RIP: michael jackson
 

I'm not kidding. RIP MJ

http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michae...ardiac-arrest/

RIP Michael Jackson.
Quite a shock for me and I had been hoping he would do well on his 50+ scheduled gigs in the O2.

I was lucky enough to see him live in 1996 in the Amsterdam Arena and it was a thrilling and stunning show. The excitement in the arena was fantastic.

Michael Jackson no more.. that is quite unbelievable really.. :-(

perhaps its a little early to know for sure, based on speculative reports... (didn't meat get reported as having died in the past)....time will tell

:twisted: CNN will still not confirm that he is dead.
Although the LA Times has already written their headlines.

Last confirmed news is that he is in a coma.


Don't think he'll be coming out of it though :sad:

All the news reports just confirmed it. I would not have posted that otherwise.

yep fox news confirmed it before I posted

LA Times, Associated Press and BBC have confirmed it although CNN haven't yet.

R.I.P. Michael Jackson
 

Sadly the King of Pop just died of a heart attack :(

:twisted: Thread merged from General Messages.

Sorry.

CNN just confirmed...unimaginable...

I was not a fan particuarly of him as a person but he was part of LMP's life in 1994 and he did produce some awesome tunes, I can't believe he's died it just seems really surreal :(. May he now be laid to rest.


I remember the first interview and they were asked if they have sex, Lisa replied;
"Do we have sex? Yes ! Yes! Yes!"

LOL.
The following year, 1995 she starred in his video, You Are Not Alone, one of my personal favourtes of his.


It's very sad.

R.I.P

Ah Jesus...

Rest in peace michael i was a big fan have over 20 michael jackson DVDs and his full discography going back the the jackson 5 days he will be missed but now at least he can rest in peace.

I wasn't a fan of Michael Jackson after he got older ... but I grew up listening to the Jackson 5. My sympathies to his family .. may he rest in peace.

And I'm sorry to go off topic here, but rest in peace Farrah Fawcett, who died today as well.

Don't believe everything bad you hear in the media about a single human being.

Nigel Lithgoe is on TV now giving tribute to MJ

Ain't that the truth

It's a shame that someone who gave so much to the industry that completely ~~~~ed him up will probably just be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

I can't believe a couple of the things I've seen while watching CNN tonight, it's actually made me feel physically sick. :evil: :evil:

I'd never say I'm a big "fan" but I've grown up with a lot of MJ's music and still listen to a few songs every now and again while in the mood for that music. This all seems so surreal.

R.I.P.

Michael, it's final. Scratch out the insane game. You fought it. You bought it. But Michael, you did make a change. Long may his star shine brightly.

That's one less child molestor off the streets, lets hope Gary Glitter is next.

Sad news, but as a performer he was something else up til the early 90's. He could never top thriller and i think he spent the rest of the time trying to do so.

Maybe this crazy schedule of concerts put too much pressure on him but hopefully he will be remembered for the good parts of his life and not the bad parts (which did exist unfortunately)

I wonder what was the turning point that sent him nuts :nuts: because he was one hell of a performer then he had a complete meltdown.

I'm shocked.
Nothing more to say.

Absolute Legend, just a shame he was so naive, and let people take advantage of him. I agree he went a bit wayward these last few years, but he brought so much joy to people's lives and that should not be forgotten.

R.I.P
:(

I was totally shocked when I found out. Was in bed just catching the late ITV news and it came on as "Breaking News" - I couldn't sit up quick enough!!

Its a shame, even though I wasn't a fan of his, it still makes you feel sad, I mean he has a HUGE fanclub and I also feel upset cause he had O2 dates and they sold like hot cakes....

I guess we all pass away at some stage in our lives but being 50, that is way to early!!

RIP Mr Jackson

Sounds like a reasonable guess ;-)

50 is too early, but with the way he treated his body - through operations and drugs - he did well to last that long.

His death is just the last step in a very sad degeneration of his life that started many years ago.

Whether you liked him or not there's no escaping the influence he has had and the contribution he has made to music over the years. In his day an incredible performer. Such a shame that those around him that he trusted couldn't protect him from his own naivety.

RIP Michael.

Pud you're quick to jump on other people's post that you think are inappropriate or just plain stupid, just once would you at least attempt to keep your mouth shut instead of purposely trying to pi$$ people off.

Not to let ignorance hijack this thread...I'm absolutely stunned at the news. Everyone here knows what it's like to have one particular performer that they adore so I really cannot imagine what those Michael Jackson fans are experiencing right now, just awful.

Always loved his music was such a shock last night to hear the news and wish i had something more profound to say on the matter appart from RIP michael jackson thank you for the music :(

This is very tragic and sad. Although he apparently had a quite bizarre lifestyle I didn't expect him too die that young. I am shocked.

I take it you don't have kids or have had a family member who was molested as children? there's no excusing that at all. And I have acknowledged "he was one hell of a performer"

If that's your opinion of him then I respect it, but there's a time and place to say it and perhaps a thread of condolence isn't it.

Just because I said that I was not being disrespectful or otherwise and the media never influenced that opinion, it was just simply a personal opinion, though if you read the rest of my post I clearly state that I like a good number of his songs...

His death seems to have helped his record sales somewhat - Amazon top CD sellers

I don't think he was really preparing for the upcoming tour, my impression is that he was already extremely weak..

He was a Thriller in our lives by being Bad and Dangerous, though Off the wall at times, he will always be remembered in HIStory as the greatest pop singer of all time.

I was a big fan and grew up listening to his music; it was a shock to hear the tragic news, and will light a candle in his honour and respect for simply amazing music, lyrics and a passionate voice.

R.I.P. MJ, your music will always live on...

This is a really sad news, it was a little shock to me.. I loved his music. He was great performer and his music has influenced many people..

Rest in Peace Michael

I think some people are forgetting that he was never actually convicted of the things he was accused of.

i was shocked too. i am not a fan, but he was a great one and he died too young. his songs always remain.

A true talent taken too soon :-(

:twisted: True.
If he was a child molesterer, he should burn in hell for all eternity, but I don't believe he was into anything like that.
I don't think he was mentaly capable of doing those things.
Jackson was still a child himself, and I think that a few cynical people took advantage of his generous and innocent nature and made a killing off it.

Well said Andy.
You've hit the nail on the head with that post :up:

discusting! you should be :oops:

Why? Would you have been willing to leave your kids in a room with him?

But their parents did...first case was settled out of court - god forbid somebody molests a child - they should pay...and not with money...how do you buy your child's innocense back? But those parents did - no problem...

Second case - he was found to be not guilty...

American law system teaches us that person is innocent until proven guilty...

And I find both sets of parents GUILTY...

Whilst I wasn't particularly a fan of Michael Jackson, there's no doubting his talent and contribution to pop music imo, and he was a great performer .. As an individual he was a troubled and bizarre soul. His life was cut short early, but I too am not surprised he didn't make old bones. His naivity led him down a tragic path .. and as Dave said his death is the last step of a sad degeneration in his life that started long ago. His many devoted fans will miss him, and I feel for them. A life that started with so much promise, in which he endured abuse when young which he never really resolved, and that led him to a bizarre and damaged way of living from which he is now at peace.

Hopefully he will be remembered more for what he achieved than for the mistakes his life led him into. His music will live on .. all else can be buried with him and put to rest as well.

Caryl

Is that right Yoda :roll:

I agree with all that, Michael Jackson had no childhood, and I think he tried to make up for it later in life. He was naive and taken advantage of by other people. I feel he lived a very sad and lonely life and he couldn't even walk down the street without being harrassed by media or fans, so he resorted to behaving very bizarrely. I really did feel sorry for him, not being able to live a normal life. I was never a huge fan of his, but I grew up with his music and didn't mind some of his songs. Hopefully now he is at peace. I woke up yesterday to the news about Farrah Fawcett, which saddened me, then to hear about Michael Jackson, and it was a huge shock and still hard to get my head around. I imagine his fans must be devastated. A TV show here ran a competition to go to his London concert, I can't imagine how the winner now must be feeling. They would be gutted.
Carole

Unique man! His loss leaves me with no words @ this very present.

that was almost always guaranteed to happen...
where's quincy when he's needed???

yep! thats right

There's a Michael Jackson Hoax Death website now --->HERE Where it's awash with nonsensical theories that's substantiated with utter bullshit :roll:

Interesting some branded Michael Jackson as "wacko jacko" and then you get nutjobs like that setting up such websites.

Some people are just never convinced that life is quite a fragile thing. It can be over in a blink when making mistakes.

Let the man rest, I think these people are cutching at straws and not wanting to believe he has gone. It's like with anyone this isn't respecting the dead it's disrespecting them and hurting their loved ones more.

This has made me cry, it's Lisa's tribute to Michael and she talks about a conversation they had a few years ago... It's heartbreaking;

Lisa Marie's blog entry.

I've just read it and I have tears in my eyes.

R.I.P Michael

I like how this was put together, how Michael was with his fans was often overlooked in the media and/or otherwise.

:-( For someone who is a not a "fan of him as a person" you sure seem to have a fascination with him now that he his dead or am I wrong?

Andrew,
I do respect the man and though I may not have been a fan of the person there is no denying that he was a very caring person when he was alive and cared deeply for his fans, I posted Lisa's blog because I love her and because I wanted to share it, thought it was interesting how she brought to light the conversation she had with Michael (presumably when they were married, 1994-95) how he probed about her father and how he envisioned that he would go the similar way and just imagine what it must of been like seeing a similar thing happen to her ex husband that she first saw with her dad, that triggered me off because I can't imagine it.

Out of curiosity I was on you tube and found the video, I thought it was really touching, also saw the full clip of You Are Not Alone where the female fan just rushes onto the stage and he's unfazed by it, just carries on singing and uses her as part of the show if you like and then nearing the end of the song nods to the security to take her off, but in answer to your question no it is not a sudden fascination, just something I have observed, and finding the video and posting it now may seem like that but it isn't. On Sunday on one of the front pages of a paper there was a picture of his father laughing, that made me feel sick being his son died just days earlier...

May he finally be laid to rest.

From what I can deduce he thought many people/media absolutely hated and despised him. The fact that he sold out those planned 50 shows at the O2 probably surprised him too.

Many media reports concerning him are sickening to say the least. It all started back in the mid 80s right up until now with The Sun printing sickening autopsy facts which are not true. And there is also a lot wrong with the context how they print stuff. There was an article in a newspaper (which indeed I never by in this country) I was reading on the way back on the train from the Hyde Park festival yesterday about a nanny who was formerly employed by MJ saying she thought it was sick that his family phoned her asking about if he hid money anywhere in the house (sick that they were thinking of that so very early on after he died). I don't know about you but if I was clearing out a RENTED house of a dead family member I certainly would like to know if there was money anywhere indeed! The media in a way buried MJ before he was even dead, that's the way I see it all.

I sure hope to god none of child molestation alligations are true. The fact that the people who sued him were for a large part into it for the money certainly does make me wonder if their stories were not fabricated but I do think it is wrong for a 40 year old man to be sleeping with children in any shape of form.

I do think it is a shame he never got a chance to make a comeback.
It would not surprise me if he intentionally took an overdose on Thursday as the concerts were scaring him to death.

No I think when he said people, he meant outside the fanbase, the parazzi and papers, could be wrong and I have to agree the majority of the papers are really having a field day and not caring what is fact or fiction. Sunday there were MJ tribute puill outs, send for a free MJ tribute t-shirt which let's be honest you won't recieve.. I saved up a week worth of tokens and sent the cheque to recieve this Elvis poster and the cheque got cashed but I never recieved the poster so when I see you have to send off I ignore it.
But the tributes I agree with and gives the fans a souvenir, but the details of recent events are still a mystery though we know he died of a heart attack.
Mum thinks it was assisted suicide but nobody really knows and I think that's why the media are loving it, which is sick I know.
As for the allegations against child abuse, IDK what to think about that, it's wrong that an adult is sharing a bed with a child, but in his own mind he might of thought nothing was wrong with it and tried to relive a childhood he lost.
Personal opinion though.

I don't believe we'll ever fully know the truth and in some ways I hope we don't, because this "public must know" thing is usually a load of bs.

I'm sure there were many things that Jackson wouldn't have wanted to come to light. Likewise there are probably those who were around him that were somewhat shady that will not want things to come out.

I hope his family, including his children, are allowed some peace and time to grieve but at the same time I hope that his family don't see this as an opportunity to thrust themselves back in the spotlight.

There were various stories about jealousy around the time of Thriller, hence the ill fated Jackson 5 reunion that failed badly but was all about making money. There were a lot of rumours of this happening again, mainly spun by other family members, within the last year.

I don't think he was as innocent as he maintained. Creatively he was something else and that's how he should be remembered

My most popular thread to date :cool:

And not a poll in sight!

The news about him has gone completely retarded :retard:

I think MJ's Dad is more Wacko than what Jacko was, that man is completely nuts :nuts:

I totally agree !

Apparently Papa Jacko is crying on the inside :wtf:

Is that another result of plastic surgery gone wrong?

I do not believe that for a minute, he is a very sick individul who should be mourning the loss of a son not laughing and appearing to be having a really good time, it makes me feel really sick and then he comes out with that ?
God it's unbelievable, Michael's own father and then people wonder why Michael wasn't all together there, I think we get the answer looking at his father figure who let's face it isn't really one to begin with.

But back on topic...

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE MICHAEL

:(

Jacko was the cash cow in that family and Papa Wacko must be wringing his hands at the thought of all that money rolling in now he's dead, after he pays off the reported $400million debt Jacko apparently had. Elvis was most profitable when he died and so was Kurt Cobain, this probably hasn't gone unnoticed :roll:

Michael was not a Child molestor he was a child himself at heart and didnt see anything wrong with it, there was no sexually activity involved and even if he was gulity, u still shouldnt wish him dead we are all human and deserve equal rights and its been clairfied in the papers that The Jordan Chandler case was all lies he was in it for the money and hope to get some fame out of it, I personally believe michael was a kind and inocent man.

May his soul rest in peace.

Putting the argument whether Jacko was or wasn't a child molestor to one side. ANY pervert who interferes with children in any way shape or form DOES NOT have equal rights :nuts: You might wish them to have equal rights as you, but I'd string them up by their balls to the nearest tree given the chance.

I agree.

I think Michael was very misunderstood by the media and as I stated in another post I don't think we will ever know the full story but I think his childhood was taken from him and so he tried to make up for it later on however being childlike and living your youth is different, he has said in numerous interviews that I've caught because it was on he's expressed how much children mean to him and how he would never hurt a child, I think like everyone else was shocked to the core when he dangled his son from the balcony but again in an interview after that he said that he was holding the child tightly and securly but that still does not exciuse the fact he did it.

R.I.P Michael

Agreeing with snackpack here. The fact he even ALLOWED the children to sleep in his BED is disturbing enough. whether or not he got action with them is up for debate. may he rest in piece, but i am more shocked about this then mournful.

He's not exactly going to say he's an untrustworthy raving lunatic who gets a jolly from dangling infants out of hotel windows.

I wonder if his kids were ever put on a child watch list or whatever you call it when you think the parent(s) are a bit screwy :nuts:

What I find disturbing is that celebrities who certainly bring us joy and a lot music will get fried for any wrong doing which the media can find about them. Yet you have politicians who engaged in a completely illegal war (Bush and Blair) and they get off scott free and the latter of whom even gets considered for EU president! Meanwhile the media can only let us know how much the local politican has claimed for a chandelier or how crap Gordon Brown is suppossed to be. Do I think causing a war which causes thousands of death is worse than suppossedly sleeping in a oxygen chamber? Yes I do!!

Sorry but this world has gone completely screwy and hypocritical thanks in large part to people like Rupert Murdoch. :nuts:

some posts in this thread make me sick.

Why is it that after someone died, you either have to praise or condemn them?
If you want Michael Jackson to rest in peace, then let him do so, and dont argue about the same old shit over and over again.
Wether he's guilty or not, THIS is neither the place, nor the time to discuss it.

Sorry, had to say that.

I don't know if it's solely Rupert Murdochs fault, but we definitely live in a society now where insecure celebrities crave for media attention and the public crave for their daily fix of celebrities. And all this is fuelled by the tat gossip magazines they sell and brain dumb shows like Celebrity Big Brother.

Thank you RJ! Nothing more to add to that.

it was such a shame to hear what happened to michael jackson 50 was no age to die at, i did like him when i was a kid but he was so talented i do feel sorry for kids as they have lost their dad. i hope he rests in peace

RJ, I totally agree.
Some of the posts have made me feel sick.
There is a time and place for certain things and a thread of condolence is hardly the time or place for it.


R.I.P

I have felt sick also.

Michael Jackson Prepared For Public Viewing

Michael Jackson: A life of music

Michael Jackson's last interview: The tragic singer’s final moments

Jackson's will to be filed in court today

Johnny at the London Premiere of PE on Monday, talks about Michael's passing and the rumour that he's to play him in a movie

It's hardly necessary to post news links here imo. Just head over to tmz.com for the latest Jacko news. They were the first to break the death news and have been acurate ever since on pretty much everything I think.

Andrew,
you don't have to read them, thought it was interesting.

You don't have to read my opinion on the matter either.

In my opinion posting all sorts of links to news articles, some of which are clearly hyped up bullshit like the Johnny Depp one is hardly respectful towards someone who has died just as much as debating the "other issue". You've constantly been the one to post "may he finally be laid to rest" etc yet you have been the most avid poster in this thread.

Sorry if I want to keep his memory alive a little longer, I post with the deepest respect or try to and then for you to say that upsets me to be honest, never have I once brought up certain issues and would never do so in a condolence thread. Yes Andrew that upsets me. I respect Michael as I have said to you before and in posting these links it's not in a way of disrespect but the complete opposite, but if you want to misconstrude it that way so be it.
I actually dl a new track last night with a special message from MJ which is very touching, and I could post it here but I'd be ridiculed for it probably so I won't.

Anyway back on topic (again :roll:) !!

R.I.P Michael

I agree with Andrew. This was partially what I meant with my initial post. Besindes pointless arguments, countless links, articles and videos certainly dont belong in a rip thread imo. And ending every post with 'rip michael' (no matter what size) wont change the fact that this is actually off topic.

Is there a point where we start to go round in circles with the same thing repeated over and over?

I understand what Emma is/was trying to do and hey the world's media are still discussing it, so maybe she has a point by posting links, if people want to go look at it fair enough. If they don't ok.

This thread isn't exactly having a major bearing on anyone's life in here and it's one of wario's most succesful topics (which I never thought i'd hear myself say or watch myself type!)

I think that point has been passed ...

I think that point has been passed ... :))

yay! :D

I dont know....Is there a point where we start to go round in circles with the same thing repeated over and over??

Oh no!! R.I.P Thread