RIP Michael Jackson.
Written by Annie on June 26th, 2009Okay wow. I still can’t believe it.
I was on Facebook yesterday, and since I’m a fan of HuffPost, some of their news clips come into my Facebook feed. Yesterday they posted, “TMZ reports Michael Jackson has died,” or something like that.. I didn’t take it seriously, I actually chuckled. I never really trusted TMZ.
But then I saw that all the news sites were reporting that he had died, but it still didn’t kick in, because I don’t always trust the news. My best friend even called me up to tell me Michael Jackson died and I told her it was probably just rumors.
Evidently, they weren’t. Yesterday we lost the King of Pop.
Michael Jackson has had a tough past couple years, and the media didn’t help. But no one can argue how great he was, and how much of an influence he’s had, on music, and even just the lives of normal people. I remember the first time I learned the Thriller dance, during my dance class when I was really little. I remember trying to learn the moonwalk in sixth grade, failing miserably.
Billie Jean was my favorite song.
I still can’t believe it. I still don’t know what to say.
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This is the nth post I’ve read about the death of Michael Jackson, and it’s comforting to see that there are people out there who can look back on the positive influences he had in the music industry, rather than all the scandals and gossip circling him these past years. RIP King of Pop.