My initial reaction was “No!”

But then, in order to be honest and thorough, I decided to really think it through before giving my opinion on whether or not Michael Jackson had indeed committed suicide.

I have watched Michael Jackson for years. I have enjoyed his music tremendously.

And like most of his fans, I was horrified by the whole child molester accusation.

If you search the world over you will find people that actively feel that he WAS a child molester, you will find people that will vehemently deny that Michael could do such a thing and then you find people that are on the fence because they are not really sure one way or the other.

Personally, as a victim of child molestation, I hate to be too quick to form an opinion one way or the other.

The person that admired Michael the musician wants to deny that Michael could ever do such a thing.

The child in me that was molested wants all child molesters to be caught and dealt with harshly.

But, in the middle is the grown up me that tries to see things realistically.

When I was a child I really admired OJ Simpson. What does OJ Simpson have to do with Michael Jackson you might be wondering?

You see, I thought OJ was wonderful. I looked up to him.

When Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered I had to take a good long look at the person that I had admired and I have to admit that I didn’t like what I saw.

I know that some people think that he is innocent but most people that I talk to feel that he is guilty and from the very first I have believed that OJ Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

I could be wrong but that is how I feel. But I don’t think so.

So, realizing that I was so wrong in looking up to OJ all of those years, when the whole Michael Jackson child molestation case came along I wanted to really look at the whole situation honestly.

Did Michael Jackson molest that child? Any child?

I really can’t say one way or the other but my gut feeling is that he didn’t.

Yes, Michael hung around with children and ‘as a grown man he shouldn’t have spent so much time with children’ is how many feel.

I think that having fame thrust upon him at such a young age kept Michael from enjoying his childhood. He never really got to fully experience just being a child. There were always rehearsals, concerts and tv appearances.

The lack of a childhood may have been a big part of why Michael could seem so childlike at times and why he spent so much time with children.

Like Peter Pan he never really grew up.

Then too Michael loved children and was always helping them through charities.

But, when all is said and done, Michael loved all people and the environment. You can see that love in many of his songs and all the charitable donations that he contributed.

Do I think that Michael molested those children?

No.

If he did then he is answering for his deeds and it is up to God to punish him.

But, I really don’t believe that he did what he was accused of.

Why?

First of all my gut feeling tells me that he didn’t.

On top of that is the fact that the parents accepted $20 million.

I tell you right now that as a parent, if anyone harmed my child that there is no amount of money on God’s green Earth and all of the planets combined that would get me to shut up and let it go.

Some of you may say, “Well, that’s a lot of money.”

Sure it is and as a single mom on low income I would LOVE to have a lot of money and not have to worry about bills anymore.

BUT, my son is more important than any amount of money. I have had to make hard choices in my life. I have done the right thing at times when it would have been much easier not to. But, it was the right thing and doing the right thing is important to me.

Especially, as a parent, I believe that it is vital that we set good examples.

What kind of a parent would I be if I told my child to do the right thing and be honest but then turn around and do wrong things and lie?

So, when I hear that these parents accepted the money I feel that Michael Jackson was innocent and that this was all about the money.

You don’t think so?

Then tell me, if they truly believed that Michael Jackson had molested their child how much do they really love him if money is more important?

Then too, from my understanding, the second child that accused Michael sounded coached.

Hmmmm, if you see that someone else got $20 million (I know that the amount wasn’t disclosed at the time but anyone with half a brain would have to realize that the amount would be HUGE!) how hard would it be to think about that if you just get your child to say “Michael touched me” that maybe you too could hit the Michael Jackson lottery.

Michael being the person that he was I think that these accusations hurt him beyond measure and that he just wanted it to go away. He wanted for people to quit telling lies about him. He wanted for people to just love him again.

So, after all of this I finally get to the question that I started this post with.

Do I think that Michael Jackson committed suicide?

NO!

If this had all happened back when Michael was being accused of being a child molester then I might have believed that he had killed himself.

But, Michael had too much to live for.

He loved his children and was a great Dad.

Even knowing that they would be taken care of I cannot see Michael killing himself and leaving them.

His concert tour.

Michael Jackson was on the brink of a comeback. He was about to start a concert tour and by all accounts it was sold out.

If he had gotten everything ready for his comeback tour and then not sold many tickets I might have questioned whether or not this was suicide.

But his concerts were sold out.

Then too you watch the video of when Michael Jackson was rehearsing to prepare for his tour.

He looked happy and totally in his element.

Michael Jackson was back and better than ever!

He had everything to live for.

The only thing that could stop him, and DID, is an addiction to medications.

Well, that and doctors that seem to care more about money than they do their patients lives.

But then, you see that all over anymore.

Sure it happened to Elvis Presley and now Michael Jackson but it happens to rich and poor alike every day.

My Mom was a victim of it 11 years ago as was my friend’s mother who just died a few months ago.

Sad to say but to too many people we are all just a way to make money.

I don’t know, maybe I have a bit of Michael’s childlike innocence still in me but I believe that God wants us to love each other and help each other.

That is what I have taught my son and what I have always done. Yet, you wouldn’t believe that sometimes it’s the people closest to you that will take advantage and screw you over.

Even so, I still try to do what God would want but I am much more wary. I do not trust like I used to.

But even with my rose colored glasses ripped off my face I still believe that Michael Jackson did not kill himself.

What do YOU think?

People all over  the world united in their grief to say goodby to Michael Jackson.

I must say that I missed the first part of the Michael Jackson memorial but what I did see was an emotional. beautiful tribute to the King of Pop.

All over the internet the buzz was about Michael. There were news reports, twitter updates and even a live video broadcast of the memorial for Michael.

Sadly, I  missed Brooke Shield’s speech. From what I heard it was a heart flet speech which caused the tears to flow- even Brooke’s.

I wonder if the video from her speech will be on youtube for those of us that missed it?

Personally I cried when Michael’s brother Marlon came up to the mike. His voice broke as he aqueaked out “I hurt” I know the feeling of that pain, a loss so deep so soul ahattering that you don’t know how you can live through it

I laughed when Marlon told about seeing the old man at the music store. When he asked the old man “What are you doing here Michael?” and Michael wondered how he had recognized him I could picture the whole scene in my mind.

The story was funny and yet sad too as it depicted how with the famethat Michael had he was no longer able to enjoy a normal life. Simply going out to a music store to buy some cd’s was an ordeal of putting on a disguiseand hoping not to be discovered.

The simple mundane things that we do every day without giving them a second thought were not available to huge stars like Michael Jackson and Elvis presley.

I am sure that Michael is now in Heaven looking down and he is happy to see how he affected the world. Songs that he recorded years ago are still being enjoyed by young and old, male, female, black, white and every other color in God’s rainbow of human beings here on Earth.

I have been trying to leave a message on Michael’s facebook page but I don’t know if it is because of how busy it is or if it is my computer. I havem’been able to leave it there so I will leave it here:

Michael sang songs that made us think and made us feel. The world seems a dimmer place without his shining star to brighten it. We will miss you Michael

Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard is accusing the doctors for Michael’s death. He says that him and Michael Jackson’s psychic tried to warn Michael but that they just got pushed out of the picture.

The family wanted to bury Michael on his beloved Neverland Ranch but laws in California don’t work with Michael’s wishes, the family’s wishes and time constrants.

There is talk that Michael’s funeral is being planned for Tuesday

In the meantime Michael Jackson’s music, while ever popular, is selling faster than ever since the death of America’s King of Pop.

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Out of 32 people that they used this new technique on only 7 actually died and could not be brought back.

It leads you to wonder why, if this technique is so successful, they can use it to bring so many people back from the dead and yet not be able to resuscitate Michael Jackson.

Speculation runs rampant that Michael Jackson has been addicted to prescription drugs. One article says that Michael Jackson has been suffering from insomnia and had wanted a drug to help him to sleep. The person told him that they would not give him the drug due to the danger of using it. It is speculated that Michael might have gotten a hold of it anyway.

Now, I am wondering if Michael did use the drug to be able to sleep if maybe that would be why the new technique did not work to resuscitate him.

We may never really know why a technique that has been used to bring back so many people from the dead did not work on the King of Pop. All we can do at this point is to remember the good things about him, enjoy the wonderful music and video’s that he has given us over the years and to know that he really is in a better place.

We will miss him but for someone who has gone through so much in recent years and who had virtually become a recluse he now is free and is no longer suffering. Michael Jackson was a kind person. He liked to help people and for him to be persecuted as he was I am sure that he suffered terribly. Now he suffers no more

Michael Jackson loved his kids and seemed to be a really good Dad. With the submission of his will he has made sure that his Mother will take care of his children and that they will be provided for.

I have hear that Michael actually left recordings of new songs for his children. With the release of these new songs his children’s future should be secure.

I am not sure at this time when his funeral will be. It has been speculated that Michael Jackson will be buried on the Never Land Ranch. But California law says that in order to bury human remains on private property that they body must be cremated. We will have to wait and see what happens with this.

2 autopsy’s were performed and I have yet to hear any actual evidence of what the results were. I understand that some of the results could be weeks to be known

In the last week we have had 3 people die in our area. The son of a family friend died last Friday, our state representative Dick Allen died on Saturday and our cousin (Maxine Peters) died on Sunday.

Then on Tuesday it was Ed McMahon and Thursday it was Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

That makes for 2 sets of three’s already.

Now today we found out that Billy Mays, fast-talking pitchman for products like Oxy-clean , died Saturday at his home in Tampa. Mays, Florida. Billy Mays would have turned 51 on July 20. He was found by his wife. Police do not suspect foul play.

Mays was aboard the U.S. Airways Flight 1241 that was flying from Philadelphia on Saturday when it suffered a rough landing due to the fact that its front tire blew out. Billy Mays told a Tampa TV station that he was struck in the head during the landing. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday to determine the actual cause of death. He was 50- the same age as Michael Jackson..

I thought that after Natasha died from hitting her head after her skiing accident that people would be more aware that when you hit your head you really should get it checked out. You might think that you are ok but you may be in serious need of medical care. Please remember that.

Celebrity #2?

Gale Storm the perky star of 1950s TV died Saturday too. She was 87.

Gale starred on “My Little Margie” and “The Gale Storm Show,” and had guest appearances on popular tv shows such as “Burke’s Law,” “The Love Boat” and “Murder, She Wrote.”

Gale Storm was born in Texas and named Josephine Owaissa Cottle

She appeared in three Republic westerns with Will Rogers.

“I was really scared of horses. I only rode them because that’s what you had to do.” Gale admitted in 2000. She recalled that Will Roger’s horse Trigger did whatever he could to cause her trouble. While she would smile and ride alongside Rogers anf he sang a song, Trigger (out of sight of the camera) would lean over and bite her horse’s neck.

So, will another celebrity die to finish off this set of 3?

I hope not, but I know that my Mom always said that these things happen in 3’s and it DOES seem to happen that way.

Time will tell…

Steve McNair

Born March 22, 1912 – died July 1, 2009. He was an Academy Award winning American actor. Karl Malden died of natural causes. He was 97 years old

Harve Presnell

Born October 6, 1942 – died June 28, 2009. He was an American entertainer, comedian and impersonator. Travelena died on June 28, 2009 he was 66 years old

William “Billy” D. Mays, Jr.

Born July 20, 1958 – died June 28, 2009. He was a television direct-response advertisement salesperson. Mays was found dead by his wife on the morning of June 28, 2009. He had died in his sleep during the night. .Cause of death was identified as being heart related and not the bump in the head that he received in a rough landing of the airplane he was on.

Gale Storm, singer and star of ’50s hit TV series My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show. She died at the age of 87 Cause of death is not known.

Michael Jackson

June 25, 2009: Michael Jackson, 50, US singer known as the King of Pop. Michael Jackson was rushed to hospital with a suspected heart attack and could not be revived.

Farrah Fawcett

June 25, 2009: Farrah Fawcett at the age of 62,. Farrah Fawcett was a US actress who gained fame in the tv series Charlie’s Angles. Farrah died of anal cancer.

Ed McMahon

June 23, 2009: Ed McMahon, 86. Ed McMahon was a veteran US broadcaster best known as a sidekick to the legendary Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.

David Carradine

June 3, 2009: David Carradine, 72. David Carradine was a US actor best known as star of the 1970s television series Kung Fu. Thai police said David Carradine was found dead in a Bangkok hotel room with a rope around his neck.

Lucy Gordon

Born May 22, 1980 – died May 20, 2009. She was an English actress and model. Gordon was found dead two days before her 29th birthday the cause of death appears to be suicide

Lynyrd Skynyrd Bassist Ean Evans Dies 48. Evans died on May 6, 2009 in Mississippi, following a battle with cancer

Dom DeLuise

May 4, 2009: Dom DeLuise was a comedic US actor best known for his roles in the films Cannonball Run, Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles.

Bea Arthur

April 25, 2009: Bea Arthur, 86. Bea Arthur was a US stage and screen actress best known for her roles in the TV sitcoms Maude and The Golden Girls. She was born Bernice Frankel.

Singer Dan Seals ‘I’d Really Love to See You Tonight’ dies at 61 years old. Born February 8, 1948 -died March 25, 2009. He was an American musician. He died of cancer

Natasha Richardson

March 18, 2009: Natasha Richardson at the age of 45. Natasha was a British stage and screen actress. She died from a skiing accident in Canada.

Paul Harvey

February 28, 2009: Paul Harvey at the age of 90. Paul Harvey was a US broadcaster with the ABC radio network.

Lynyrd Skynyrd Keyboardist Billy Powell Dies at 56 years old. He is believed to have died from a heart attack

Ricardo Montalbán

January 14, 2009: Ricardo Montalbán died at the age of 88. He was a US actor who starred on screen, including the TV series Fantasy Island

Michael Jackson was 5 feet 10 inches tall.

He was married twice and has three children.

He married Lisa Marie Presley May 26th, 1994. They divorced January 18, 1996.

He married Debbie Rowe November 15th 1996. They divorced October 8th 1999. They had 2 children together.

Michael used the services of a surregate mother and had another child

Michael Jackson has sold 170 million albums worldwide.

Macaulay Culkin is godfather to Michael Jackson’s two eldest children.

Here is a little known fact:

Michael Jackson won a poll of superstars to have his image on a stamp issued by the Virgin Islands in July 1985. Michael asked that the Virgin Islands donated all revenue to welfare and education. The stamps were priced between 60 cents and $1.50 each.

In a 1997 survey Michael Jackson was declared the most famous person in the world, ahead of Pope John Paul II and then US President Bill Clinton.

Michael Jackson  was the highest earning singer of 1988-1989, with $125 million from his worldwide “BAD” album tour.

Michael Jackson died June 25th 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Clips of 70’s icon Farrah Fawcett

Farrah Fawcett on the Dating Game in 1960

Farrah Fawcett Noxema Commercial from the 1970’s

Charlie’s Angels Opening (First Season 1976)

Farrah Fawcett Ultra-Brite Commercial

Farrah Fawcett in “Partridge Family”

TV Commercial Mercury Cougar 1975

Lady Schick Speed Styler commercial

Farrah Fawcett Faberge Shampoo Commercial-Beach

Farrah Fawcett Head&Shoulders 1970’s w Laverne

Billie Jean

Beat It

Black or White

Who would have thought when they woke up this morning that it was to be the end of an era.

As someone who grew up watching Charlie’s Angels & singing Michael Jackson songs.

The loss of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson leaves a huge hole not only in the entertainment field but also in the hearts of many throughout the world.

At 9:28 this morning Farrah Fawcett lost her long and courageous battle with anal cancer.

At approximately 2:30 this afternoon Michael Jackson died. There is speculation that he died of a heart attack but the true reason behind his death will not be known until the results of his autopsy come in.

Farrah is most known for her short role of one year on the hit tv show Charlie’s Angles. She is also remembered for her parts in movies such as Logan’s Run, The Burning Bed & Small Sacrifices to name just a few.

In The Burning Bed, which was based on a true story, Farrah played the part of an abused wife who kills her abusive husband by setting the bed on fire upon which he lay passed out.

Michael Jackson became famous when he was a small boy as the youngest member of the group the Jackson 5.

The baby of the group went on to become the most famous and, sadly, the first of the siblings to die.

Both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson will be sadly missed by those closest to them and by the fans who have watched them for years and who now have a hole in their heart by the loss of

an Angel and the King of Pop

I will write more on this tomorrow but the weather here today has been stormy which has made it hard for me to be on here to write this. It is late now and I have work tomorrow so I must stop for now but I will have much more to write about the loss of these shining stars that died far too soon.

I also plan on having an area where I will start to list famous people and when they died. Just this year we have lost some very famous people. The list may surprise you.

If you have memories of Farrah Fawcett or Michael Jackson then please share them here in the comments. I will try to get the community area up and running soon so that we can all mourn their loss and celebrate their lives together.

Later :0)