Michael Joseph Jackson: 1958 – 2009
I don’t know about all of you. I know Jacko went wrong many times in the last 15 years, but for me and so many other kids growing up in the 80s, he was IT. This is how I choose to remember him. I kept telling myself I would see him perform live “someday.” Eddie and I even talked about trying to catch him in London later this year. Now we will never have that chance.
Much will be said, written and offered about the original MJ in the coming days and weeks. A lot of it will be, deservedly, critical. Nonetheless, no matter which part of the globe you sat on, you knew this dude, and loved at least a song or two. How many people can you say touched that many lives?
Along with the Challenger disaster of the 80s, 9/11, Obama’s clinch in the election of 2008 and the moment I learned my dear friend Jesika had passed, this day is forever seared in my memory. How about yours?
becky sarwate 