Quite a parade of losses for the entertainment industry: Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and now Michael Jackson, the latter being a totally unexpected death.
It was also terribly sad to see that Michael Jackson, who gave his entire childhood for our pleasure, died as well. Of course, everyone must go sometime, but it is so odd that Farrah died of something that made her lose that amazing signature coif and that Jacko died of something other than being clubbed to death by an irate parent. Let's try and remember him as the bouncy little kid in the Jackson 5. Another casualty of the child prodigy exploitation syndrome. It's a pity people were not more cautious with their OWN kids and the greed of everyone surrounding this genius of a child is one of the scandals of our time. 'Nobody dast blame this man' as Arthur Miller said. Blame the parents of the children who were Jacko's victims as they should have had more sense, but where there's a buck to be made, anyone's fair game in some people's minds.
RIP All three and thanks for the good times!
