Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson pass in the same day.  Wow.  This just after Ed McMahon earlier in the same week.  They do say death occurs in 3’s and I suppose this time they were right.  What I find to be ironic however, is that I haven’t heard one person make a negative comment about Michael.  It’s amazing to me that it takes someone’s death before you respect them again.

I’ve seen countless amounts of television stations covering his passing not one referring to him as “Wacko Jacko”.  Just about everyone on my friends lists on Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter have mourned his passing.  Telling what a great artist he was and reminiscing his videos.  Even my husband whom I have never seen watch a Michael Jackson video during our relationship was You Tubing him.

Probably just about every single one of those people were the first to judge during every child molestation accusation and weird act done by him with his children.  Or comment on his appearance.  I’m not saying that I can’t be judgmental.  I’m not even saying that I haven’t cracked a Michael Jackson joke in my day or commented about how crazy non natural looking his facial features had become.  But through it all I still thought he was an amazing artist and I wouldn’t have said anything different.  Hell, I even had a couple of his songs played at our wedding reception (Rock With You and Beat It).  And of course who doesn’t love them some Thriller or Smooth Criminal.

Aw Michael, no matter what you did or how weird things may have gotten no one can deny what a major impact you’ve made in music, peoples lives, and history.

RIP