I personally think Michael Jackson's death will never be as big as the death of Elvis. Not saying that Michael Jackson wasn't a great musical genius just in my opinion he wasn't as big as Elvis. Being from the south in the US of course I was a huge Elvis fan and the story of his rags to riches life and the kindness he showed to even perfect strangers left many in awe of him. I also was a huge Michael fan and although he is gone we will always have his great music.