Today is an incredibly sad day, the world woke up to the news that musical legend Michael Jackson has died. As I’m sure you all know, he died yesterday suffering a cardiac arrest around 2PM Los Angeles time. It was late last night here in the UK when I saw a Tweet from someone saying he’d been rushed to hospital. For the next 2 hours I constantly refreshed every major news site for updates and my heart sank when it was confirmed that he had passed away. I’m still in shock, it’s so unbelievably sad and tragic. I have tickets for two of his London concerts and I’m so sad that I’ll never get to see him live. It would have been so brilliant and he would have seen, after years of not performing or releasing music, how many fans still love and support him. So sad. My heart goes out to his family, friends and his 3 children.
A devastated Paris is also mourning the death of MJ, she’s been posting a lot about it on Twitter today (including the 2 pictures you see). She’d known him all her life and had a visit from him and his kids just a few months ago:
“I am so sad right now
I can’t believe Michael is gone. What a sad day today, I’m devastated.
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“I’m still in shock about Michael. My mom grew up with him since they were teenagers and I’ve known him all my life. He was amazing, so sad.”
“Michael and his kids were just at my house a few months ago, I can’t believe I will never see him again. He was such a kind and gentle soul.”
“Love you Michael, you will truly be missed by the entire world. Your music will live on forever, truly timeless and iconic. Miss you
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“You will be in my heart forever. Love you”
“My heart hurts
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I know this post was off-topic, but it would have felt wrong not to write about it. Music will never be the same. Rest in peace Michael.