ELEGY FOR MICHAEL JACKSON

 

Hmmm, where were you when you heard that Michael Jackson had died?

 

There is perhaps no greater measure of the impact an individual has had than to be immortalized in that question. Michael Jackson is in that honoured company. The difference, some may argue, is that he makes the list as much for his eccentric behaviour as for his incredible accomplishments. But is he that different?

 

The truth is all superstars are flawed in one way or another. Often bigger than life in both the heights they reac