Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson, the icon of generations of people around the world has died. He was the true "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity music has known. He was only 50. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The circumstances surrounding Jackson's death were not immediately clear. He was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m. Paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:26pm PST.

Jackson's death brings a sad and tragic end to a long, bizarre decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer. He united black and white music and he shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled millions more on stage.

I remember when Thriller came out. Thriller made music videos popular. With out it, the music industry would not be where it is today. The red jacket he originally wore was a fashion icon and many people around the world had to have one. He created the moonwalk and showed the world what music and dance could do together. Here was a man/child. A boy never given the opportunity to be a child, who became a child in adulthood. Dispite all the scandals, he was still immensley popular as seen by the minutes it took to sell out 50 shows in London. It would have been music's biggest comeback. So today is the day the music died. The child of music is now able to rest and be the child he never could be in life.

I offer my sincere condolences to his children, parents, siblings, all of his family and friends. Michael you will be missed.