A degenerate like M. Jackson dies and the Internet lights up.
Meanwhile North Korea is threatening nuclear warfare, Iran is massacreing their own people but hey-a guy who hasn’t made a song that anybody cared about for 20 years and is a drug addicted child molester is dead so we better get involved.

So sad that you have gone from our lives. I am honored to have witnessed you in concert in ’92 Wembly UK, the best concert I have ever seen! You are a magician of music, the master of dance and the most successful artist of all time! Thank you MJ for giving us so much….

PS. A black man would never hurt any children like people claim.

Hi,
about the blogpulse diagram you say: “Below you can see a chart from Nielson, which shows the Jackson death discussion far exceeded those of the inauguration of President Obama and the swine flu.”

This may be the true interpretation, but that’s not what the diagram shows. According to the labels, the Obama curve stretches far above the Jackson one.

/Petit

Have some respect for human life! Who knows if he molested kids is true white america can easily convict a black man for anything. We see this play out everyday in americas court rooms as the case of Jena6. As far as the coverage on the major news networks again white america controls this entity.

While MJ’s reputation was tarnished by the child molestation charges (and what kind of family would let their kids stay with MJ after the first accusations,) there’s no denying that he changed the face of race relations in the US.

He broke barriers in helping Motown cross over to white audiences when he was with the Jackson 5.

He broke barriers in music video when he challenged MTV on their racist stance of not playing black artists.

He broke barriers when people stopped thinking of him as a “black performer,” and started thinking of him as Michael Jackson.

Was he weird? Without a doubt. 40 out of 50 years in the public eye with all the money he could possible want to indulge himself, will not make a sane, rational person, by any standards.
Press hungry? Of course.
Child molester? Questionable, as he was never convicted.
Good Father? After the baby dangling incident, by all accounts he was a very good father. One of the few times in his life where some limits were set.
Good Friend? Ask Liza, Liz, Diana Ross, Mark Lester et, al. They seem to think the world of him.
King of Pop? Yes, but shares throne with Elvis.
Do we all have an opinion on MJ? Yes we do! Good, bad or indifferent, most people have thought out how they feel about Jackson and why. Can you say that about most other stars?

With all the negatives riding against him, the Michael Jackson legacy will most likely be written by his fans and by the statistics of his music sales.

Unlike Elvis, where alot of information came to light after his death, we all know the Michael Jackson story. The early years as a child star. The addiction to plastic surgery (started by his hatred of looking like his father.) The addiction to pain killers (spurred by the burn incident and aggravated by his criminal trials.) And now his search for redemption (in the form of a new tour and remaking himself, yet again in the public eye) thwarted by his death.

All that’s left is for the child custody battles to play out. That should be the final chapter in his life.

Not surprising that people that weren’t alive through all the MJ saga are looking on the web to get more insight into his life. There’s a lot out there and not too much of it was hidden.

Why do all the music kings die so young.

I was expecting his album before Black and White came out on the ground. I was around 11th i think. Before it, I had big crushed on BAD. And I amazed by the magic he performed in his video clips.
Then, black and white came to the market. I couldnt stop drooling. This man is beyond description. This man is Superb.

Many many years after. I still always play his music on my dvd. Showing it to my lil son. “That is Michael Jackson” I said. And asked him to dance imitating Michael.

Now this Surrealistic Person, gone forever. I was shocked when 1st heard this rumor on internet. I go checked CNN from cable TV, turn out, it true. All day long i followed the news, switching channels from CNN to BBC UK. Up till this second, I just can’t imagine how this world had lost one of the most influential individual ever, MJ. This idea still absurd for me to consume. And yet, he’s really gone. But the lyric and music keep on playing.

I can see that Michael never really gone. Through all the years, eventhough I have never meet this guy in person, he always live in me. Through his masterpiece, through his art, through his music.

And that goes to million others around the world that grew up with Michael Jackson’ song.

R.I.P Michael, we all love u.

Jakarta, Indonesia.