[Digital Jedi]

His personal life was a mess, even though I never bought the molestation accusations. Too much opportunism involved on everyone's part. But no matter what you end up talking about, you always end on the fact that he was a great entertainer. No one put on a show, or made a video like him. His fame was his curse more than a blessing. I'm not ashamed to admit, I'll miss him. His songs comprised almost half of the stuff on my MP3 player. I'm chagrined that another of my childhood icons is gone, as I was very much into Micheal, Luther, Barry, Ray. Gone Too Soon, indeed.

Pity I'm too fat to do the moonwalk with any credibility anymore. But back in the day, I remember when everyone had the red jacket. Crap, I just remembered my brother even had the Jheri Curl.

I did an avatar set on my site, since I'm not good with tributes. Only thing I could think to do: http://www.cogonline.net/forums/showthread.php?t=53244