he brought pleasure to millions for decades - and that's more than any of us can say.

A troubled soul now at rest.

RIP

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,Missesthepointutterly
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:50 AM

Sir Michael Jackson dead! I can't believe it. A bad day for the british army.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:43 AM

His life will probably go down as the ultimate argument against unnecessary surgery.

he was so beautiful as a little boy. I can remember walking up a school corridor behind two little eleven year olds (one black, one white) talking bout his appearance on TOTP singing Ben....

did you see his hair....?
Yes wow! wasn't it fantastic!

It can't have done him any good all that cutting up of his face.

He died more or less the same age as Jolson - another one who had a high energy act too long. Its a kids game.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: alison
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:31 AM

definately a stange man - but he gave us some great music.

Still remember, as a teenager, staying up late to see the first screening of the Thriller video.

can't help feeling sorry for Farrah though

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Jack Campin
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:19 AM

I was really afraid this was the guy who wrote the book on home Brewing beer.

I never had much use for his book on structured programming.

No doubt there will be a full investigation into actual cause of his cardia arresting.

A celebrity dying at 50 of heart trouble suggests long-term cocaine abuse.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 26 Jun 09 - 02:51 AM

Beeb R 4 just played a montage of his 80's to present stuff with one detour to do Ben. All sounded the same with exception of Ben.

He/she/it was the same age as me. Enjoyed the early early stuff when I was a kid. Lost interest when the new MJ hit the eighties, but then I hated most pop music then.

Was initially shocked by his changed physical appearance. Later bored by all the media commentary.

Wonder what his fans will do without focus now? Become more frenzied or forget? Will Neverland become the Graceland of the West Coast?

Ho hum.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 11:37 PM

I was really afraid this was the guy who wrote the book on home Brewing beer.

I hope the family plans to leave his body to silence.

Don

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Amergin
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 11:33 PM

The one thing he was good for was to provide some good material for Weird Al....and other comedians....

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: bankley
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 10:55 PM

RIP 'BAD'

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 10:55 PM

He did some great music and stage work in his prime, but he seems to have had a very sad life mostly from the time he was a small boy, and he's been looking terrible in recent years. Perhaps he is well out of it, and I don't mean anything negative toward the man when I say that. What I mean is, he may have found some peace now. I wish him well.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,Steve from a few comments ago
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 10:53 PM

Hey Greg B,

"May he enjoy the full measure of the well deserved millstone
'round his neck (Luke 17:2) as it drags him to the depths!"

I hope Matthew 7:2 is a lot less literal than you made Luke 17:2 out to be... otherwise, there's a millstone waiting for you, too, buddy.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 10:49 PM

I never liked MJ's music, but I considered him to be an interesting character back in the '80s. At that time, he seemed to be harmlessly eccentric. But, at some point, his eccentricity turned pathological and he stopped being interesting, just sad.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Greg B
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 09:59 PM

Good riddance to an unrepentant child-molesting pedophile who used
his fortune and fame to victimize children and get away with it.
The world is a safer place for young boys today.

May he enjoy the full measure of the well deserved millstone
'round his neck (Luke 17:2) as it drags him to the depths!

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,6 months younger than MJ
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 09:42 PM

aw.. no !!!
I just found out we lost Sky Saxon today.
Some of Jacko's 45's were pretty good;
but I've dearly loved The Seeds music for over 30 years.
what a crap day for music.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: maple_leaf_boy
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 09:41 PM

Sympathetic thoughts to his family from me.
Not a big fan, but I have Thriller on vinyl. It was a hand me down.
But, my respects to him in his passing on to the other world.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 09:26 PM

If you can't say something good about someone it is best to say nothing.
    "Nothing"

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Maryrrf
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 09:13 PM

I'm in shock - first Farrah and now Michael.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,Steve from out here somewhere
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 08:56 PM

MJ's career is the exact reason I am a renegade "folk singer". It's not that he wasn't talented... he was. It's not that he didn't deserve his success... he did. It's simply the fact that the pop-music machinery left all the side-effects on him that it did, not to mention the fact that he was abused and emotionally troubled as a child.

Whatever else he was, he was God's creation... rest in peace, Michael.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,6 months younger than MJ
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 08:45 PM

Tragic to consider how many of his most obsessive fans
will now rush to take their own lives
as an immediate result of this sudden dramatic unexpected breaking news...

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 08:29 PM

Too young to die in this age of longer life expectancy. Not a huge fan myself, but my kids certainly were.
Cardiac arrest is what happens when everyone dies (i.e the heart stops beating): it does not equate with a "heart attack" or coronary artery occlusion. No doubt there will be a full investigation into actual cause of his cardia arresting.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Janie
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 08:09 PM

A giant talent.

Rest in Peace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 08:09 PM

This is terribly sad news and I wish it wasn't true. He was an extraordinary person and I am so pleased that he lived in my lifetime.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:52 PM

I always enjoyed the Jackson Five and he was so cute and so talented at such a young age. I enjoyed his dancing and so did my daughters, but then he did get so weird. I think he was as much a victim of his talents, upbringing, etc. as anyone else may have been a victim of his interests. His life seems to have been such a sad dichotomy. Only six years younger than I...I hope he has found some peace. I think he was quite tortured.

kat

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: gnu
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:51 PM

Very talented... very messed up. Sad story.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: olddude
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:47 PM

So very sad day ... just terrible

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:36 PM

The coroner has made the official announcement that Jackson did indeed die.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: SINSULL
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:36 PM

But it was really mean-spirited to upstage Farrah.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: SINSULL
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:35 PM

I turned on the TV and saw a hospital scene with the announce saying that crowds are gathering, the police are setting up barracades, everyone knows this is a very serious situation. I thought oh my god the president's been shot. Took a while but eventually I learned that Michael Jackson had a heart attack and died.
I wish no evil on anyone. When my son was a child he idolized Jackson. We saw him in concert and he was amazing. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Azizi
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:16 PM

"RIP Michael. Your family's music was part of the soundtrack of so many of our childhoods.

Fame was a rough journey for you. May you now finally have peace. Your music will live on."
by earicicle on Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 03:41:33 PM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/6/25/746887/-Michael-Jackson-passed-away-

**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5O61yKkdr4

Michael Jackson - (Pepsi?)commercial - I'll Be There

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,NYC
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:13 PM

Yes we will see hords of people hugging eachother and crying tomorrow, the next day and until the funeral. People who never knew him will latch onto the public mourning thing. It cannot be ignored that he had a strange interest in young boys and the money to buy his way out of it. That is what I will remember him for.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:11 PM

Alleged, Amergin. Alleged. There were some wacko people trying to live on the fringe of his strange household who seemed to think that pushing into the court system would still gain them some cash. Did anyone ever charge that strange family with a crime? Extortion?

NYC, go find the TMZ site and unload over there. Guests, use a moniker or your posts can be deleted.

Jackson was very talented. Hopefully that will be his legacy. I agree with Susan, his upbringing was downright strange. I hope his children are raised in anonymous normalcy.

SRS

Subject: Obit: Michael Jackson
From: Eric the Viking
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:07 PM

It would seem from the news on BBC TV some 20 minutes ago Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest. Sad passing for a very troubled performer. Not my personal favourite, but my son was inspired to dance by him. I actually enjoyed quite a bit of his mid eighties music, and I was deep in young love when "I want you back" was charting and the Jackson Five were making it big over here.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Soldier boy
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:04 PM

Yep - he's a gonner. He's dead!
Just seen a newsflash on BBC News and Sky television.
He had a cardiac arrest and was unresponsive when paramedics got to him.

There will be a huge global outpouring of grief,mourning and loss for this hugely successfull icon of music but he was also a trajic and somewhat weird character in life.

His influence on music across every spectrum of music is massive.

I just wonder if the mass mourning and media coverage will be equal to and on the same scale as that of JF Kennedy or Marilyn Monroe or more recently, Princess Diana,here in the UK.

It would'nt suprise me if it is. This will be headline news across the planet for quite some time to come.

The shame of it is that the little super star in life had massive debts but in death his music and his legacy will be worth many many times the fortune he amassed and then lost when he was alive.
So some parasitic vultures will be rubbing their hands in glee.

Such a shame.

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Tug the Cox
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:02 PM

Oh Dear!

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Amergin
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:59 PM

One less paedophile preying on children.....

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:56 PM

RIP Michael.....A brilliant performer. x

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: Tim Leaning
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:55 PM

Shame for the ones that loved him.
Even he couldn't do that for pre comeback tour publicity.
Or .........

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: wysiwyg
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:55 PM

It is very weird, thinking of these two pop icons in one day (Farrah, Jackson)-- imagine the lobby in heaven with them strolling in together! Beyond surreal.

I look for a better life for Jackson's kids. When I learned about his crazy upbringing, it was easy to see how such an individual could get so out of control in so many bizarre ways. (Not to excuse it, but to say it makes for a lot less surprises?) I truly hope he is at peace. If he is it's probably the first time since he was born.

For his kids I hope complete anonymity-- not the same fate imposed on other offspring of the ridiculously famous.

~S~

Subject: RE: Obit: Michael Jackson -age 50- Jun 2009
From: GUEST,NYC
Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:52 PM

A lot of young boys with large ears will sleep easy tonight.