Heart attack, age 50. Sure, he re-created pop music, he's an icon... but when all is said and done, what really matters, is that it comes down to three simple words: Another molester down.
I loved Michael.... He was one of my favorite artists.... Rest in Peace, my Friend... they can't bother you anymore.
He won't be millions in dept for very long.... His 3 children will make it back in SPADES after this very day. ....... I bet Billboard will have his songs back on number 1 in sales and air-play for the next several weeks. Yes... he was QUITE deranged, and mentally not right.... but, name ONE successful artist that wasn't.
Bubbles is finally free... and someone gets a new nose... sorry dude I liked you up until the early 80's after that ..eehhh At least you are free from your worldly woes.
tam, just his beatles catalog was enough to make this man rich beyond your or my wildest dreams for the end of his great grand childrens lives. sony and mj owned the catalog, thats pretty fucking crazy. as far as the molestation remarks, i gotta say only an idiot would believe that. the state dropped their case because of lack of evidence, the only thing that made him look guilty was the fact he settled out of court rather than fight. i have to say i havent been this sad about someone dying since my grandmother 5 years ago. im usually pretty callous about death but this man was a music icon, i wont say bigger than elvis, but he moved a generation of music just like elvis did.
I'm just going to go ahead and delete my other posts. I'm not getting all the drama, people die. Its what happens.
Sorry Quick, but as awesome as Ry is, he's not quite the same calibre as Michael, Mick & Billy. Billy battled alcohol and was in a long-fought battle with his manager (which he won). But it cost him a metric f-ton of money. How many kids does Mick have around the globe? It's so hard to keep track these days. ----------------------------------------------- I'll +1 what Jake said. Though your personal life was bizarre to say the least, I did enjoy your work, Michael. R.I.P.
My "belief" on the legacy of MJ. I don't think MJ ever emotionally, or socially, developed past being a child due to abuse and stardom. I'm not justifying his actions he was acquitted of. I believe he WAS a pedophile, but, I don't believe he was malicious in his intent...just psychologically unbalanced. I'm not a black and white type guy...no pun intended. I find the good in people and try to find out what makes people tick the way they do. Either way, I know some people, probably the majority, see things as only black and white. Either way, he sure did have some good songs back in the day!! If I was to judge someone, I'd like to beat to the fuck out of his old man for exploitation, as well as abuse, when he was just a kid! But, that's only because I don't know why his old man was fucked up! LOL
CG...and others...God don't like ugly...Never convicted doesn't mean not guilty. Believe whatever you wish, and admire whatever you wish...but here's the big question...would you allow your child to stay a week alone at Neverland Ranch? I not a fan, and never have been...he was a product of his environment, yes...but non-the-less...a very odd individual....All i'll say on he subject.
Hell fucking no, but then again I sure as fuck wouldn't let my kids stay with anyone for a week. Simply because I do not know them on a personal level. Just as I am certain no one on here knew MJ on a personal level. We all knew him through the media's eyes.
I'll take a very harsh stance on this matter, then again that's just me! I've had the fortune/misfortune of having had to deal with pedophiles in my line of work from 2002-2006. I've seen them, talked to them, helped interview them, heard their life stories... I've also seen the results of their dysfunction. Once anyone who has a softer heart towards these sick fucks has a sitdown with one of their victims, you'll quickly become jaded. When you come face to face with a child/toddler who has had to do unspeakable things, who has bled from areas no child should bleed, who will never, ever have a normal life because of sick, twisted, souless ghouls such as Jackson, your stance would change dramatically. My wife deals with the victims all the time working for cps. As for his 'innocence' criminally speaking, take a course on interviewing and body language, then watch him being interviewed about his evil acts. As for dropping charges... Don't be fooled. Anyone in law enforcement knows that prosecutors in busy offices don't even accept cases they may lose. These were politcally based decisions not fully attributed to facts... Remember the charges were filed in CA. A training I attended actually used Jackson as a prime example of body language and lying. Sure he was a great artist. But he also hurt kids in such grotesque and twisted ways that the average person can't imagine. He was a monster. Plain and simple. Btw: it's safe to say that 99% of pedophiles act and behave the same way he did... They're all about helping kids in public, seem like great role models and champions... Underneath, they are fucking evil. If they aren't evil, how can they take joy in harming and violating a child?!?! To hell with what caused them to become what they are. We are responsible for ourselves. Thousands of people are abused as kids... Most don't abuse afterwards; although a disproportionate number do become abusers. Like I said, we know him from what we see the press publsh. I've seen that and more of him and his kind. You all hear about his life size boyscout fuck dummy? That twisted fuck deserves to be dead... He's just lucky a dad of one of his victims didn't do it earlier... But oh, that's right, he targeted kids without fathers, with absentee parents and other marginalized kids. Shame on you all for seeing him as an artist over his atrocities. Hitler was a fucking politcial genius... Why don't we immortalize him as well?!?! He took a nation from ruin to mlitary and economic strenght in one decade... His parents were over strict and over bearing and supposedly caused him to become a monster. They're both evil. Jackson had the finances and/or pull to get away with it because of the legal system. Mentally ill? Sure he was. So are most violent criminals... Normal folks don't commit horrendous crimes... Most such criminals are depressed, bipolar, sociopathic, psychopathic, etc. Should we overlook their crimes if they were once great artists or athletes?!?! OJ?!?! No! Fuck no! The sick fuck hurt kids and in his twisted world, thought it was love! Too bad his love convictions weren't strong enough to hi to just admit it! He (and all pedophiles) know what try are doing is wrong but fail to abstain from doing the act. They know right from wrong but are narcissistic freaks with no real, truly meaningful concern for others. That's how they can do what they do repeatedly.
