Michael Jackson – The ICON

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The death of Michael Jackson last week rocked the world.  I mean, here is a middle aged pop star who seemed in good health and just about to start a new tour struck down in the prime of his life, yet nobody can say why.  It wasn’t like Ed McMahon or Farrah Fawcet who died the same week; we knew they had a terminal disease or life threatening illness.  Michael Jackson was the exact opposite.

Poised for one of the greatest come back tours ever, after a long hiatus due to molestation allegations, the King of Pop sold out each venue across the world.  Tickets were flying off the shelves at $100.00 starting price.  Jackson himself noted how great it would be and how excited he was to finally perform again.  So what happened?  The death of Jackson caused promoters to return millions and millions of dollars back to the fans who purchased tickets, and suicide seemed out of the question because of the work Jackson put into this up coming “Farewell” tour.

So if it wasn’t suicide, what happened?  After two autopsies that could not determine a cause of death (disease, illness etc.) the finger then points to the doctors Jackson was seeing.  He currently has over a $100,000.00 tab at his pharmacy.  One of his doctors was there when he want into cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home.  It was this very doctor that called 911.  Supposedly this doctor gave him a very fatal shot of Demerol.  It’s also known that Jackson was on Xanax and another major anti-depressant that if combined, could be fatal.  Was the reason for Jackson’s death a drug overdose by a greedy doctor or was it the doctor didn’t know what Jackson was on.  Rumors are now flying that Jackson wanted some very powerful sleeping pills and most doctors refused to give it to him, but Michael Jackson being Michael Jackson managed to get his hands on them.

In the end, the doctor fled Jackson’s house leaving his car at the residence.  Since this doctor fled by foot, this leads me to think he is guilty of something.  If he really didn’t know what Jackson was on and gave him something that interacted with the other, that doctor would have had no problem staying and saying what he had given him and so on.

Michael Jackson has been around a lot of crooked doctors, for instance with his nose.  Many doctors said that the surgery he wanted and the amount of surgeries on his nose would cause permanent damage that could not be reversed.  Jackson fished the big pond till he found one that took the money and did the surgery anyway.  Was this the same for his pain management?  Only time will tell.

That leaves us with the man and his legend.  Jackson started out as a cute young ten year old singing with his brothers on the Ed Sullivan Show in The Jackson Five.  Producing hits like “ABC,” “I’ll Be There,” “Stop The Love,” and so many other catchy tunes that marked the 60s and 70s.  When Jackson went out on his own, giving up the security of The Jackson Five, he showed the world he meant business.  Jackson took to some disco/dance mixes in the late 70s, then in the early 80s made his iconic nature complete.

Jackson sealed the deal with his infamous “moonwalk” dance, combined with the famed Thriller CD.  His choreography, dance mixes, and songs made him a performer like no other.  People demanded him, loved him and wanted to be him.  He would go on to make notable #1 hits like “Billie Jean,” “Black And White,” “Man In The Mirror,” “Heal The World,” and so many more great songs that topped the Billboard charts.  Before the 80s were over Michael Jackson was already a hall of fame bound artist, and now, with his untimely death, he is sure to be one.

In the late 90s into the early 21st century, Jackson had some personal problems; people started to doubt his sanity and accused him of molesting children.  Two cases we know were settled out of court, with some very damning evidence against him that caused California to ban the payoff of any molestation case and deemed it the Jackson clause.  Shortly after that, Jackson married the King of Rock’s daughter Pricilla Presley.   The marriage did not last long.  He then married again and had two children with his second wife.  After their quick romance fell through, he had another child with a surrogate mother.

Jackson would often cover his children’s faces with cloth which made people really wonder about the King of Pop.  Jackson swears it was to protect their identity.  He also was video taped dangling his child off a balcony in Brussels, almost dropping the infant, which shocked the world with horror.  In the latter part of the 1st decade of the 21st century, Jackson would be accused of two more child molestation charges, both of which he was acquitted of.

Jackson struggled in the last few years of his life, but his fans loved him.  Usually when someone is accused of such heinous crimes against children it doesn’t take long to become a single grain of sand lost in a vast ocean of emptiness.  However, that was not the case for Jackson.  It really surprised me how people didn’t care what he did with those children, guilty or not, they wanted him and loved him more and more.  For Jackson he has fans and enemies, but no matter what he is one of the greatest song writers, stage performers, choreographers and musicians of our time  Without him, we may not have the kind of music we do today.  Nobody can take that from him, and we will all be smiling when he makes the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame.

Ironically, Jackson once told Pricilla Presley he will die just like her dad.  If he did, in fact, die of drugs, that will be the exact same scenario.  More ironically they were both classified as “Kings” in their titles, and their popularity is still as high today as it was in life.  Both Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, upon death, had their CDs and now MP3s sell out in the moment their death was announced, and both icons will forever be the obsession of the music lover.  Jackson will be missed and our sympathies go out to his family, and children.