R.I.P. Michael Jackson
June 25th, 2009 by Wendie
Michael Jackson has passed away at the age of 50, apparently from cardiac arrest.
Well, this seems surreal to report this to you, and I was hoping the media outlets had it wrong, but it is true. The King of Pop is dead at 50. When paramedics arrived at his home, he had no pulse and they were unable to revive him.
In a career that spanned four decades, Jackson was at times deeply loved and widely reviled. He had 13 number one hits as a solo artist.
I tried explaining the level of Michael Jackson’s fame, as it was in the 80’s, to my son and could not. There was not one current artist I could think of that could compare to what Michael was at the height of his fame.
He is survived by three children: Michael Joseph, Paris Michael Katherine and Prince “Blanket” Michael.
I’ve already read so many mixed messages in response to this news, but regardless, prayers sent out to the Jackson family. It’s a tragedy.
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What a… weird… day…
you said it!!
Without him, his children will have a chance at some kind of normal life. Buh bye.
That is a vicious horrible statement. Maybe you have never had anyone close to you die, but whatever his flaws he clearly loved his kids. im sure he was a very doting dad and that his kids are so sad that the only parent they had is gone. they are effectively orphans. Who is going to raise them now???? Im sad that he is gone. I loved his music. I wanted him to have a comeback. I wanted to finally go to one of his concerts.
im in shock and have goose bumps and shivers all over. I’m not a fan or anything, but I’m creeped out by recent events
Me too. Seriously creeped out.
As soon as I heard this I got goose bumps everywhere. Then my hubby called and asked me if it was true and I again got the goose bumps. Cery strange feeling!!
yeah i had them when i first read the post, then again when it got edited, this is so surreal :S i share my birthday with him and such, he’s just a legend, after all its MICHAEL JACKSON! :|
i share my birthday with him too!
My birthday, as well
Me too! Who knew there were so many August 23 on Evil Beet?
His birthday was August 29
You’re right, Tiger Lily. I guess I’m not part of the club after all.
I don’t think he is dead yet, he is still in the hospital
Sadly, one more…they always come in 3’s.
that’s what my best friend says as well
ok I know the threes thing but who were they? Farrah Fawcet, MJ and who else?
Ed McMahon….
Ed McMahon, or one yet to come I guess…depends on how far back you look.
David Carradine?
Ed McMahon
May he find the peace he never had on earth.
:(
dude i feel all sad and funny inside
wasnt this sad about a musician since Dimebag :(
Very surreal. Awful for the kids.
I was thinking about them too. Depending on who gets custody of his three children, we’ll either be seeing a lot more of them or they will remain hidden. I hope they aren’t thrust into the spot light until they are ready for it.
at first I thought you meant kids in general. then I understood. der.
Kinda feel bad for Farrah. She didn’t get to have her moment. Her death would have been big news if it happened any other day, but it has been completely swept off the headlines.
I had the exact same feeling! I never liked Jackson. Apart from the fact he made great music 20 years ago I’ve always seen him as a very sick person.
Lauren, we share the same opinion. He was a legend a longass time ago, and whilst he produced great work, that is no excuse for his alleged molestation case to just be “forgotten”. So maybe he’ll finally find the quiet solace he so desperately needed and was deprived of here on eaerth, but at the same time…I just can’t sympathize. My generation didn’t know him to be great, but rather a pervert.
On a spiritual and religious stand, I know God forgives all sinners. If MJ was indeed guilty, he better have known how to pray and ask for forgiveness.
Thank you. Everyone seems to forget the ugliness.
Thank you for pointing this out. He was sick. People want to either ignore or forget the ugliness.
Heres a simple fact you have all so ignorantly overlooked, even though you typed it yourself:
“ALLEGED molestation”
Yeah, someone accused you of something years ago that was total bullshit, it must not be forgotten!
Retard logic, much?
Don’t you understand the complexities of human mentalities, whether it be the money grubbing parents who LET their children stay with a man they barely knew, or the poor, used, naive man who, because of his fragile childlike mentalities (maybe borne from his life being dedicated to entertainment and his ass being kissed rather than social evolution like most other kids?), suffered for THE REST OF HIS LIFE stupid people calling him a pervert or judging a tragic life they clearly know nothing about.
Come on guys, grow up. If you feel so stongly about paedophilia, go to the many known child molesters, perverts or indecent exposers that are bound to be in your area rather than condemning a dead man for something that was never proved and most likely farce.
Fucking halfway heroes sitting at your keyboards sumgly because you’ve bashed a guy who’s not even been dead for a day.
Since there was no reply link below your comment, I will post it above, Bunny. I normally don’t respond when someone has a negative reply to a comment of mine, unless it is completely fucking ignorant and insulting to me…and then I will only take the time to respond once. I worked in law enforcement and social services for years dealing with shit like this. While you are entitled to your opinion, however unperceptive and sheep-like it may be, don’t even attempt to assume I am some “halfway hero” who hides behind a pc. If it looks like a duck, waddles and quacks like a duck, odds are, IT IS A FUCKING DUCK. I can assure you, being a victim in a criminal trial is no walk in the park. The odds are against them, and they suffer incredibly due to the system and the mentalities of PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I certainly hope no child or loved one of yours is unfortunate enough to experience abuse. I can’t imagine them ever being confident in your show of support.
its the same with groucho marx, he died three days after elvis presley
so unfortunate.
I doubt that the timing of one celebrities death in relation to another celebrities death matters at all to those who truly care about them.
Woah. I am shocked. I don’t want to believe it.
this is so surreal… i remember having a MJ doll as a kid, going to one of his concerts (amazing!) at the height of his career. it is so sad. this day just keeps getting weirder for me.
Ed McMahon was old and had health issues. Farrah Fawcett we all knew wasn’t faring too well with her cancer. These two passings we knew were going to happen sooner or later.
But this news hit me like a bag of bricks. When I first read it on TMZ, I kept looking for the “Haha, April’s Fools!” Michael Jackson’s death has me in shock. It’s the same feeling I had when I read about Heath Ledger’s death. You just don’t expect these things to happen when they do.
That’s what I’ve been thinking this whole time. Heath Ledger. Just shocking death that you never saw coming.
Oh my…that’s crazy…and unexpected…
Rest In Peace
Crazy…
Ed McMahon was old and had health issues. Farrah Fawcett we all knew wasn’t faring too well with her cancer. These two passings we knew were going to happen sooner or later.
But this news hit me like a bag of bricks. When I first read it on TMZ, I kept looking for the “Haha, April’s Fools!” Michael Jackson’s death has me in shock. It’s the same feeling I had when I read about Heath Ledger’s death. You just don’t expect these things to happen when they do.
This cannot be happening! I can’t belive this. Holy shit. OMG
Shocking… RIP…
The first thought I had when I heard the news was “somebody is gonna get sued by false statement!” and I went running to the notebook to “dismiss” instead of “confirm” the story… I’m still in denial, he can’t be dead.
Yeah, is he even really dead? Why haven’t the other news sources confirmed it yet?
Who said that child semen was the fountain of youth?
A guy who calls himself Roofie said it.
Probably the same idiot that convinced you children produce semen.
Congratulations! Your retarded as well as incredibly unattractive.
Roofies don’t necessarily apply to children.
Males can produce semen by about age 12 (which is still a child in my book).
“Your retarded”… do I even need to validate that with a response? I guess I did, though.
When I read this I was just shocked. I couldn’t believe that MJ was actually dead. I kept waiting for the “Hahah! It was all just a bad joke” posts. :(
Very sad. Rest in peace <3
CNN is saying he’s alive but in a coma.
I just saw that on Cable Pulse. Apparently he had a heart attack and is now in a coma- not dead
Cardiac Arrest. Not heart attack.
It could be a heart attack that led to the cardiac arrest – if we’re going to be so technical.
Extremely sad….Thriller was the very first album my father bought me as a child..no matter what you thought of Michael Jackson in his later years…he was and always will be..a musical genius and prodigy..I’m so sad right now..for his family and my own memories of him…like the poster said above..I hope he finds the peace he never could find here on Earth…sad day…
How could you report that so early?? They just confirmed it at the L.A. Times.
CNN has yet to confirm it. That’s so bizarre.
But so far, LA Times, CBS, MSNBC, KCAL9, they’re all calling it.
What’s up with CNN?
Scratch that. CNN has just confirmed as well.
I was just talking with my mother about how sad this is. Michael Jackson might have been weird, but he was incredibly talented and this early death is a huge tragedy.
Not that I’m a huge fan, but either way his music for the most part, touched everyone in some way. The majority of people know at least one song and love it. And when it comes on you’re happy.
But I’m still unsure who to believe. Obviously Wendie is God and I’m not saying she’s wrong. I’m just saying “Tweet about it CNN PLZ”
I think it is safe to confirm it.
Almost every other news station has.
OH Michael :(
This honestly makes me so sad. Its crazy how you can feel like you really know someone when you have never met them. I think MJ was a mentally ill individual perhaps brought on by his childhood. I remember hearing him talk about his dad making him record and he looked across the street at kids playing baseball, and he just wanted to play baseball too. Very sad. I hope he will finally have happiness where ever we go after here, because he certainly did not have the peace everyone deserves here on earth.
Well said, Yeayea. I feel really sad too– mainly because of how sad his life seemed. Someone so talented and beautiful who could never feel comfortable in his own skin. So sad for his children.
:(
prayers for the family.
I can’t believe he’s gone.
Rest in peace.
I have never been a true fan, just liked some of his songs (I’m too young to be a fan anyways), but I am really crying right now. May his ubertalented soul rest in peace. I’ve always thought he is the first superstar of his kind and there will Never be anyone that could beat his artistic skills. I am really shocked and sad. RIP again.
You’re too young to be a fan?
That’s a silly thing to say, I don’t think anyone is too young to be a fan. It’s not like you can’t go to any stores that sells music and buy his music.
I meant that I am not born at the time his music was (the most) popular.
this is the saddest celebrity news i’ve ever heard. :( i cried :((
somewhere, some little boys are more safe now.
Um, no they aren’t. There’s still 500,000 registered sex offenders out there.
Michael Jackson joke FAIL
sad…
r.i.peace michael jackson
Biggest shock since my husband woke me up and said Diana`s dead and I couldnt think who he meant. His early songs with Jackson five I grew up with and the song Ben always made me cry. As for his weirdness well look at the family
Oh, no, an insane pedophile died. *emo tears*
You’re obviously, what, 12? 13?
This is what is wrong with this country. He was alleged to have molested children, but was never convicted. How can you just assume that he was a pedophile when it was never proven? All charges were dropped. Part of the reason he went into hiding was because everyone convicted him although he never went on trial. It is sad that we have lost a music legend. Music wouldn’t be the same had Michael not had a part in history. RIP
For me, MJ seemed immortal. I mean, he was so visible in media when I was a kid (*remembers Black and White vid with Mc), and this news is a real shocker.
Now, I have the urge to listen to his songs.
P.S.
Watch David Cook’s version of Billy Jean during his Idol years.
On TV right now they are talking about how he was probably doing the comeback concert in London just for the 50 million he was going to get from it. They are also saying he might not have much money left to his name.
I think it would be good if people didn’t get refunds and maybe gave some of that money to help the children. Not that they need 50 million, but just enough to help them.
I burst out in tears on the bus hearing this. To me, Michael was the last of the mythical icons of this world. It just seems so incredibly surreal. My thoughts go out to his family and his children.
The last?
I still have a few left.
i’d say bob dylan is one
Bob Dylan? Oh, give me a break.
It’s true Bob Dylan was never as big as MJ, but if you look at his musical influences and contributions to the world I think he definitely qualifies as a legend.
I wasn’t the biggest fan of Michael Jackson but he had a few songs that I absolutely love. Even though he was kind of a weirdo, I’m getting a little teary-eyed. I mean, he’s gone. =’[
WTF noo :(
I, too, have goosebumps and have had them since I heard the report of his possible death on the radio earlier today. “Bad” was my first record (yes, record). Say what you want about his private life, but there is no denying his talent. There is definitely no one in the music world (and possibly the entire world) more widely known than Michael Jackson and his presence on Earth will be missed.
I can’t believe people feel anything for this child molester. The only reason he got away with it was because he bought the victim’s silence.
Amazing.
Thank you. He was a damn pedophile.
I truly do not believe he was a child molester. he was way too trusting. he thought of himself as a child due to the abuse he experienced and always wanted to be in the company of children.i followed the last case closely. did you? most ppl dont pay attention to facts and they just run with the hearsay.
I never said he wasn’t abused, and I did follow the case. Hey, maybe you wouldn’t have minded leaving your twelve-year-old child or other loved one with him, but I sure as hell wouldn’t.
Oops…let me rephrase that…I sure as hell WOULD mind leaving my child with him.
Apparently Donkey Punch was there to witness it all. You are one of those people that think the worst of every situation and believe every negative thing you hear about someone aren’t you?
WOah. Just last week I was looking through some vinyls and ran into Thriller. My boyfriend made me buy it saying “maybe it’ll be worth something when he dies”.
that’s really crazy! wow
too sad. Great music, sad life.
I wasn’t a huge fan. But I have respected MJ my whole life. And I feel inexplicably saddened about all recent events :(
I still have my MJ doll, minus a few accessories. I knew he probably wouldn’t live a long life, but this is shocking. He did have a lot of issues but I don’t know that the allegations against him with true. I think maybe he just had an extremely different and skewed interaction with children due to his upbringing. He has lived a surreal life since a very young age. I don’t know, I am no expert. I got in my car and it was MJ all over the radio. Every time I go out to and they play MJ, I bolt for the dance floor. And I was jealous that he was going to perform in London and I couldn’t go. What a magnificent influence he had on the music world. The biggest icon of my generation is gone. This is just awful.
Oh shit, I just thought of something… where is Patrick Swayze?! Someone check on Patrick Swayze!!!!
Seriously, guys? He was a child molester. A friggin PEDOPHILE. Music is only a SMALL part of who he was, he wasn’t onstage or in the studio 24/7.
I feel for his family’s loss, but not the end of the life of a child molester.
“Music is only a SMALL part of who he was”
^ imbecile.
Michael Jackson was completely, and utterly an entertainer. When other children were coloring in drawings of teddy bears and learning to add and subtract in first year of school, Jackson was singing and dancing his little heart out like no other person on earth could. THAT is why he is ( :( was), and hopefully always will be, a legend. He worked so hard for music and sacrificed beyond what anyone else ever has or will (amongst other things, a sound mental state) for generations of entertainment, what the hell have you done to the world to even think about scummming up the death of an idol with your pathetic opinions?
And I feel I have to slowly articulate this AGAIN so you retards can understand, if you have the mental capacity: HE WAS NEVER CONVICTED BY ANYONE EXCEPT THE PUBLIC. He was never actually convicted for any sort of child abuse (and please, if you guys HONESTLY believe such a high profile case which disturbed so many could be “paid off” like some commenters said I’ve truly lost my faith in peoples intellect) yet you throw around the word paedophile at his memory, playing down ACTUAL paeodophiles who ruin lives and can lead to child murder and many other sick, sad things.
Do some reaserch into human psychology (or everybody do me a favour and actually talk
“Music is only a SMALL part of who he was”
^ imbecile.
Michael Jackson was completely, and utterly an entertainer. When other children were coloring in drawings of teddy bears and learning to add and subtract in first year of school, Jackson was singing and dancing his little heart out like no other person on earth could. THAT is why he is ( :( was), and hopefully always will be, a legend. He worked so hard for music and sacrificed beyond what anyone else ever has or will (amongst other things, a sound mental state) for generations of entertainment, what the hell have you done to the world to even think about scummming up the death of an idol with your pathetic opinions?
And I feel I have to slowly articulate this AGAIN so idiots can understand, if you have the mental capacity: HE WAS NEVER CONVICTED BY ANYONE EXCEPT THE PUBLIC. He was never actually convicted for any sort of child abuse (and please, if you guys HONESTLY believe such a high profile case which disturbed so many could be “paid off” like some commenters said I’ve truly lost my faith in peoples intellect) yet you throw around the word paedophile at his memory, playing down ACTUAL paeodophiles who ruin lives and can lead to child murder and many other sick, sad things.
Do some research into human psychology (or everybody do me a favour and actually talk about stuff you know rather than what everyone else is talking about since theres something lacking in your mental capacity if you can’t verify an idea before you run to the keyboard) and you might understand Michael Jackson’s lifelong plight of being the boy who just never got a chance to grow up.
You know, I think you should put a picture of him when he was a kid or a teenager. It’s what I want to remember him by… not his freaky, ghoulish years.