Michael Jackson....dead at 50

[E.J.]

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[Tanuki Racoon]

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I have met Mr Jackson before (briefly) and will tell you he seemed pretty odd but he was friendly in our 30 second encounter. Say whatever you want about this unusual man but he's a singular talent.

[JamesSavik]

The man has been though hell in the last decade or so.

It had to take a lot out of him.

[Tanuki Racoon]

I want to thank Dude for the 24hr radio tribute. I turned it on and the first song was my very favourite one "Another Part of Me"

[Madrigal]

RIP Michael Jackson. I'm a lover of all types of art; his music and showmanship were singularly unmatched.

Maddy (:

[dude]

I met Michael Jackson at the Innauguration Reception for our mutual friend. Sourth Korean President and Nobel Peace Laureate Kim Dae-jung. He was a guest of honor and I was there as 'special friend' and ABC News correspondent/bureau manager at the time.

Both being Americans, we struck up a conversation about Kim and how we admired him. Michael was fascinated by Korea and with the idea of an orphanage for mixed race kids in the Southwestern Province where Kim was born. He asked if I wouldn't do a little research for him and I gave him my email address.

After exchanging a couple of emails in the ensuing months, I managed to convince him that the folks he planned to work with were not what they seemed and the project was put on permanent back burner.

My impression of Michael was one of awe... he was certainly out of the ordinary, but he impressed me as a decent fellow all through our meeting and subsequent correspondence.

I have always loved his music and always will!

[The Pecman]

More details on the Jackson case in the Daily Mirror:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ars-doctor.html

This has more information than any U.S. newspaper I've seen, and it's pretty devastating.

[Tanuki Racoon]

More details on the Jackson case in the Daily Mirror:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11...ars-doctor.html

This has more information than any U.S. newspaper I've seen, and it's pretty devastating.

Thanks for that. The article summarizes 90% of what I heard, but what I found amazingly useful were the many links in the article.