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[harper]

Rumours sweeping cyberspace that Michael jackson has died. Anyone getting this story?

[Pat]

Rumours sweeping cyberspace that Michael jackson has died. Anyone getting this story?

Just saw that he was rushed to hospital, harper.

[ozneil]

yes he has carced it. Morning TV going mad here talking bout nothing else

[harper]

yes he has carced it. Morning TV going mad here talking bout nothing else

Yep.

http://www.msnbc.msn...tainment-music/

How shocking - only 50. My son's mobile and msn is going bonkers from friends with tickets for the O2 concert. How terribly sad.

[Pat]

Yep.

http://www.msnbc.msn...tainment-music/

How shocking - only 50. My son's mobile and msn is going bonkers from friends with tickets for the O2 concert. How terribly sad.

Sad indeed. Started out so young, so gifted and such an odd existence.

[Gangster's Moll]

Sad indeed. Started out so young, so gifted and such an odd existence.

Even Andrew Neil's talking about it on This Week. Ironically his guest is Mike Jackson (ex armed forces).

Its weird. I never thought about him dying. He didn't seem the type to die. There was always something otherworldy about him but he's just human like the rest of us. RIP Michael.

My favourite song was Ben.

[rolo tomassi]

Yeah, it's all over BBC News 24.

Really sad.

[harper]

Even Andrew Neil's talking about it on This Week. Ironically his guest is Mike Jackson (ex armed forces).

Its weird. I never thought about him dying. He didn't seem the type to die. There was always something otherworldy about him but he's just human like the rest of us. RIP Michael.

My favourite song was Ben.

I know what you mean Moll, There was something very childlike about him.

My favourite song was Rock With You.

[Pat]

I know what you mean Moll, There was something very childlike about him.

My favourite song was Rock With You.

That's what I feel. He seems very young to die. Pretty shocking.

'Beat it' for me. Always makes me want to dance.

[rolo tomassi]

I remember very well the night a bunch of us got a carryout from the Doublet and went home to Otago St to watch the mucho-anticipated Channel 4 late-night premiere of Thriller.

Easily one of the best music videos ever made; if not THE best.

I guess most people were pritty surprised when he announced 50 dates at the O2 given he's been reportedly a tad frail in recent years. A helluva lot of pressure on the guy, you wonder if that's been a factor or not.

Poor kids, though. You'd hope the media would show a bit of respect towards them in the coming days but somehow I doubt it.

[Milligna]

Very sad. Still, as one with an almost elephantine approach to sensitivity at times, part of me thought 'media stunt' when I first read the story.

[Lone Groover]

Very sad. Still, as one with an almost elephantine approach to sensitivity at times, part of me thought 'media stunt' when I first read the story.

I have had 35 MJ jokes on the phone so far today.
Knowing that celeb jokes are so popular here I won't !
Mind you , I feel really sorry for Pete & Katie - they will really have to pull something out of the bag to keep their names in the papers over the next few weeks. Whats the betting her son has an accident ? Munchausens by proxy. There I've said it.

[harper]

I have had 35 MJ jokes on the phone so far today.
Knowing that celeb jokes are so popular here I won't !
Mind you , I feel really sorry for Pete & Katie - they will really have to pull something out of the bag to keep their names in the papers over the next few weeks. Whats the betting her son has an accident ? Munchausens by proxy. There I've said it.

Yes, but did you have to? That is really horrible.

[Rhumpole]

It's very sad that someone so young should die...What an extraordinary life he led. So complex and so talented. A very colourful figure to say the least!....I wonder if anyone really truly understood him...I'm sure the pressure of his forthcoming "come back" tours didn't help.

[notanimby]

Am pretty ambiguous aboot him dyin,
Mibbe his weans will no be able tae huv a reasonably normal upbringin rather than bein saddled wae him as a role model.
He paraded them on TV like some set accessories, daein his best tae turn them intae himself (shiver)

Remember noo that Farrah Fawcett died tae. At least she wisnae a child molestur

LG - PM me yer jokes, I'll no be offendit inra least

[peony]

Well if ever a soul was tormented, I think it was Jackson's. However, I wasn't a big fan, or any fan at all. He completely creeped me out.

Last night newscasts were interrupted etc. to announce his death. I said to my friend, "Jeez, you'd think Kennedy was just shot again."

What did I find on yahoo this morning?

A quote from a clueless idiot: "No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend had sent him. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."

'nuff said.

(I'm not even going to mention that whoever wrote the story said Jackson practiced for "hours and hours" for his comeback. Was this written by a five year old?"

[tomtscotland]

Yes, but did you have to? That is really horrible.

But was that really horrible?

Seems a fair comment on the vacuous celebrity culture where any kinda cheap headline will do the trick - including getting the wain involved.

[Lone Groover]

But was that really horrible?

Seems a fair comment on the vacuous celebrity culture where any kinda cheap headline will do the trick - including getting the wain involved.

That's the right answer. + I actually do entertain the possibility that she is psychologically extremely suspect.

South coast of England is already on flood alert from Peters tears of self pity.

Give it ten days. She will come up with the goods.





If you think we are being harsh remember these people can only generate money while they are in the news and boy oh boy do they want to generate money.

[harper]

That's the right answer. + I actually do entertain the possibility that she is psychologically extremely suspect.

South coast of England is already on flood alert from Peters tears of self pity.

Give it ten days. She will come up with the goods.





If you think we are being harsh remember these people can only generate money while they are in the news and boy oh boy do they want to generate money.

I don't take any pleasure in watching people unravel and these stories only generate money becuase people are daft enough to buy the publications that run them.

So there!

[harper]

Well if ever a soul was tormented, I think it was Jackson's. However, I wasn't a big fan, or any fan at all. He completely creeped me out.

Last night newscasts were interrupted etc. to announce his death. I said to my friend, "Jeez, you'd think Kennedy was just shot again."

What did I find on yahoo this morning?

A quote from a clueless idiot: "No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend had sent him. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."

'nuff said.

(I'm not even going to mention that whoever wrote the story said Jackson practiced for "hours and hours" for his comeback. Was this written by a five year old?"

Just walked up Portobello Road and every shop and stall is blaring out MJ music today. Some of the newspapers are saying the heart attack was drug induced - time will tell. What a sad, sorry ending to a pretty sad, sorry life.