twas only the metal and plastic holding him together

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Originally posted by Gel:
twas only the metal and plastic holding him together

Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

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Originally posted by Sexy_Kelly:
A virtual recluse since the court case. 50 years old and rehersing for 52 gigs. Battleing skin cancer. And over the years getting frailer & frailer.

I dont think he had skin cancer he had Lupus which the sun affects the skin .

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

I should imagine a lot longer than 2 days

I love some of his stuff, and no denying his talent. But I only really liked him when he was black, had no time for him when he became white

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

I'm Jacksoned out already

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Originally posted by Marguerita:

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Originally posted by Sexy_Kelly:
A virtual recluse since the court case. 50 years old and rehersing for 52 gigs. Battleing skin cancer. And over the years getting frailer & frailer.

I dont think he had skin cancer he had Lupus which the sun affects the skin .

Maybe i should stop reading The Sun. It was all over the website a week or so ago that he was battling skin cancer.

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Originally posted by Sexy_Kelly:
Maybe i should stop reading The Sun.

but you can still look at the pictures

I've just had one full hour of Wackos music. I have no Cd's and I can't change the radio station cos its a dodgy radio.#

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
I've just had one full hour of Wackos music. I have no Cd's and I can't change the radio station cos its a dodgy radio.#

Beat it

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

Of course! Have you not noticed that when a 'NAME' dies the whole world apparently becomes their greatest fan and can't get enough of whatever it is that they're famous for.

I must say, I felt absolutely no shock at all at the news!

He hasn't 'seemed' healthy for so long.

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Originally posted by Gel:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

I should imagine a lot longer than 2 days

I love some of his stuff, and no denying his talent. But I only really liked him when he was black, had no time for him when he became white

He had vitiligo an autoimmune condition that destroyed the melanin cells... At the time in the late 80's the only treatment option was to accelerate the process of the depigmentation...

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Originally posted by Sexy_Kelly:
A virtual recluse since the court case. 50 years old and rehersing for 52 gigs. Battleing skin cancer. And over the years getting frailer & frailer.

Skin Cancer?

I think even if he had a terminal illness for years on end and his death was inevitable it would still have the same reaction. Every time I here 'Michael Jackson has died' it's shocking, you expect some one like him to live forever. To know there'll be no more albums, no more fantastic videos, no more of his fantastic creativeness...that's a shocker no matter how suddenly he died.

His death is shocking to me, I saw a pic a couple of weeks ago and he looked better than ever, like how he looked in the "Bad" era...

I always thought he would be with us for a while yet.. Its sad to see him go more sad that some folks are still negative about him... Im glad that for the negative minority there is a positive majority and MJ died knowing that he was still adored by them...

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

Of course! Have you not noticed that when a 'NAME' dies the whole world apparently becomes their greatest fan and can't get enough of whatever it is that they're famous for.

I have to say the media are really getting on my wick now....they did nothing but hound him when he was alive and now they all love him

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

Of course! Have you not noticed that when a 'NAME' dies the whole world apparently becomes their greatest fan and can't get enough of whatever it is that they're famous for.

I have to say the media are really getting on my wick now....they did nothing but hound him when he was alive and now they all love him

I have stopped watching the news Temple because its sickening..... Then we have these new crop of friends who deserted him when he needed them the most.....

Its kind of like a son getting rich and deserting his family and when they die buys them gold caskets and drapes them in the finest... You should have treated them well when they were alive...

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

Of course! Have you not noticed that when a 'NAME' dies the whole world apparently becomes their greatest fan and can't get enough of whatever it is that they're famous for.

I have to say the media are really getting on my wick now....they did nothing but hound him when he was alive and now they all love him

I have stopped watching the news Temple because its sickening..... Then we have these new crop of friends who deserted him when he needed them the most.....

Its kind of like a son getting rich and deserting his family and when they die he gives for them by buying them gold caskets and draping them in the finest... You should have treated them well when they were alive...

exactly, it's all too late for the BS now

Poor Jermaine looked broken

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Please tell me we're not going to have days and days of Wacko's music on the radio?

Of course! Have you not noticed that when a 'NAME' dies the whole world apparently becomes their greatest fan and can't get enough of whatever it is that they're famous for.

I have to say the media are really getting on my wick now....they did nothing but hound him when he was alive and now they all love him

I have stopped watching the news Temple because its sickening..... Then we have these new crop of friends who deserted him when he needed them the most.....

Its kind of like a son getting rich and deserting his family and when they die he buys them gold caskets and drapes them in the finest... You should have treated them well when they were alive...

exactly, it's all too late for the BS now

Poor Jermaine looked broken

He was completely shattered... I hope God helps console the family in this trying times... I also think they should stop all those pseudo friends from making useless comments because they deserted him when he needed them the most now they want to get their mugs on tv for some spotlight...

Oh thank god. Take that, I have never been so happy to hear Take that in all my days.

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
Oh thank god. Take that, I have never been so happy to hear Take that in all my days.

I guess you making me burst out laughing was wrong

AC/DC yesssssss they are playing here on Sunday play more AC/DC pleaseeeeeeeeeee.

Its OK gel I forgive you.

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Originally posted by Moonbeams:
AC/DC yesssssss they are playing here on Sunday play more AC/DC pleaseeeeeeeeeee.

Its OK gel I forgive you.

and whichever way around you want them

I was shocked and saddened by his death.

When BBC announced they were interviewing Craig David about the news I pictured Bo Selecta, I forgot there was a real Craig David

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:
When BBC announced they were interviewing Craig David about the news I pictured Bo Selecta, I forgot there was a real Craig David

Craig Daaaaaviiiiiid. He loves that.

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:
When BBC announced they were interviewing Craig David about the news I pictured Bo Selecta, I forgot there was a real Craig David

oh I do hope Bo does a tribute show.

Did Craig David not try and sue your man because it's ruined his image or summat? Did I dream that?

Yes, imo it is.

50 yrs old is no age at all, especially by todays standards.

& what amazes me is: whoever was behind this guy .... whatever were they thinking, ... going along with so many dates for his up coming tour, when it must have been clear for anyone with mere brain cell, to see, he just wasn't anywhere near fit enough to carry the whole thing off. Just goes to show what a crazy life and gathering of people he had around him

I was surprised he had died, you don't think of a superstar dieing at 50, but i always thought over the years he wouldn't live to be very old, with him getting sick and being a superstar, all the icons that have died Marilyn Monroe, Elvis they get so big then they self distruct and die of an overdose or a heartattck from the stress of trying to stay at the top. It's so sad.

He had problems in his life we all know that but he seemed a strong guy who could do anything. I cant believe hes dead so sad . Rest in peace Michael Jackson xxxxx

Its sad when any one dies. I was not that surprised as every time i saw pics of him he looked worse then before.
Wonder who will look after his children?

I'm shocked as I grew up with his music.
He was five years older than me.
Bless Him.
R.I.P.

TBH i was neither suprised or shocked when my OH told me this morning, my first reaction was did he commit suicide. given his past troubles and the pressure of a mammoth tour saying it is his final tour ect i just thought maybe it was all too much so he ended it.

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Originally posted by Templetonpeck:

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Originally posted by Sexy_Kelly:
A virtual recluse since the court case. 50 years old and rehersing for 52 gigs. Battleing skin cancer. And over the years getting frailer & frailer.

Skin Cancer?

I think even if he had a terminal illness for years on end and his death was inevitable it would still have the same reaction. Every time I here 'Michael Jackson has died' it's shocking, you expect some one like him to live forever. To know there'll be no more albums, no more fantastic videos, no more of his fantastic creativeness...that's a shocker no matter how suddenly he died.

I think its going to take some of us a while for it to sink in

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Originally posted by Mercedes78:
I was surprised he had died, you don't think of a superstar dieing at 50, but i always thought over the years he wouldn't live to be very old,

I've always thought that about him too for some reason....

And I also believe that if he had lived, he would not have been able to undertake the mammoth 50 date tour he had organised.

It just seemed to me that it was going to be too much for him to undertake given the frailty of his mind and body - or so it seemed to me.

I was never his greatest fan although I can appreciate what a great talent he was

I was really saddened to hear about his death this morning.

I think it was shocking just because 50 is really no age to die in this day and age.

And yes there were rumours that he had developed skin cancer, but that was in no way connected to his pigmentation or his death.

All things being equal mebbe creatively he should have died in 1990 when all we had was the glorious creativity.

I saw him live in the 80's and leaving aside the unfortunate fact that I accidentally mooned him whilst being crowd surfed very unwell to the front it was a fantastic performance.

I cried this morning when I listened to his 5 year old self give an interview and again when I hear all those fantastic songs.

BUT...let's not eulogise the man. There were some odd events - never proven - that we must not forget either.

Creative genius yes. Flawed individual (for whatever reason) yes.

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Originally posted by Cariad:
I saw him live in the 80's and leaving aside the unfortunate fact that I accidentally mooned him whilst being crowd surfed very unwell to the front it was a fantastic performance.

Weirdly, I wasn't surprised when I heard the news this morning.....I always had the feeling he wouldn't last much longer.

I didn't cry, but have felt sad and nostalgic when I heard particular songs today. Controversy aside, he contributed so much and was an incredible creative inspiration to so many.