Wow...2 celebrities today...

[Slayer]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_michael_jackson

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/farrah-fawcett-dies-at-62/24308?nc

[Bald_Yew]

Ed Mcmahon day before yesterday.

[=A!M=OakWind]

Lego's is short on plastic, and rumored to purchase his body to replenish supplies.

[garm]

Jokes aside - Jackson gave a lot to this world; sad to see him go so young.

[Ninjahedge]

Sad, but not surprising.

It is one of those things where you go "Wow, he's dead? Mmm, ok."



I feel worse about Farrah than Michael though. I think Michael was dead long before his heart gave up.....

[dragonash]

cant blame MJ.
he had a messed up childhood

i was just watching his old videos on youtube. thriller, billie jean, smooth criminal. The man was slick and i wonder how popular he would have been if he stayed looking cool...and male/human

[Saboteur]

Agreed. There was a beauty, a ferociousness and an overwhelming sense of grace and style to his performances, contrasted to his gentle voice and manner when not performing.

Just watching his face as he performed Billie Jean communicated a range of emotions that makes the song more deeply personal.

I'll miss what he was and mourn what he had the potential to have been.

[garm]

Bad people surrounding him - they were keeping him drugged up; you do that if you don't care about someone

[Saboteur]

And they appear to have killed the golden goose.

[lilith]

I've never really figured out if I hate him, admire him or feel sorry for him. :o

[Radiation Burns]

Bad people surrounding him - they were keeping him drugged up; you do that if you don't care about someone

Much like Elvis...

[lilith]

Billy Mays found dead:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529329,00.html :(

[shifty]

Shocking news released today after the autopsy: Jackson died of food poisoning; he ate too many 8-year-old weiners.

[Ninjahedge]

He always did like playing with his food......

[lilith]

Why does this not surprise me?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson
His dad has swooped in to try to get control of all of his assets. I saw him on the news yesterday announcing new releases of all of Micheal's works. Yeah, gee dad, could you wait to try to capitalize on your son's talent?!?!? It just seemed so out of line... :(

[Ninjahedge]

Wait until your son is in the ground before you try and capitalize on him.

Is he still "married" to his mom? Some assets and thnigs have been given to her....

[lilith]

The family is apparently horrified by Joe's actions as well... I'll tell you, I just couldn't believe what I was hearing as he said it. It was just so callous and cold of him.

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/1644521,CST-FTR-zp30.article
Joe Jackson's shameless promotion leaves family 'horrified' Catching up with a top BET insider backstage, I was told, "You know, it probably shouldn't come as a big surprise. Well, that's just Joe. He cares about Michael for what he can do for him -- dead or alive."

[Ninjahedge]

He cares about Michael for what he can do for him -- dead or alive."

Lemme correct that:

He cares about Michael for what he can do WITH him -- dead or alive."

[lilith]

He almost sounded elated that his son had finally died so that he could cash in on his talent... and he seemed to think that everyone else should be as happy as he was!! I'm still stunned! :eek:
(That clip in the news article I posted earlier is only about half of what I heard/saw on the news yesterday.)

[Ninjahedge]

So when is he going to be stuffed and put on the mantlepiece?

[lilith]

I have to admit... this video gave me the chills!! Wow! What a voice he had, even at 5 yrs. old!!! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT-H5eSQ-1U&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efacebook%2Ecom%2Fhome%2Eph p%3Fref%3Dhome&feature=player_embedded

[Ninjahedge]

Carl Malden now tops the list.

So that is 5 in 2 weeks.....

[lilith]

Ed McMahon was pretty recent too...

[Ninjahedge]

That's why I said 5... ;)


Ed McMahon
Farrah Fawcet
Michael Jackson
Billy Mays
Carl Malden

Some more "famous" than others, but all very well known for what they did.

[Saboteur]

I have to admit... this video gave me the chills!! Wow! What a voice he had, even at 5 yrs. old!!! :)
He was actually 10 when the song was recorded. It was released the day before his 11th birthday. (No, I didn't just know that... Thanks, Wikipedia!)

Still - an amazing talent even then.

[lilith]

Wow... both of my last posts... I can't count lately!! LOL :p

Karl...

[Bald_Yew]

David Carradine to. I believe he kicked off June.

[Ninjahedge]

http://sinfest.net/comikaze/comics/2009-07-02.gif

[=A!M=OakWind]

Check out how David Carradine died:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carradine

Dude was a freak.

[lilith]

eeewwweeee, it all seems so suspicious until the ex-wives spoke.... Yup, sounds like it was an accident all right!

[Raditz]

That oxyclean guy was annoying so no big loss there.