Gone too soon...

Michael Jackson dies

The King is dead. Or so they say.

Michael Jackson, the crowned King of Pop, was gone without giving an encore. Abrupt as his success was, his death was sudden and unexpected.

Jackson was a charmer and the perfect entertainer as a child prodigy. He became bigger than life before he even actually grew up. His songs were the universal language of pop. People of different races adored him like, indeed, he was King.

Then as his skin color and face faded, his persona gradually suffered. Intrigues and scandals battered him to showbiz oblivion. Come to think of it, Michael Jackson died a long time ago.

But his music will live forever.

We all, at least once in our lives, belted a Jackson tune in falsetto and laughed ourselves off trying his patented Moonwalker on the dance floor. No matter how weird this person may be, we owe him a great deal of entertainment.

So long, Mr. Jackson. Enjoy your peace.