Bad day for celebrities

[badger]

First Farrah Fawcett, now it looks like Michael Jackson's died.

And that doctor in Antactica who had to give herself a breast biopsy also died (Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald).

[bmccasland]

yup.

RIP King of Pop. Maybe now he'll finally get some peace. Never really had it in life, seems he wasn't ever able to adjust to life under a microscope (don't think any reasonably sane person could).

The big C is an ugly way to go, Farrah and the Lady Doc. At least they lived life on their terms.

[TsPoet]

Sure is an odd "3"
sex symbol
sidekick
pop (I was going to say wacko, but after Beth's comment, I can't now )

[Iris616]

So sad. I hope there are some healthy adults around Michaels kids to help them process everything: His life and death.

[Zen]

(I was going to say wacko, but after Beth's comment, I can't now )

There's no denying he exhibited some odd behavior and had a far from normal childhood (and father) but with his death you really realize what a spectacular talent he had. it's just sad that it took his death for people to start talking about that.

Watch any music video and you'll see Michael Jackson's influence.

[Miranda]

There's no denying he exhibited some odd behavior and had a far from normal childhood (and father) but with his death you really realize what a spectacular talent he had. it's just sad that it took his death for people to start talking about that.

Watch any music video and you'll see Michael Jackson's influence.

I for one, loved him, Zen. I just played some of his old stuff in my spin class playlist. Always a great beat. And man... could he move.

Yea... things about his life, particularly later, were unusual. But, when you are person with such an unusual gift of talent... how could you expect the rest of his life to average 'normal'? (normal = by whose standards?) That's how most ecentrics in history work!

I'm in shock he's gone.

[Zen]

What kind of cancer did Farrah have?

[Blueberry]

What kind of cancer did Farrah have?

Anal. I really feel for all of them.

CA

[badger]

MJ was planning a "farewell tour" - that would have been HUGE. He's still really popular in Germany and Japan, and I'm sure people would have paid stupendous amounts of money to see him perform one last time.

It's such a shame that the last 10 years or so of his life was so persecuted and away from any creative output. It's a huge loss in the music world.

[papaver]

It was a really weird day yesterday. For us it started with the suicide of one our most popular singers and tv-presentors Yasmine (37). Everybody, but really everybody was/is in shock. She leaves a 2 year old girl behind. She was in the middle of a divorce (since april this year). You could see her loose weight and you could see the sadness in her eyes, but this...



And then a couple of hours later came Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

[ClockworkOrange]

Anal. I really feel for all of them.

CA

Apparently anal cancer is quite rare but then Farrah's condition relapsed and worsened, with the cancer spreading to her liver. Also very sad that her son was not allowed out of prison to see her, however, I believe they are allowing him to the funeral..........all a bit late!

Whatever Michael Jackson did with his life, like it or loathe it, His music was way ahead of the times he lived in.

Such very sad news to wake up to.

RIP

Clock

[Crankin]

I also really liked Michael Jackson's music. I'm not much into music and don't follow "stars" at all, but I think it's more that his music represents a fun time in my life. I clearly remember taking my 2 little boys to LaBelles (any of you Zonies remember that store?) and buying my DH the Thriller CD for Father's Day. My now 26 year old son was maybe 5 and he was the one that insisted we buy this for dad; it was the first CD we purchased after we got that new fangled CD player to replace our record player!
I also used a lot of his music in my aerobics classes. The bpm's were perfect and I never had to pitch up his music, which resulted in that chipmunk sounding stuff. Since I rarely knew anything about the artists whose music was on my tapes, this was a major accomplishment for me.

[andtckrtoo]

There are so many reasons I appreciate this forum, and one of them is the way you ladies are actual adult humans, and not cats. I belong to several forums, and most of them are ripping him apart.

In the later years, Michael did make me uncomfortable, but he did have an incredible talent from a very young age - if you listen to the Jackson 5 songs, he was incredible at EIGHT! I plan to remember the talent - the sheer musical genius that was Michael Jackson.

[jobob]

Driving home yesterday KFOG was playing lots of old MJ, esp from the Jackson 5 days and from Off The Wall and Thriller. I cranked up the radio and boogied in my seat - I imagine I wasn't the only one. It was fun yet bittersweet.

[roadie gal]

It's so sad, in so many ways.

Michael Jackson was so talented, but he never had a childhood and he failed trying to create a childhood as an adult. I loved his music but after a while his strangeness made it difficult for me to listen to him. I just kept picturing his scary face...

I have Thriller on vinyl. I still have it. I think I wore holes in it, playing it so much. I do believe that it's still the best selling pop album of all time.

Poor Farrah, upstaged in her sad death by Michael. She should be getting much more air time than she is. Her death is almost a footnote to Michael's, and that's very sad, too.