Bad day for celebrities

[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.

[Tri Girl]

I know- what a sad day. I didn't know Jerri Fitzgerald died until later in the day (she was an incredible "normal" person like most of us).

I loved both Farrah and MJ. I wanted that feathered hairdo like she had so bad when I was younger. Charlies Angels was THE show when I was a kid (I think it was re-runs when I saw it- but I didn't care). If only I could have been like those butt kickin' women...

MJ was incredibly talented and a real musical genius (I liken him to Mozart and Beethoven in modern times). He totally changed music and seemed to unite people with his music. He also let Weird Al have a good career parodying him (who I love, too). He put MTV on the map and was the real creator of music videos as entertainment. Remember that moon walk for the first time. Woot! Remember "We are the World?"
He had a rough life and hopefully is at peace now- something I don't think he had here on Earth.

I've been watching videos on MTV today. They rarely play them anymore. It brings back such fun memories as a young person. I could never afford the red jacket and glove, but I had posters galore of him in my room.

[alpinerabbit]

a few days ago something about him was on TV and I thought along the lines... when will he crack and he'll never find the peace he is looking for.

poor guy. maybe he's found it now.
his soul was gone a long time ago. the machinery around him had been killing it since he was 6 - his genius endured longer. it's surprising his body held out this long.

[uforgot]

That Thriller Video is my all time favorite! I've done that dance with my students many times, and it's still the one that is their favorite. I just flat out copied the steps. (And so did the Philippine prisoners!) Don't tell. But the choreography could not have been better. And oh my, was he a dancer! Something about his music just makes everyone want to dance!

I've heard that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. Michael was so gifted, and we enjoy his genius, but too bad he had to go through so much personal torment.