RIP Michael Jackson - How will you remember him?

As the greatest pop star that ever lived? As a pedophile? As a lunatic?

Permalink Reply by Annie on June 25, 2009 at 4:46pm: I'll remember him in Jackson 5--talented, full of life, untainted....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Eugene on June 26, 2009 at 10:48am: i agree completely. I like him best in the Jackson 5 till Thriller.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kristine Allen on June 25, 2009 at 5:20pm: Crazy SOB Pedophile.

Great Musician.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Emily Schmidt-Beuchat on June 25, 2009 at 7:28pm: I will remember him as an incredibly talented person. We all have monsters in our closets that, were the public eye constantly on us, we would be forced to share with the world. I cant think of anybody who is more widely recognized and loved around the globe than Michael Jackson. He is the King of Pop, a practitioner of contemporary dance, and, often the forgotten of the three, a human being (with a family and with flaws). When I was growing up, he was the one person that I never even imagined could ever die. He will be missed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sudhir on June 25, 2009 at 11:34pm: amen to that !!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alice on June 26, 2009 at 11:15pm: Loved your answer. Especially this part, "We all have monsters in our closets that, were the public eye constantly on us, we would be forced to share with the world. I cant think of anybody who is more widely recognized and loved around the globe than Michael Jackson." I couldn't agree more.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by sudhir on June 25, 2009 at 11:35pm: someone with oozing talent - a full on entertainer.........; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Marta Chade on June 26, 2009 at 12:15am: I will remember him as a musician genius, King of Pop, a legend, one of the greatest of our times.... As a person he was (it sounds so strange.... he WAS) really weird and no one will ever know what was true and what's not. But hell - if you are on a stage since you were 7 years old, with no childhood, acting as a dancing/singing monkey because your dad said so, there is no way you will be a normal person....

RIP Michael, your music will live forever.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alice on June 26, 2009 at 11:20pm: He was misunderstood..he was weird according to society's standards...I agree with you about his childhood - poor guy never had one.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Renee Salazar on June 26, 2009 at 12:48am: I will forever groove to all his songs! His weirdness and all aside.... MJ was the shit! KING OF POP!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by heather on June 26, 2009 at 2:24am: I will remember him as many things:
A cute little boy singing in the Jackson 5.
ONE of the greatest talents in the world.
A sad (CHILD) inside a man who wouldn't or couldn't Grow-up.
And certainly Weird!
He had issues that he wouldn't or couldn't deal with, but there are always reasons.

My questions are:
Did he ever see a psychologist?
Was he beyond help?
Was all that surgery because he was unhappy with the way he looked,
or was he denying his original self or ( his roots)?
Why would he want to?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alice on June 26, 2009 at 11:22pm: Those are great questions that we'll probably never know the answers to. His life was so unique - he rose to fame so quickly and at such a young age, the guy never knew what "normal" ever was.; ▶ Reply to This