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Michael Jackson
28/08/1958 - 25/06/2009
Michael Jackson was a child at heart, only a heavenly being could have been that perfect. I have spent the last 20+hours wide awake and I do not even feel the least bit sleepy. Michael Jackson has gone where I can no longer see him, I cannot comprehend what that means. I refused to believe the news until CNN confirmed that he was dead.
I grew up dancing to his music, my cousins and I knew all the steps to Thriller even though it was released before I was born. His album "Thriller" has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and this does not include sales made in the last 24 hours. Michael's music forged lasting friendships and inspired to lots of modern artists.
Michael Jackson was not from this world, I honestly believe that he was an Angel who was sent to inspire and change the way the world perceived love, music, race, success and talent. He left us at the point where he felt his job was complete. In the words of Rev. Al Sharpton, "Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of colour way before Tiger Woods, way before Oprah Winfrey, way before Barack Obama. Michael did with music what they later did in sports, and in politics and in television. No controversy will erase the historic impact."
I remember the day his tickets went on sale in the UK, I went late to work just trying to get one for myself and you wouldn't believe that they were all sold out. I do not care about the ticket cost, all I am concerned with is 'Where has my Hero gone'? In human terms, he died of a cardiac arrest. The king of Pop's heart gave into the frailty of his human body.
His touch can be felt even in Abavo a village in Nigeria. His compassion for children was just so tremendous that mere humans misconstrued it to mean something else. It is said that if we all love for real, the world would be a better place, this is something Michael believed in with all his heart. His songs 'Heal the World', 'We are the World', 'Earth Song','The Love You Save' and lots more show how much of an Ambassador he was. Today, take time out and listen to his words...
'Heal the world, make it a better place for you and for me and the entire human race.
There are people dying, if you care enough for the living, make a better place for you and for me.'
The words alone bring tears to my eyes.
Michael Jackson, may your soul rest in perfect peace; though you are gone, your memory would live on in our hearts and even the hearts of our unborn children. I love you, We all love you. Today the world lost a great soul!
You've 'Gone Too Soon'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0mcxmCGetI
