All Michael, All the time

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Much as it was when Diana died, it's going to be Michael Jackson all weekend, I expect, until  we're sick to the eye teeth of it. But there's no denying he had a huge influence on pop music and music video. When Elvis died, hearts broke all over the world. He was probably just as famous as Michael in his day. Elvis didn't write most of his own material, he wasn't all that great an actor but boy could he sing. He didn't invent Rock and Roll but his handsome white-boy face and swiveling hips brought it out of the regional niches into the sunshine and it changed pop music. Michael Jackson had an electric effect on music and video, too, whether you liked his music or not. I liked it in the early 80s, it was catchy and danceable and a little different. It's sad that his life turned into such a tragic mess. He had way too much fame and no stable foundation to allow him to handle it emotionally, even though he'd been famous since he was a small child. I bet there will be an upsurge in the name Michael for new babies.

It seems he was "training" to do 50 shows in London at the O2 and I think it was probably too much for him, too much stress and apparently he's been having problems with medication abuse, going by an interview i heard last night on CNN with one of his long time friends. I think he might have been anorexic too, because some of the footage of him shows him almost skeletally thin and needing help to walk. That's so dangerous and can easily cause heart failure. He'd have no reserves to fight with.

All the focus is going to be on him, rather than the beautiful Farrah. His death was unexpected where she had been struggling and failing these last few months. She was certainly an icon for the 70s, the golden poster girl. She was quite courageous in her battle with cancer, from what i understand. She made a documentary/diary about it too. I have not seen it but i can imagine it must be difficult to watch. Very sad. I wonder if Farrah's name will be popular for babies? Maybe not as most of the people that remember her from the 70s are past the age of having babies, i should imagine.

May they rest in peace.

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I think it's so sad about Farrah, she was finally about to marry Ryan O'Neal as well.