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Proves that the quote "You don't know what you got until its gone." is true. Yes,he was bizarre after awhile but, if you read about his childhood I think it might have to do with that and maybe people were rasict to him during the 80s,who knows exactly what made Michael change his appearance but, I've always thought that because of his rough childhood it might have been his strange way of coping with the past by changing his looks. Everyone has their own ways of comfort. I loved his 80's music and I will miss him. Its one of the first celebrities I was actually extremely familiar with to die in my lifetime. Heath Ledger I wasn't even aware I had seen him in A Knight's Tale and it took me til The Dark Knight to realize that I did know him and that I would miss him. So when Michael died I was shocked. I actually knew who he was and I just was completely speechless.
Rip ;[

RIP MJ

He was a good dude, in other more in others less.

He's another we took for granted.

I did read somehwere in the headlines of a magazine, 'Micheal Jackson: 6 months to live'. They might have been right.

Poor guy. He was always misunderstood.

Good music, good guy, though, not in all eyes.

Nonetheless, RIP MJ.

Thats why I said "MAYBE" people were racist to him in the 80s. I had no proof which is why I didn't say people were racist to him because I could find no proof. Not everything about someones life is documented and maybe he kept how he felt about that to himself. I did not mean racism was the sole cause of his disfunction or that it was a cause at all but that maybe it was a small reason. I really do believe his childhood itself was a big reason he also got the surgery,but I didn't want to blame it on just that. I've never really reasearched it to a big length and I'm not trying to cause a problem,but I'm tired of people dwelling on his plastic surgery self insted of his earlier life in the 80s when he did seem to enjoy who he was,I was just trying to justify why he might have got it.

Ok well I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and give my 0.2 in and It My opinion entirely so I don't want to hear anyone bashing me for what I say...

First off No RIP's from me.. personally I find it rather Annoying that everyone is acting like this guy is God.. or Immortal, guess what he wasn't.. he's a human just like the rest of us.. He is no different than you guys or me, he just happened to have More money..and could sing and dance.. nothing that special in my eyes, just tells you where the priorities of the world lies..

I agree with JC here, in the fact that theres been a bunch of celebrities die lately and none of their deaths caused this much of an uproar as this did. seriously people die everyday.

I'm really getting tired of not being able to watch normal television anymore cus of all the MJ stuff popping up every second.. I understand he was an "Icon" or whatever but I know of alot better Musicains and entertainers out there.. Is there really any Dire need to play his "Legacy" video 4 times a day everyday?
Now I'm not trying to be harsh but I just felt the need to get that off my chest.

Note that I don't wish death on anyone, and I'm not glad that he died but I'm not sad either...

What's cardiac arrest?

I will agree with you in the fact hes taking up alot of television shows. He still deserves a RIP though because as you said all people are human which means everyone who dies should be given an RIP. I know you said your not happy or sad about it though which is fine. I can agree its hard to miss someone you didn't know in person or didn't care for. I just liked his 80's music and admired his talent. I'm just an 80's music kind of person though.

I haven't been following it honestly. I watched the news story the day of his death and the day after then I moved on with my life. I usually watch the Travel Channel,Discovery Channel,and Animal Planet so his story does not affect my stations. I still listen to his music. I just made an assumption about him being partly affected from racism. It really isn't that big of a deal. Like I said the 80's Michael is my favorite and the way I shall choose to remember him. I was defending him in my first post though,I tend to defend many celebrities because you can't buy everything tv tells you. I've learned this through many ways. I keep an open mind. Just saying I wouldn't be suprised if he was a victim to racist remarks. I'm not racist either,it'd be pretty bad if I was since I have a friend from virtually every ethincy.

I haven't been following it either, I just happen to watch all the channels that have been playing these "Triputes" ... and as soon as I see the "Coming up Next" I changed the channel..lol

just thought I'd through that out there X3

and thanx JC.. X3

First off, anyone dying deserves a RIP (terrorists excluded).

Michael Jackson revlutionised dance. The way he danced had never been used before (Using "Thrilla" as an example), a similar dance move is used with all dance troops, and allot of single/dual dancers, then with Michael Jackson.

He was, as they say "The King of Pop", and he deserves what he's getting. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be where we are now in dance moves.

I'm sure his fan grown magnificent after his death, lot of people which didn't like MJ before now a big fan (including me )
Anyway after hearing some of his music, I realized that he was absolutely "king of pop"... no doubt about it.

R.I.P Michael Jackson + Billy Mays 1959-2009