This has been quite a day for losing celebrities. Farrah Fawcett died after suffering quite a few years with colon cancer but her death was expected. Michael Jackson's death was a shock to just about everyone. It's believed at the moment that he suffered cardiac arrest.
I loved Michael Jackson when he was a young singer. His talent just shone and it was apparent he was a phenomenon in the music world from the first time we saw him perform. But things are not always what we see or what we hope for and those of us who have been around for a while saw the weird deterioration of Michael Jackson as it progressed.
He wasn't proud of his black features and undertook countless cosmetic surgeries to transform the shape of his nose, chin, and even skin coloring but we still loved him because of his outstanding talent. Then came the accusations of child molestation and I, for one, wasn't too surprised because he'd become so strange. It was at that time that his talent wasn't enough to carry him. The stories that came out, the payoffs to accusing parents, were too much for fans to bear. Child molestation can't ever be brushed away or forgiven.
A very talented, very tragic man died today and I'm afraid the memory of his musical genius will always be tainted by his perversions.
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