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He died at UCLA Hospital at age 50. There is going to be a huge media circus (see below), but not here at DHD. So go elsewhere on the web for tributes to his talent and details about his death. I will sort out the business side of his career and not dwell on his personal life. There’ll be a link when the story/s post.
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I thought he was looking pale recently.
Jackson only retained a small portion of the rights to the Beatles catalogue. Doesn’t Sony own the bulk now?
That is not a nice story the way Jackson bought up the rights behind McCartney’s back – that was a real betrayal of a friend.
I will miss Michael very much it was like we grew up with the Jackson5,I know that the world is so heartbroken that this shocking news today is not what the fans of Michael wanted to here. I will never forget this day for as long as i live, I am so hurt over Michael death that it still dont seem real.
“Thanks for the memories of my youth.”
- oh, the irony.
Thank you.
That’s a thank you for now and a thank you everyday for the next few months the so called news stations will be dwelling on it instead of letting me know what’s going on in the world.
-Julie Evans
Hi,
There are some really vile and bitter people around.
The man was never found guilty of any thing, what’s more, the cynicism of these people who would jump to certain conclusions without caution, is an indication of their cynicism, lack of kindness or generosity of spirit.
Whereas, is there one quote when Michael Jackson was negative about, or dissed, anyone else?
Dirty-minded twisted people always think everyone else is as perverted as them, rather than even the potential of innocence or naivity.
I wasn’t into music until well past normal, but Michael Jackson will have been a fixture as a megastar for many people under 40+ across the whole world – a massive span of shared popular cultural history, I even remember people swapping and selling video-tapes of Thriller which was released in the early years of vcr’s.
A creative master in the spheres of business, music, production, video (even indirectly, youtube), movies, branding/marketing, choreography, whose influence has permeated the proceeding decades, and will continue to.
There will be no other such mega-star, able to cross-over musical genre’s, race, technology, ages, geography, language, etc.
An artist who didn’t need to include epithets, slurs, glamourising violence and such like, but looked at a better world.
So the unkind haters can hate, but most people will have there own personal memories of a catalogue of music that will last longer then their talentless bile.
Rest in Peace – ALL.
Yours kindly,
Shakir Razak
All you need to know: This pedophile paid 23 MILLION DOLLARS to a 13 year old boy to make a criminal case go away. If he never wrote a song and never made a video would the world be any different? Would your life be any different? I heard a woman a female correspodent on a cable network compare his death to president Kennedy. Huh? How anyone can celebrate the life of this drug addicted pedophile is beyond me. He lived as a disgrace. Let him die as one.
stay classy, Nikki
Shocked yes, but how could anybody be surprised? No matter what people believe about an afterlife, and in my mind the light goes out and that is it, Jackson is at peace.
And yah, I wonder how Paul McCartney is feeling.
There ought to be a mandatory 48 hr media delay on “news” re: hospitalizations and death.
Pictures of celebrities in body bags (Ledger), receiving medical treatment and the like ought to be banned.
It’s sad to see how the media don’t respect the right of families to be the first to know – and who informs them about such sad news. Does the world really need to know within 5 minutes if a celebrity (who’s not a politician) had an accident or passed away? Really? Why? I’m disgusted.
I’m sad that we’ve lost such a major talent.
So all those h8ers knew him personally? Wow.
Jesus, some of you people are brutal. At least he achieved something in his career, unlike some of you who’s pinnacle will be a posting on the Deadline Hollywood comment page. Have a little decency…
It never ceases to amaze me the number of negative A-Holes their are on Blogs. Michael had mental deficits to be sure due to his unique childhood that fortunately none of these critical A-holes will never have to experience themselves. Michael was generous in life and extremely talented. His impact in the music world will most likely never be matched again. Rest in peace Michael and Thanks for the music you brought to the soul of many here on earth.
Hi,
What’s happening with Bruno, that features an attempted skit regarding Michael Jackson and his sister (+ a mobile Phone)?
Kind regards,
Shakir Razak
It’s very possible to love the artist but despise the man. That’s how I feel about MJ. He was a musical icon but his personal life – well we all know about that. RIP Michael.
A.M.
If we knew him personally? No thanks. I know all I need to know.
He thought sleeping with little boys was okay. He said it on the national television in an interview with a British journalist.
He paid 23 million dollars to a little boy’s family to make a molestation case go away.
He was accused by several children of molestation.
His own sister called him a pedophile.
To all of you oblivious Michael Jackson fans celebrating the life of an admitted pedophile because he was a talented musician. Raise a glass of Jesus juice to yourselves. Cheers. You deserve each other.
Some people do know the real story, so those of you who live for celebrity hogwash should shut up and go to TMZ and join the delusional idolatry there. Good to see some intelligent and level headed comments about the reality here.
RIP, MJ.
I grew up listening to Michael Jackson. The Thriller/Pepsi generation Michael Jackson. And that’s how I’m going to remember him. He was
an icon.
I understand there was some controversy around his personal choices.
But he’s dead now. So how about showing some class and not pissing
all over a dead man?
Hey Hank Yablonski, I’m the head writer for LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON and I think your joke is so funny that I want to hire you right here on the spot. It’s a good thing you posted your real name after that zinger because now you’re getting your big break!
Wow. A lot of cold hearts on this site. “Yes, sure, you once defined a generation, but what have you done for us lately.”
I’m curious to know what’s going to happen with his children, especially considering that he was in debt, and having to work these shows to pay it off. What’s to become of those kids now? There’ll be nothing once the lawyers are done. I hope his creditors are a little less cold than the early posters on this thread.
R.I.P. MJ
It is amazing to me how many Bigots are in this world. People that God has truly forgotten, get to decide the movies we make they get to decide the stories we read and they even, to some extent, get to choose the people we admire. When an icon emerges they attempt, with their money and influence to sully the name and the memory of that person. MICHAEL JACKSON will live on FOREVER while these bigots, these truly hateful people of satan will burn in hell and be spoken of, nor remembered, nevermore.
I grew with MJ. People throw the word Icon around too much but he was one. However, along with his outsized talents were his problems, mental, financial, etc.
The real Michael Jackson “died” a while ago. On another blog someone said he was Norma Desmond. I agree.
Was the dude a bit “Off the Wall?” yes.
Was he “Bad?” Well, it was never proven.
But he sure was a “Thriller.”
And all the bitter and untalented posters here who want to throw stones clearly can’t realize we just lost a true talent.
When Anna Nicole Smith died, the TV tabloid milked the story with sensational “specials” and “exclusives” for about 2 weeks straight.
I’m out of the country, coming back late July, but I suspect they;ll keep going about MJ pretty much until the Emmys (or until someone else dies).
Talent irreplaceable no matter how many will try to copy his stile very sad bout his death, the world has lost an irrepressible guy…