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From Mariah Carey via Twitter:

I am heartbroken. My prayers go out to the Jackson family,and my heart goes out to his children. Let us remember him for(cont)his unparalleled contribution to the world of music,his generosity of spirit in his quest to heal the world & the joy he brought to his(cont millions of devoted fans throughout the world. I feel blessed to have performed with him several times & to call him my friend. (cont)
No artist will ever take his place. His star will shine forever. - Mariah

luv4u said:

In fairness, I was concern about the possibility that Michael was dying since the mid-90's. I say that because his health problem (counting the controversial skin-disorder) was getting worse each passing year.

errant said:

Thinking back, he brought so much fun into my youth. Singing and dancing to his tunes, watching the videos, teaching myself to moonwalk in the livingroom, rollerskating

I liked what John Mayer said:

Michael Jackson, like James Brown and Prince, are nearly uncoverable. The tunes were about his innate talent and can't really be replicated.

Elizabeth Taylor said she is too devastating to comment. I was wondering how'd she take this...his mother, Janet and Elizabeth were the people that came to mind as soon as the news sunk in.

Every time the radio or tv newscasters blare out "Michael Jackson, dead at age 50!" my heart sinks all over again. I thought reality had hit me about this but each time I hear that blunt statement about his death today, it still sounds unreal, like it can't be true. I keep waiting for somebody to say "Oh no, we were mistaken, he's fine."

It's still so unbelievable to me, and I'm actually a little taken aback by how deeply this is affecting me.

bboy87 said:

I hear you boo and I completely understand.

Just two weeks ago I had a friend and her four kids over for dinner and I put on Michael Jackson's music. One of her sons, who is 17, went WILD and started dancing around the living room like he was MJ. After I finished laughing at his silly butt, all I coulds think was "Wow, Michael Jackson's music is STILL connecting with the youth after all these years." The man's gift was powerful and timeless and will be with us for a long time.

heartbeatocean said:

Yep, we sure were. I'm so thankful I was that age then and fortunate enough to experience those days and that time firsthand.

R.I.P. Michael Joseph Jackson

Thank you for the music and your amazing talent. God bless your soul and my prayers go out to your family.

Adisa said:

bboy87 said:

Is that the house he grew up in?

lazycrockett said:

Go on, Al!

And let me say that I officially HATE Toure's punk ass.

TonyVanDam said:

Yeah, it does seem as if he was ailing even then.

JackieBlue said:

angel345 said:

Yep.

bettybop said:

I like John's quote too. He's had some pleasant comments. I always wondered how MJ would deal when Liz passed but think that it's the other way around. I think when I see Katherine and Janet for the first time my bawling will finally commence.

SCNDLS said:

I'm constantly seeing kids becoming fans and fall in love with him, and that makes me happy. He wasn't about negativity....this guy was about love

JackieBlue said:

He helped Mariah out when she was going through some issues with her ex-husband Mottola and Sony.

SCNDLS said:

I'll tell ya, I found my own self shaking my head in disapproval today as ET showed "exclusive" pics of MJ being loaded onto the ambulance as he died.
Then I got to thinking...
Why is it that when it's soldiers and images of war or crime we fight for full disclosure from the media. That the news give us ALL and not hold back on us. But when it's a celebrity or someone that we can put a name to the face it's so terribly and disgustingly disrespectful and heartless?

All I can come up with is the news is gonna do what the news does. We can't have it both ways.
Sad? Yes. Should they run pics if they want? IMO,Yes.
Can we turn the channel, or click off the website or not buy the publication? YES.

SCNDLS said:

I've disliked him since 2003 along with other people. Alot of these cats had no respect

SCNDLS said:

Oh god, what kind of mess did this wannabe queen spat now?

I turned the TV off once the news were confirmed,,,,those people are WAAAY too deep for my short breah.

Copycat said:

Right now...we are living in a world...where there is NO...Michael Jackson!!!!

I am so fucked up that I can't even think!!!

Harlepolis said:

and fuck John Norris' Borat lookin' ass. You're THIS old and still working for MTV?

Harlepolis said:

You don't even wanna know. They're showing parts of an old interview with him and he's talking all types of nonsense in his overly dramatic way.

lazycrockett said:

of course the good reverend didn't pass up on opportunity to get his fat mug filling up a camera, as usual.

bboy87 said:

Yeah, I was gonna add him to my list too. He's starting to look like Phil Spector with that rug.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I know...isn't he like the last Legend. I can't think of anyone else that's bigger than him...maybe it's because I'm in my 20's.....besides Prince.

I'm officially done with TV anyways as it is. I'm watching Richard Pryor.

errant said:

Sharpton has been a CLOSE family friend for over 30 years, so