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I am in total shock, its just so hard to believe that he's gone.. :(God Bless his family and his children, unbelievable....
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I hope his great contributions to pop culture will trump his oddities.
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I tell you, this WAS surprising. And also, this makes an incredible week. Ed McMan, Farah Fawcett and now MJ... Weird. Scary too, as I'm 49..ekk (Just kidding I haven't done half the drugs he'd probably done) But sad none the less...  It will be thought of as similar to JFK's assassination "where were you when.....? (I was 3 at daycare and the caretakers were sobbing uncontrollably and that's why it sticks in my mind) |
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A family member said on friday that Michael was given a shot of Demerol just before he went into cardiac arrest.
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"Last night it was suspected his collapse could have been caused by an overdose of painkillers.
An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol — similar to morphine.
A Jacko source said: “Shortly after taking the Demerol he started to experience slow shallow breathing. "
This is awful and sad and such a waste.
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You know im SAD.......im SAD...you know it.....I was 8 when the "KING" died...but i have never seen Elvis(thank you very much) in concert but i DID see Michael Jackson live at Cleveland Brown Stadium in 1984, it was the Victory Tour with him and his brothers, and even though i was not into that type of music i NEVER seen someone entertain a crowd of over 80,000 people like him, and i have been to see the BEST, Rolling Stones, U2, The BOSS, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Van Halen, Metallica, Poison, Motley Crue, and every band that has soldout stadiums...GOD LIVE THE KING OF POP.
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Tony, I bet that was a GREAT concert!!!!! He was and always will be the KING OF POP!!! My 11 yr old and I were giving our MJ tributes today, we sand THRILLER and BEAT It about 4 times!!!! hehe
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Hi Gang:
If anyone has AT&T for their wireless carrier, they are giving away two different ringtones of Micheal Jackson as a tribute.
"You are not alone" & Pretty Young Thing" (for free)
I downloaded mine the other day. I appreciated AT&T for doing that for us Micheal fans. Thought maybe some might be interested.
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Wow, I must say that i'm really dissappointed to read even more about M.J. here on LCB. Yes, he was a great performer and yes he died, so do a million other people in the world everyday....why do celebrities always get such great coverage, they are no better than you or me.......can you believe they STOPPED the news on every station just to announce it and then continued to talk about it?? Is his death really more important than anything else that's going on in the world?  Was Michael better than me? Hmmmmm....let me see...I believe he accomplished more than I have...actually more than more than I have....like waaaaaay more than I have. Did he make a better impact on the world? more than I have? That would be another yes. YES!..he made an impact in so many ways...me? ...I swat flies for my mom whenever they get into the house. When I call out my name...will I get the same reaction as Michael would calling out his name? Michael would be swarmed the moment he yelled out "Hi, it's Michael!".....me?...i'd probably get handcuffed and thrown into a looney bin. The part about "was his death really more important than anything else that's going on in the world" - I'd have to say...that even with his death he made a positive impact to the world..like you said..everything stopped...his death marked a day...not just to pay our respect to an international icon..but it's a day the world stopped together, reminiscing about the past - a journey back to the good times...a day that even in death there was joy as people celebrated his life...a day where instead of focusing on the problems that the world faces day in and day out...it was a day that I did forget about my problems and other peoples problems...for me that was good day. |
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Hi Satan,
There is a part of each and everyone of us that comes to adore or idolize either someone or something. It's part of human nature. Whether it's your favorite sports figure, actor or singer.....we look up to them. They are some how inspirational to us...as we strive to reach our goal....or brings us happiness from the everyday art of living.
MJ brought music....his music is a part and will be a part of peoples lives for a long time to come. With his music he created memories in so many peoples lives.
I can't imagine life without music. Music soothes the soul...brings us comfort...makes us happy...and understands us. How could we not embrace someone who has had such an effect on our lives.
I'm far from disappointed for a member to start this thread and the responses recieved by it. Its shows that not only are we gamblers....we are gamblers with heart!
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Satansmuff,
I'm taking a shot here... not a big MJ fan? I'm not sure i get your post... Disapointed to see a post on LCB about Michael Jacksons death? What would make you disapointed?
Why does the media show so much coverage on his death... well... just another guess... but i think thats there job... to get the biggest news stories and broadcast them and try and get as many veiwers as they can.
It seems that you could care less about his death and what all the news channels have to bring us... but MILLIONS do.
For many of us, he was a part of our lives in many ways for many years. His loss was very sad for many of us and a total shock. Being able to share it here on LCB with friends has been great for me, it showed me that i'm not the only person who had love for this man and wanted to share the memories of his life and the passing of his death.
Ok... one last comment, i'm sure i'll be loved for this.
You seem like a pretty bright person from what i have seen you post here on LCB... but just being real... this last post you made, seems like it would have come from a child, and or one who has no clue!
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in response to Soda, you mentioned how much more accomplished he is than you, and sure...he's more accomplished than alot of people, but does that make his life more significant?? How about all of our U.S. soldiers that are losing their lives everyday?? Do their deaths mean less because only a few know their names?? Those are some real heroes but no one bothers to mention their names, but hey...one celebrity dies and let's stop all covereage on the wars going on right now where someones brother, sister, mother, father, son, and daughter are dying and in horrible ways, just to protect us and give the rest of a better country. I think we need to recognize the good in people and not the fame.
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Back to Trotter....as I just mentioned in my last post, it's really sad when i'm trying to watch CNN and follow the war and it gets cut off to announce the death of a celebrity, and then continue to talk about it for over an hour.. I would expect the kind of coverage that it got on MTV, or VH1, but on CNN?? I got family over in Iraq along with millions of other people in the united states who care alot more about what's going on over there than M.K dying. Oh and I was a fan of his music, but his death hardly touched me, i'm sorry but I can't really feel sympathy for child molesters. And I'm very well aware that many believed he was innocent, but hey those people in the jury believed OJ was too.
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I just can't help myself...
WHAT are you talking about? The wars that are going on around the world have been getting a ton of coverage... and the people who protect us and have lost there lives DO get the coverage EVERYDAY... lots of it. And all of it WELL deserved!
How can you say no one mentions there names? It's all over the news EVERYDAY... on MANY news channels.
What are the media outlets to do?
News comes from many different places, and when a huge story comes out, they jump on what they think the people want to see and hear, and thats just what the death of MJ did. 100's of millions of people want to know who, what, where, when and why... and the media is giving it to us.
I'm sure if Korea fired a nuclear missile and hit the US like they say they just might... MJ's story would take a back seat for a bit, and the media would do there job in covering it.
Are you saying that the media should have just said in passing that "oh ya, by the way Michael Jackson passed away today" and not covered the story like they have?
I guess it ALL has nothing to do with who's lives are more important and how much time should be spent on who. As media outlets, their job is to cover the biggest story out there... and if your saying the death of Michael Jackson was/is not the biggest story out there, your wrong.
In your last statement your last sentence says, "i think we need to recognize the good in people and not the fame"... are you saying MJ had no good in him? lol
That man did so much "good" for others in many countries and in many ways! And the media is covering that part of his life too! I'm sure we all wish we could have done 1/100th of the good he did for others.
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