Micheal Jackson

So as I was driving my kids to school this morning I heard that Micheal Jackson had suffered from a cardiac arrest and was hospitalized. In Malaysia we don't have the up to date news so the morning crew on FlyFm were not sure if he had died or not.

As soon as I got home I turned on CNN and sure enough Micheal was dead at 50. It was a bit like a punch in the gut really, as Micheal and I were born in the same year, he just looks better and younger then I do. I felt the tears prickle at the back of my eyes. I refused to cry though as if I did I would have humongous eye bags. It seems Micheal was addicted to prescription drugs. It is sad to think that such a musical icon is dead at such a young age.

I remember when the Jackson 5 started singing and I had been at a toss as to who I liked better, was it the Osmond's or the Jackson 5. Then Micheal came out with his song Ben and he blew the Osmond's out of the water. There was a few years when we didn't hear from the Jackson 5 but in the late seventies Micheal made a big come back and I have loved him ever since. His music rocked the world and the vibes were felt all the way to Malaysia. He had been so handsome back then but over the years he changed and became weird. I think he looked his best in the eighties and early nineties.

Then there was the child molestation allegations which sickened me because I have children of my own. I could not believe he could do such a thing. After that bad press or bad luck, just followed him. The Chinese have a saying, a person during their lifetime will have seven years good luck and seven years bad luck. I guess Micheal just hit his bad luck stage.

He was getting ready for a comeback tour when he died so he could have been entering his good luck stage again, or is it still bad luck since he died. What ever skeletons come out of the closet now that he is dead doesn't matter anymore, the world has lost one of the greatest entertainers of our time and any other shit that comes out will be like water under the bridge. So fair well Micheal you have entertained us for many years. You will be missed. May you rest peacefully at last.