Admittedly and I'm guessing everyone at some point has made jest of Michael Jackson, especially in the last decade. I remember a few posts ago wishing him well on his comeback tour hoping that it would not only be a great event for his music and fans across the world but also be a suitable farewell to such a spanning career and one that was bathed in stardom. But with news this early morning it seems this will never be with the unfortunate passing of Micheal Jackson, by cardiac arrest (unconfirmed at time of typing) age 50.
Some would say this is quite young for such a talent to pass away, but the truth is it was ironically meant to be. His music by the present day seems to have lived lifetimes and has inspired so many musicians the past 40 or so years that it's hard to imagine the number, and all this since his first media coverage with The Jackson Five at the meer age of ten. It appears however that the sheer mass attention and pressure from childhood even right until the final filmed moments of pathologists and paramedics loading his body into a coroners van has ulimately forced this hand. The pace at which Michaels career developed meant he never really braced becoming an adult which lead to his well known gentle and reserved manner through opting for the childhood he never had.
Putting aside all the strange personal stories of the 'created character' of 'Wacko Jacko' that later came to light, it is certainly a great shame for someone such as him to have gone this way and unjust for such an influential and pivotal popular recording artist. The legend (in whatever shape or form) will live on, and the stories/documentaries and rumours will no doubt follow.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009).
#UPDATE# Last spotted working at Toms Bargains down Cleethorpes seafront, filling the pound thong dispenser machine.
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