Thu, 06/25/2009 - 5:50pm — Sarah
Rest In Peace 1980s Icons:
Farrah Fawcett has died today, aged 62.
Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles today. He was 50.
Troubled lives off-stage, perhaps, surrounded and arguably tarnished both Fawcett and Jackson's careers. But in their element, at the top of their game, each set the world on fire for a precious moment in time.
It is fitting to remember what they did best.
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Also, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson died this afternoon of cardiac arrest.
just saw that. thank you
I'll edit the post and put up a link.
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18
Here's a link for the Jackson story
From the LA Times
Jeralyn got this one right
Via.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
One reason I love Yves...
is because of remarks like this:
"Very taken with his performances...." See above!
And Jackson's life was sad. Spot on, for all the dry tone.
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Michael Jackson Video Retrospective
at Salon. It starts with his Motown audition.
I'll probably have more to say about it this weekend since I grew up with Michael Jackson. I was a kid for the Jackson 5 and a teenager for Off the Wall and Thriller. Right now, I'm mostly shocked. And much happier listening to his music - it's amazing how much of its brilliance had been forgotten in recent years - than what I'm guessing is the media horror show surrounding his death.
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't. " - Eleanor Roosevelt
What has become of the survivors?
What of Tito, Jermaine, and the other brothers?
What of the Osmonds (particularly little Jimmy, the blond kid?)
Why is it that, after the supernova flash of a brilliant career becomes the glare of media, we stop caring about the people who once inspired us, except as scandalous titillation momentarily brushes them across our attention, until they die?
We can admit that we’re killers … but we’re not going to kill today. That’s all it takes! ~ Captain James T. Kirk, Stardate 3193.0
1 John 4:18