RIP in 2009

[Kevy Baby]

Got an email tonight from a friend of mine (very much a straight shooter). Slightly edited to protect privacy.

As some of you know, I was working on the rehearsals for the Michael Jackson
comeback tour/show at the Staples Center the last couple of weeks. It looked
like I might go to London for a couple of weeks to install the XXX
part of the show.

Well, you all know what has happened.

I just want to mention how very surreal it is to be this close to something
like this. I've seen on TV when a star passes, just not when I was waiting
for him to show up. At the Staples Center we watched reports today on CNN,
saw reporters, then turned around to look out the window and could see the
report going on outside. New experience for me.

Last night he looked vibrant and healthy, and went until midnight. We were
all kind of stunned. Again, just very weird being on the inside of this.