![]() ![]() Begging for a cure for AIDS with his pal Liz Taylor. Singing of brotherly love with his friend Diana Ross. We see him singing about black and white. We see him, frozen forever in time, electric on stage, sliding his inimitable way through "Thriller," a defining image in our collective memory. The world will have a hard time writing Michael Jackson’s epitaph. ![]() Caucasian children who wore veils when in public, and two of whom were named - who would do this to a child? - Prince Michael. A fake marriage (to Lisa Marie Presley) and sad surrogate parenting (with Debbie Rowe). His death is a shock, and we can only expect the unexpected in the coroner’s report.īut it is not nearly as shocking as the events that led to an untimely demise we might have expected even sooner.Ī child prodigy. But instead it descended into a hellish purgatory on earth - damned by public opinion and tortured by demons only he understood. Second, we mourn the arc of a life that should have been filled with the blessings of success as defined in our world: money, talent, fame and celebrity. First, the loss of a great musical and stage talent. ![]() Michael Jackson’s life is a modern day tragedy.Ī star at 11, a teen idol as an adolescent and the King of Pop before he hit 30, Jackson spent what should have been the best years of his life confused, hounded and haunted, an Alice in Wonderland creature in a world of pop culture that he helped to create. ![]()
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