We get so intertwined with our idols that when they die, their deaths hit us hard.
Whether it's Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, or Kurt Cobain, when a star of that magnitude dies, fans go into shock. And they mourn. Maybe not for the star so much as for a little bit of their youth.
So just this once, let's ignore the craziness. Michael Jackson is leaving behind millions of fans who will never see his like again.
Not to mention three children.
Whatever we might think of his private life--and we've thought about it quite a bit--let's not rake it all up again. If not out of respect for Michael Jackson himself, then for the millions of fans who loved him.
After all, no one needs Perez Hilton spreading rumors that his heart attack was faked, or slamming him on twitter in an on-line spat with Pete Wentz and Ashley Simpson.
So we're going to do what the man suggested himself, and leave him alone.
R.I.P.
Such a tragedy.
Perez's Twits about Michael (and in general) suggest that he's losing it. Speidi's Twits about Michael (and in general) demonstrate that they've totally lost it.
In other words, yeah, they're twits all right.
BTW, Michael's death comes as no huge surprise yet shocked me all the same.
Those poor, poor children. I think little Blanket is only 6.
As someone who was once a huge Michael fan but since shunned him, I'm surprised at how the news hit me. I was shocked and really quite sad. As one network said, he always seemed to be one song away from a return to the top.
I feel bad for his whole family. Because you know the media is going to turn it into a circus it does.not.need.to.be. (ala Anna Nichole as well)
May you now rest and be whole again. I'm sure you're throwing the biggest and most spectacular concert the afterworld's ever seen.
Brava Poppy.
The poor man suffered enough (both from his personal demons and from the rest of us) - let's try to just remember him as he was when we all fell for the J5.
It's just sad. Shocking but not surprising as Sarah said. I really don't mourn what was lost yesterday... I feel more sadness for how he lost what he used to be and what more he could have been. He was a wonderful entertainer and there was so much more potential there than how he ended up. I hope his children will be with someone who can give them a more normal lifestyle than what it seems they had.
I was really surprised how sad I was, and that I actually started to cry. I believe he was a troubled guy, but not that he ever hurt anyone. He was, without a doubt, the most amazing musician of his generation, and we'll miss seeing if there was anything else to come.
Thriller is by far and away one my favorite albums of all time... that being said, the Michael Jackson of the past 20 odd years is not the Michael Jackson of my youth and I don't really mourn the incredibly troubled and f*cked up person who died on Thursday... I mourn the King of Pop who died long ago... somewhere around the 4th nose job and 3rd skin bleaching treatment.