Thread: Michael Jackson - Dead at age 50
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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Default Re: Michael Jackson - Dead at age 50
Originally Posted by KimPossible
ABC News is reporting that when word got out about MJ dying that it crashed Twitter & Google for 40 minutes. That's a man with a huge cultural impact. People are mourning the entertainer that started in the public eye at 4 years old and changed the face of pop music - not the Wacko Jacko of later years. He gets more attention than a US President because he was the most recognizable face in the world for years. His death has a global impact. Plus, when was the last time we lost a President unexpectedly? Kennedy? I bet for the time THAT was a bigger story. When we lost Reagan, Nixon, Ford we knew it was coming.

Anyone who sold 750,000 records is going to get a lot of attention when they die. How much attention did John Lennon & Elvis get when they died?
Most recognizable face? Heck he looked different practically every time you saw him, he only looked the same when he wore a mask. He was one sick puppy. No tears for him, just for his victims.
 
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