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Michael Jackson suffers fatal heart attack
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Matthieu
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Jun 25, 2009 03:08PM
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Now we'll have to know what we were doing when we heard. Quick, everyone take a mental snapshot.
OMG! Believe it or not, he was my clean cut pop music star from my teen years. First Farrah, now Michael... my childhood is disappearing!I'm sad...
Poor sad unicorn.That was surprising. I just read it on Facebook. And a thousand other places at once. I'm not sure "where were you when you heard?" works anymore.
I was drinking an iced chai, Sally. I happened to hear it on the radio.
Well Sarah, I was here!But Michael Jackson's death is not a Where were you moment for me. JFK and Lennon will always be.
One of my FB friends posted "RIP, MJ" and I had no clue. A few minutes later my phone erupted in vibration and music (no, not an MJ tune), with the fateful news.At the time, I was sitting by gate B3 at Reno airport.
Earlier, the person with whom I was talking on the phone said, "Well, it's Ed McMahon, Farrah, and there will be a 3rd ...."
Yup.
Meanwhile, I'm eavesdropping on airport conversations that mention FF and MJ.
That should be very interesting. I love eavesdropping, and the airport is the very best fodder.
Ooooh, Larry, three celebrity deaths all at once. Weird!I've been hearing the news travel around here at my office, too. I told my two fellow selectors, and the first thing one of them thought of was that now she would get lots of requests for MJ's music.
I guess she's not the sentimental type.
Most of my friends are around the same age (born in late 80's, early 90's), so a lot of us don't really listen to his stuff, but my facebook home is covered in horror. I was going to say, "How could he die; he's not even human!!" But I realized I would need to explain that I meant: Icons don't die, do they?I'm almost more surprised at how surprising it is.
The self-proclaimed "King of Pop".The King is dead. Long live the King, whoever he may be.
Any ideas?
I'm afraid to think. Probably someone I've never even heard of! hee.
Larry wrote: "The self-proclaimed "King of Pop".The King is dead. Long live the King, whoever he may be.
Any ideas?"
Justin Timberlake, I think.
Larry wrote: "Perhaps it should be a Queen?"Gotta be Britney. She's already carrying on MJ's legacy.
Meow!
But neither of them has made such great music. That's what's key here. And that's what makes this story too. From King of Pop to such a fucked up freak who basically lost everything. Wasn't he in huge financial trouble, and then his tour broke down too. It's kind of sad, just how high his star was, and how far he crashed.And let's not forget alleged child molester.
I wish Justin Timberlake had died instead. Michael may have fancied an ephebe or two, but he HE MADE Thriller...!
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So many good tunes. RIP.
You're so hard core, KD! You never once tried to moonwalk?
I heard it from the UPS guy. I was like, Ooh my shelves came, and he was like, "Michael Jackson died!" Poor guy...MJ I mean.
Wow. That is very surprising. I thought he would be around being a weirdo for a lot longer.I love Thriller and so many others...I grew up with that music.
Once when I was at a party, one of the cd players broke and all that it would play was Billie Jean. It was only one room in a big house, so we just kept it on repeat and any time you went in there people were still dancing to it. We had a "Billie Jean room".
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Lori wrote: "Well Sarah, I was here!But Michael Jackson's death is not a Where were you moment for me. JFK and Lennon will always be."
strange, I was reading a novel about John Lennon when I heard about MJ,while waiting for my hubby to get out of surgery
Matt wrote: "I wish Justin Timberlake had died instead. Michael may have fancied an ephebe or two, but he HE MADE Thriller...!"JT is awesome! Unless you know somthing I don't( not a big fan of dick in a box) but the chap can sing....
I heard about Farrah this morning and after Ed I knew there would be another, they come in threes, I was thinking Diaana Ross or Lena Horn not M.J., We will always hve his music...
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This is because most of the people I know on FB are about my same age, and are into the same things, and were into the same things in 1983.
He was in a coma?
LA Times was the first to run the update. Now it's official
His children:
Prince Michael & Blanket & _____?
They're all named Prince Michael? Is that for real?
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Please, lord, let the dying of 80s pop icons END!
There are two male Prince Michaels and one female Paris.
I wouldn't exactly call Ed McMahon an 80s pop icon. But, yeah, enough with celebrities dying. I'm going to start *writhing* myself, with this "round-the-clock" Michael death coverage!
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He was Johnny Carson's sidekick, Sally. Think Andy Richter.
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(puts Mickeys' back in 40)
I don't know, Sally. Edward Norton?McMahon's the one who said, "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"
On The Tonight Show, not in the movie The Shining, I mean.
And he hosted Star Search.
Ed McMahon was a great guy. Lots of nice Carson-related memories.
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Bunny? Larry? Lori? Anyone catch my drift?
"But Michael Jackson's death is not a Where were you moment for me. JFK and Lennon will always be."Ditto. When I heard he had died my response was "Good." I may have loved his music as a kid but I can't stand who he ended up being & what he allegedly (my ass) did.
Farah F. & Ed M. made me a little sad though. Someone on the radio commented about them: "Three 70's icons dead today - one crazy, one creepy and one curmudgeon" I thought that was hilarious. Yea, I know, I'm being cold-hearted. Oh well.
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Then yes, he is a pop icon, because ANYONE who lived in the US between 1984-2000 knows him.
Thanks for another enlightening comment, Sherrie!
Cosmic Sher wrote: ""But Michael Jackson's death is not a Where were you moment for me. JFK and Lennon will always be."Ditto. When I heard he had died my response was "Good." I may have loved his music as a kid bu..."
Don't worry Cosmic Sher. I laughed, too.
So... it's ok to laugh about Jackson's death, but not to criticize a GR member?
