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Really, at this rate, it will be rumoured that everyone on Alex's 70's/80's list will be dead by nightfall.
I must have missed the Michael Jackson boat. I'm a lot older than most on this board, so I remember him very fondly as the breakout star of the Jackson Five.
But like so many glam artists of the 80's, he just wasn't my cup of tea. Though I did like a few of his songs, his music was never OMG. And his obvious notoriety as a hugely successful artist was eclipsed by his notorieties in many other, less flattering areas.
I came to appreciate his music very much after the fact. But really, the only music I have of his anywhere in the house is Captain EO. As much more of a Disney freak than I ever was an MJ fan, that's how I know him best.
I'm sad mostly because so many people are saddened. I can't help but sympathize with that, and be affected by the overwhelming vibe of disbelief and sadness that seems to have struck the world.
But we all gotta go sometime. It's tragic he was so young ... but perhaps for someone so obsessed with youth - his own and that of others - never growing old was only fitting.
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