[blueerica]

Holy sh*t.

I can't... honestly can't... believe what I'm reading.

I'm with you guys when you talk about how much his music impacted our lives. I remember being 5, like LSPE, wearing one glove and having the pins. I remember having the pre-Thriller Michael Jackson record player with microphone, so I could sing along, a la karaoke.

What a tragic life, and to paraphrase what's already been said - what was and what could have been. I was always so crushed to think that my idol had been anything less than perfect, but never really stopped adoring the talent and genius behind the man.

May he finally have the peace he didn't have in life.