Michael Jackson

Taken to hospital in ambulance. Possible heart attack. <----Link

Prolly all the stress from not paying his bills.

Just reported he has died.

Yep, how bizarre.

From the AP

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– Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and went on to set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music for decades, died Thursday, TMZ website reported. He was 50.
"We've just learned Michael Jackson has died," TMZ said.
"Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back," the entertainment site said.
There was no official confirmation of the reported death and spokespersons for Jackson could not be reached for comment.
Earlier, the Los Angeles Times said that the singer had been rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital by fire department paramedics who found him not breathing when they arrived at the singer's home.
The newspaper said paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before taking him to the UCLA Medical Center hospital.
Jackson had been due to start a series of comeback concerts in London on July 13 running until March 2010. The singer, whose hits include "Thriller" and "Billie Jean," had been rehearsing in the Los Angeles area for the past two months.
The shows for the 50 London concerts sold out within hours of going on sale in March.
Jackson started out as a child star in the band "The Jackson 5" more than 40 years ago.
He has lived as a virtual recluse since his acquittal in 2005 on charges of child molestation.
There have been concerns about Jackson's health in recent years but the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March that Jackson had passed a 4-1/2 hour physical examination with independent doctors.

Interesting, Fox News says he's in a coma as does CNN.

Fox just reported that he was declared dead at 3:15 Pacific time. 5:15 central.

Justoo wrote:

Prolly all the stress from not paying his bills.

His multi-boy habit musta been too much for him. Somehow I don't feel as sorry for him/it as I do for Farrah.

So, do his ex-wives fight over his debts?

slider, can you ever post without having something nasty to say?

Fox just gave TMZ credit for breaking the story on his death. Not all news casters would do that.

Say what you will about the freak he became. In the 80's this man was bigger then life and a few of us here most likely have or had the album THRILLER

it is also a fact that he is one of the most famous and amazing musical artists ever known. Regardless of his downfalls, his music will be his legacy.

slider wrote:

nobodysbusiness wrote:

slider, can you ever post without having something nasty to say?

Just stating the sad but true facts of a perverted and sick man. The man multilated his body with all the plastic surgeries and kooky Medical procedures, wore thick heavy makeup that made him look like a Walking Corpse. He admited in Court that he was sleeping with young boys, and he was by all accounts trying to be the Elvis of the 80's and 90's by living on prescription medications. He squandered his millions he made and was hoping this latest tour would let him get out of a mountian of debt.

Ding Dong the wicked Witch is DEAD!!! At least all of those little boys are now safe!! And all of this from a little cute black kid who was pushed into the music busines by his father to make a buck, child exploitation at it best.

Most of what you say was never proven. Widely rumored, yes. Proven to be a fact? Not so much. I admit my comment about his debt was a bit tacky under the circumstances. But what you have to say about the man is way beyond tacky.

I urge you to show a little discretion in your comments.

And quit yelling. We can read your posts without everything in bold.

slickjay12 wrote:

Say what you will about the freak he became. In the 80's this man was bigger then life and a few of us here most likely have or had the album THRILLER

Uhhhh, no. He may have been a giant in the industry, but his stuff was never on my to buy list.

Ratzilla wrote:

slickjay12 wrote:

Say what you will about the freak he became. In the 80's this man was bigger then life and a few of us here most likely have or had the album THRILLER

Uhhhh, no. He may have been a giant in the industry, but his stuff was never on my to buy list.

Nor here.

slider wrote:

Justoo wrote:

And quit yelling. We can read your posts without everything in bold.

Yelling would be in all capitals, anybody who frequents Forums or Message boards should or would know that little fact!

I guess not everyone has as much spare time on their hands as you do, slider.

slider wrote:

Justoo wrote:

And quit yelling. We can read your posts without everything in bold.

Yelling would be in all capitals, anybody who frequents Forums or Message boards should or would know that little fact!

Is it common practice on other boards to highlight everything you say?

I always thought the highlight was for the important parts. Most of your posts aren't important, just rude.



Just my opinion.

slider, your opinion is your opinion but to many (and I mean many) the man was a brilliant artist.

nobodysbusiness wrote:

slider, your opinion is your opinion but to many (and I mean many) the man was a brilliant artist.

Only good song.

man in the mirror was a great song, so was black or white.

I didn't much care for him, but he was an innovator in his industry. In both music and dance he was constantly on the cutting edge. At least when he was producing. Many musicians were influenced by him. Like him or not, he changed how his industry looked at music and dance.

Wow Slider, I think you have some personal issues you need to take care of.

Most people that have that much fame and money become very eccentric. People around them are going to treat them differently also. People around them are also going to take advantage of them because of being eccentric, rich and famous.

Are all Michael Jackson videos disabled now? I can't get them to play.

I personally think it's an insecure sense of entitlement and a distaste for those who are sucessful without regard as to how they became that way.

I wonder what will become of his kids?

slider probably used up this months quota of niceness worrying about Farrah.

Funny how slider insults me on page after page of posts on several different subjects, and a guy who liked to be alone with little boys gets more support in one short thread.


Oh well. I ain't dead yet, slider is insulting someone else, and I got two fine cases of India Pale Ale in the house so what do I care.

Blackie Kuhn wrote:

I wonder what will become of his kids?

That was my first thought.

Did he ever have contact with his kids after the balcony incident? That was the last time I saw him with one.

Justoo wrote:

but he was an innovator in his industry. In both music and dance he was constantly on the cutting edge. At least when he was producing. Many musicians were influenced by him. Like him or not, he changed how his industry looked at music and dance.

WORD

Ratzilla wrote:

Did he ever have contact with his kids after the
balcony incident? That was the last time I saw him with one.

Yes he retained custody. There was a picture of him last week with his oldest son online. He maintained custody of all 3 kids.

I really liked him back in the 80's before he got all bizzaro. However I never did buy that whole child molestation thing. I honestly believe that was two families making a buck off of him and that pretty much ruined him.

The LA corner is going to do an autopy tomorrow apparently. And CBS is having a special on him tonight at 9pm.

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And CBS is having a special on him tonight at 9pm.

Thanks for the heads up on that. I'll make sure I fnd something else to do then.

Happy to help ABC is doing one on Farrah at that time too.

Will they bury him? Is he bio-degradable?

nitromaxx98 wrote:

Will they bury him? Is he bio-degradable?

I'm sorry, but that made me LOL!


*bad Suzy!

My first thought when I heard was "well, at least the poor bastard is out of his misery".

I've little opinion on his music. I was a kid when Thriller came out- and was kinda ambivalent about the whole thing then, too. But I really feel sorry for the guy in an odd way- he had fame, fortune... could've had pretty much anything that anybody desired... and yet he was a sick, miserable sonofabitch. Really, I think it's best that he's out of his misery.
Kids are safer for it... and we don't have to watch the guy grow old.

nitromaxx98 wrote:

Will they bury him? Is he bio-degradable?

LMFAO!

Jackson is not dead he just went to his home planet

nobodysbusiness wrote:

man in the mirror was a great song, so was black or white.

i totally agree

he is a legend !!!!!!! thats all there is to it!!!!

Bighead wrote:

My first thought when I heard was "well, at least the poor bastard is out of his misery".

I've little opinion on his music. I was a kid when Thriller came out- and was kinda ambivalent about the whole thing then, too. But I really feel sorry for the guy in an odd way- he had fame, fortune... could've had pretty much anything that anybody desired... and yet he was a sick, miserable sonofabitch. Really, I think it's best that he's out of his misery.
Kids are safer for it... and we don't have to watch the guy grow old.

I kinda think he was miserable in more ways than one. Anyone who went through so much cosmetic surgery had to hate themself. As far as watching him grow old, you got a good point. The way he looked now I'd hate to see what he'd have looked like as an 80 year old white woman.

Was he a major influence on music and dance? Yeah, but nothing I'd listen to. Well, I guess I have heard a tune or two that I didn't mind by Marilyn Manson and he may have been influenced a little by Jackson's freakish ways. And as far as the special on tonight, I'd rather have watched highlights from Ed McMahon's career.

I guess albums from "the king of pop" will be worth some bucks now

slider wrote:

nobodysbusiness wrote:

slider, can you ever post without having something nasty to say?

Just stating the sad but true facts of a perverted and sick man. The man multilated his body with all the plastic surgeries and kooky Medical procedures, wore thick heavy makeup that made him look like a Walking Corpse. He admited in Court that he was sleeping with young boys, and he was by all accounts trying to be the Elvis of the 80's and 90's by living on prescription medications. He squandered his millions he made and was hoping this latest tour would let him get out of a mountian of debt.

Ding Dong the wicked Witch is DEAD!!! At least all of those little boys are now safe!! And all of this from a little cute black kid who was pushed into the music busines by his father to make a buck, child exploitation at it best.

Ok,you are an ASS!!!!
Nobody knows anything he did but God and him,it's none of your business really.As much as you are probably hated in these parts,do you think we'd talk bad about you when you were gone?No.Quit acting like your perfect and just get on the appropriate level you belong on.

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
- Mark Twain

ALLEGED!!!!! He allegedly molested a child. I think, as well as a plethora of others, that he was taken advantage of. You see someone who is rich and famous and apparently too trusting, there are some creeps who are going to try to take advantage of them.

He had some quirks about him....big deal. Everyone does. I don't think he was a child molester. I think that, in his mind, that he was still a child. Some people seem to regress back to or they still live in a time period that they were the happiest. Maybe that's when Michael was happiest...when he was a child.

I guess they do come in threes...Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

did ya hear the story about Michael Jackson being sighted ait KMart?He heard there was a sale on boys pants half off.

Micael Jackson was a great example of the American dream. Where else in the world could a poor black boy grow up to be a rich white woman?

Funny how the so many voices that are saying give Michael Jackson the benefit of the doubt on the molestation accusations would be screaming for a rope if a common man in their own town were accused.