Michael Jackson has died.

Wth?

And Farrah Fawcett? http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/25/obit.fawcett/index.html

 

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=192559

 

Ya, I just woke up to that MJ news. He went very quickly, lucky guy!

 

First, Ed, then Farrah, now MJ? May they R.I.P.

 

Let's hope that's all now, more then enough in fact. How sad.

OMG David Carridine just flashed in my mind, we're over the limit here. 4

 

OMG, Darlene, you are right! "4"........Now, that is scary.... Yeah, we are over the limit is right.... Hopefully, that is more than enough bad news for one month...

I was just thinking, that Ed, Farrah, and MJ went so close together, I had missed David... May he R.I.P. also.....

 

I was talking about that with a couple of co-workers earlier today when we heard the news.

If you weren't old enough to realize it at the time you'll probably never know, but Michael Jackson's influence and contributions to an entire genre of music and dancing are hard to over-state. He had immense talent, whatever mental and physical health issues he might have had, lack of talent was not among them.

It always made me sad to see him be made into such a freak-show, by himself as well as by others. He had the kind of gift that few are blessed with, and maybe the biggest tragedy about him is that it was lost and buried in the circus act/head-case he eventually turned into. That no one will actually remember that talent and creative innovation and his legacy will be as a freak.

Yes, I hate seeing marvelous talent go to waste like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex30DYwQlHU

 

At least the kids will be safer now
One less Pedophile

 

Thanks for making my point...

 

i heard about this at work...

he was kind of like OJ Simpson: a talented person, but because he was a celebrity and screwed up, lots of people hate him.

I don't think people see the big picture of what he did for music...if it wasn't for his skin disease (vitiligo) people maybe would have recovered faster from the child molestation trial, but it just wasn't the case.

i say R.I.P. to a very talented, unlucky person.

 

I'm not exactly saddened by the news of his passing. I was cooking chicken on the grill when it broke on TV, finished cooking and watched some Fox News. I just hope it's not like Elvis' Birthday here, that's all you here on the radio Elvis, blah.. No disrespect meant though.

 

Putting all the innuendo aside the world has lost a great entertainer and musician.A man who touched the hearts of millions of people a great humanitarian,and truly a great American icon.

 

O. J. Simpson had talent? :-D

The only common thread I can find between Simpson and Jackson besides their celebrity status was having lawyers that got them off scott-free from obvious crimes.

 

O.J. was an nasty RB, had 2003 yards in a season once

 

Talent in a football sense, sure. Talent in an entertainment media, nah. :-D

 

well, football is entertainment

I would say football (especially the RB position) takes more talent then singing

I think Britney Spears proves my point

 

Murder, you sure do try and stir the pot around here. A guy died, that's the bottom line. It doesn't matter if he could sing, run, dance, jump, fly, crawl, or pat his head and rub his stomach, he's dead. Although it might not sadden you or I, it will no doubt sadden many. I think 6 people killed themselves to follow Kurt Cobain, let's hope things don't get out of control.

Before we hijack the obituary thread and have it moved to Hot Button, let's just try and settle down.

Britney Spears doesn't prove anything. She made it in the music industry. You can throw all the names out you want, but anyone you name has obviously caught even your attention, so it's a losing battle.

 

I think you need to relax, Im fine. I didnt really see anything inflammatory about what I said, I just think O.J. was talented.


I think your confusing talent with celebrity

 

Here we go...

I think you're confusing Britney Spears with Paris Hilton. I'm not confused at all. Name for me a person who is purely an entertainer, and nothing else beyond that, I mean OJ played football, so you've disqualified him, what are the guidelines? Wait, nevermind... I've learned in the past to stay away from anything you're involved in, and I'm doing that now.

 

.....wtf?

shame on me, I should have known better

 

This is certainly a year to remember, indeed !

 

Absolutely, but I don't think there is much chance of him being forgotten for his talent, as for his freak side I believe these damn doctors should be held in part responsible for these celebrities going haywire and either abusing drugs or themselves to the point he reached with the plastic surgery.
I hear his name and think of a little boy (maybe because he's the same age as my son) singing and dancing with his brothers astounding the world. A marvelous talent for sure!

 

I was never a fan but the guy had a gift that was used and abused by himself and others.
Although he made a phenomenal amount of money it never brought him sanity and like another icon of the music industry (Elvis) he died before his time.

 

Like him or not his music shaped many artists of today and will for years to come. (Almost) Everyone deserves to rest in peace and I feel he should.

Here is a fitting tribute lol. Yes it's a Michael Jackson song. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeFYDk8atg

 

Here is what I was talking about. One show yesterday said his mental problems began when he got burnt doing the Pepsi commercial and became dependent on pain medications, they are horrible, mind altering!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_michael_jackson

Doctors were involved in Anna Nicole Smith, Elvis, god know who else.
These so called doctors need to be prosecuted.

 

Yup Darlene, I heard on CNN that a doctor's car was towed from the scene but he's nowhere to be found ATM. Curiouser and curiouser.

 

you bet,
Plus what ethical doctor would agree to all that plastic surgery, it's money, big money

 

Strange thing is that he's $400M in debt! Or should I say was. Someone was paying the bills, prolly the UK group that booked 50 shows in London. Someone is crying now.:-D

 

the 911 call
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090626/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson911_call

 

And the twist...

He was working on a comeback. Today his popularity, sales, web searches etc are way higher then they have been in years.

Nice way to "comeback!"

 

See Off Base, today at www.majorgeeks.com for latest nasty using Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson as a lure.

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, Malware Distribution
http://www.lavasoft.com/mylavasoft/...cett-and-michael-jackson-malware-distribution

Bazza

 

Good Grief, these people are scum. Thanks Baz :wave

 

Oh my, I can't believe what lengths some people will go too. "Scum" is a mild word to decribe, for sure!
Thanks bigbazza for the heads up....

 

So no "real news" on what really did cause his death. I watched it that night/early morning. It was pretty sad. I think he was a big part of music and dancing.. And the start of it.. Who would know how it would be without him there at the beginning. Anyways I respect him a lot(like many others), alot people say screw him he did that stuff to a child, or screw him for the top of that building hanging a child out.. But you gotta respect him for what he did for music and his talent. Anyways I hear a few storys(it took the ambulance long time and then it didnt at the house for an hour) and then medicine was the thing the lawyer brought up... so I was just wondering any real news about real cause?

 

I heard today on the news that it would/could take 6 to 8 weeks before the results of the autopsy. They "think" it may be a combination of the prescription meds may have triggered the heart failure. No concrete evidence until the results come in. The police had requested his personal doc to come down to the station to answer some questions.

 

Farah had one wish before she died.....Told it to the Pope.

She wanted the children of the world to be safe.

 

Theres few videos online that are claiming he is still alive. The helicopter ride out.. "the body moved" and the debts but I dont think there right.. just seeing if anyone seen em.

 

Hey there i know i'm coming in on this a bit late, but once saw a really good docu about Michael and when the J5 where on tour many years ago he had to sleep in a room with all his bros an some of the roadies an listen to them having sex, also got offered sex from older girls, he was only about 9/10yr old at the time. These days that would be considered as child abuse so no wonder he acted kinda strange at times and later on in life we find out he's pumping himself full of pills most probably anti D's.

 

Well some things he said was he "wanted to be loved' sense he was never really loved as a childhood. He also never had a childhood like a child should have.. so thats why he was around young kids alot and had the play ground yard. Also he said he was beaten all the time by his dad, and as a child to even now he would even throw up when his dad would come over (due to how scared he was of his dad and even the beatings).

 

Thats not a childhood at all, kinda like O'ooh, i was gunner say like yuo would treat an animal but i wouldn't even treat an animal like that it just makes me fume at the way he was treated when he was younger!:mad

 

roflmaoroflmaoroflmao

Jackson had fifty years living in opulence his every need catered for,one things for sure he did things his way,if only half of us were that lucky.

It does amaze me how attached people get to celebrities,they are purely here for our entertainment and amusement IMO,they wouldn't shed a tear if you died.

Sad?tragedy?Bahh Its just a news story to me.

 

I google his name and i got a website that is his name. Anyways I was just reading some of the stuff people were writting, and it was all about how can we live now without him, how to get on with life without him, and much more.. Like he was there family, or something.. I feel bad and it sucks.. but everyone is like omg no more worth living on.

 

Well they said he was in 400 million in debt but he was going to make 1 million a day over there in his up coming tour. So that could have wiped a lot of debt out. (I think maybe he wanted to do those tours to wipe some debt.. ) but his stuff cost so much just to keep it up and running well.

 

Hey Ricky i aint attached to MJ i just think it wrong that people get labelled and sometimes hurt due to ignorance, we all have a brain and should be asked to consider things before they are rammed down our throats whether we are children or adults !

 

R.I.P. Michael Jackson the king of pop music...i wonder why all legends have to die so young only because of these stupid illnesses and heart atacks oh well i guess even the greatest people cant overcome the laws of life even through they are good...MJ 4EVER LAST MUSIC GENIUS THAT LIVED

 

It isn't illnesses that kill them it's the drugs that cause the illnesses that kill them.

 

I read on the front of the Paper just that his doctor who is a cardiac doctor "Living in one of MJ's houses with him BTW." Gave him an injection of Demerol a strong pain killer he was taking regularly just before he died then disappeared for hours after he couldn't revive him.