What a terrible shame... and tragedy.

I can't believe he's gone. :(

RIP to the legend. May he moonwalk to heaven.

Its so unfortunate... I loved him and its so sad. He was a bad @$$ dancer and a kick @$$ singer:( its not fair, but death is up to god and not us:(

Up to god indeed

Yeah and god personally handed out his hand and told michael it was his time to go... but we will all miss him terribly:(

I had tickets to his concert... but that's not what upsets me the most... his poor young children... poor MIKE!. I know so many of you didn't like HIM as a man.. but I LOVED him as a man. I thought he was brilliant, a GREAT humanitarian that did nothing but strive to see the world become a better place which he only had turned around to make him look bad.. poor mike.. he didn't realize that he himself already made the world a much better place. May he rest in peace... meaning... may the media leave him alone after this and give him the respect he deserves.

Now its god's judgement for him, but we will all remember him and his music. He was the best entertainer since elvis presley, that's my opinion. He was a great guy and a lot of people didn't appreciate that, we all love michael♥

I loved him and still do he was such a bright, wonderful, shinning light in this cold cruel dark world, such a blessing and a gift to this world

Rip mj

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Originally Posted by tomder55

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Man in the mirror

Black and White

Heal the world

Ben

my daughter likes Smooth Criminal

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I LOVED "Man in the Mirror." Such a relevant song.
And "Ben" , that song makes me cry. That was how Michael felt. Alone in a crowd.
RIP Michael Jackson

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Originally Posted by NeedKarma

If he did it out of the goodness of his heart I would agree with you but he was extremely well compensated for his contributions, more than you or I or anyone on this board will ever see in their entire lives.

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Who are we to judge his motivation or heart?

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Originally Posted by BMI

Very sad.

When you see him as a young boy singing ABC and then see what he turned into in terms of what fame and fotune did to him, you can't help but consider this a shame.

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EXTREME fame and fortune can have it's down side. Think, Michael Jackson, Elvis Pressley, Princess Diana, the down fall of Brittany Spears. Extreme anything is not a good thing.

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Originally Posted by lighterrr

michael will always love you, no one really understood your inner turmoil, but the entire world mourns your passing. listening to "black or white" now

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His inner turmoil comes out in the song, "Ben":(

I know we all got our inner deamons to fight its to bad that the world had to bear witness to his, but I will always celebrate his life and spirit

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Originally Posted by cozyk

EXTREME fame and fortune can have it's down side. Think, Michael Jackson, Elvis Pressley, Princess Diana, the down fall of Brittany Spears. Extreme anything is not a good thing.

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No shame is michaels life MO considering his success many human beings would not have handelled it as well as he did he lasted 50 years, half a century I view that as a great accomplishment.

Michael was a great artist and performer. Hope he is remembered by his music.

People need to remember he had a crazy, tough life and his music was his saving grace.

Joe

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Originally Posted by ISneezeFunny

it was just also reported that Billy Mays, the king of infomercials, was found dead in his LA home.

...what is going on lately?!?

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I personally feel that peoples lifestyles and stresses of this world is literally killing people.

Stress and medications and lifestyles can cause a great stress on the human body and peoples bodies can only handle so much.

I totally believe that not having a real childhood had a negative effect on his life. That is why he had Neverland, why he entertained young kids. and why he had sleepovers. He was a child at heart. I felt sorry for him.

Cozy I agree he was cheated out of a childhood which is suppose to be the best years of our lives, he never got that so unfair, but in return he did create and leave a legacy that will last forever

I wish michael could have seen this... so many people didn't even realize they had respect for him until AFTER he died.. all my friends that picked on my for liking him... now all of a sudden they want me to burn them CDs... I wish michael knew how many people he actually DID impact... including the ones that never showed it. :(

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I felt sorry for him.

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I do too but he caused his own misery: dangling that kid, hanging out with minors in his bed, crazy plastic surgery, over-the-top shopping sprees. I certainly don't see him as a role model but I enjoyed his music.