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It is said death takes people three at a time. Ed McMahon, Farrah, and Michael Jackson were pop icons. How can somebody, anybody say they watched television in the 1980's without one of these three being seen? Impossible.

Who can forget Star Search before Publisher's Clearinghouse? Charlie's Angels? Where were you the first time you witnessed the King of Pop?

Michael Jackson was a sensation. It was as if he was a celestial being gliding across stages made of wood. The Moonwalk is an ode to entertainers passed in Vaudeville acts. The irony to Michael is he didn't have to wear Blackface. He chose whiteface. Maybe he was ahead of his time. Maybe he was showing what happens when the performer is made to do just that? Perhaps we never got to really know Michael Jackson the person. Perhaps we will one day...

R.I.P.

Rest in PEACE.