No More Michael Jackson News PLEASE

If you are a Michael Jackson Fan I would advise you to stop reading now.

I am heartily sick of the number of pages his death has taken up in the press. How can anyone honestly worship this drug addled dysfunctional junkie?

True somewhere in his muddled and crazy life he may have had a bit of talent and sung (although to my mind what came out of his mouth was hardly musical) some songs that appealed to the general public.

He is reputed to be an amazing dancer, but unless I am missing something all I have seen is a whirling dervish who has the ability to perform a series of grossly unnatural and grotesque moves on stage. Hardly dancing!

How can so many people be so affected by the drug riddled death of this sad person? I fear it is the usual case of mass media madness and hysteria - something akin to the great swathe of feelings around at the time of the death of Princess Diana. But let’s get this right, I am not in any way associating Michael Jackson with Princess Diana.

Let’s try to take a constructive look at his life. He grew up in a modest house in Gary Indiana. He was the seventh of nine children born to Katherine and Joe Jackson. He was just five years old when he started performing, and aged ten when he was signed by Berry Gordy of the Motown record label. This was the start of the rise to fame of the Jackson Five. It is a known fact that about this time he was the victim of cruel mental and physical abuse at the hands of his ferociously ambitious father.

As his fame peaked, increasingly stories began to circulate about his eccentric lifestyle and unconventional private life. He was reported to have slept in an oxygen chamber – to stay young, and the chimpanzee Bubbles, is reported to have slept in a cot in his bedroom. There were regular reports of plastic surgery to alter his appearance. In 2002, when he dangled his 11 month old Prince Michael II out of a fourth floor Berlin hotel bedroom window, he created an outcry. As the anecdotes of his strange and bizarre behaviour grew, he attained the nickname “Wacko Jacko.” Strange attitudes to sleeping with children in his bed resulted in an eventual court case. Although to be fair he was found not guilty on all charges. With the stories outlined in this paragraph it is hardly surprising he became known as "Wacko Jacko!" In the cold light of day I would ask you to seriously consider - are these the behaviour patterns of a normal human being?

In and amongst all this was the daily intake of drugs (see my blog “Michael Jackson - The Effects of Drugs and Facial Surgery- Sunday 28th June).

SO PLEASE LETS LET THE POOR FELLOW REST IN PEACE AND HAVE THE COLUMN INCHES OF OUR NEWSPAPERS FILLED WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE NEWSWORTHY AND DESERVING.