Bye-bye Whacko Jacko
I never thought Michael Jackson would live to a grand old age. But I didn't think he'd pop his clogs quite so soon. Clearly the cumulative effects of such a crazy, roller-coaster life were just too much.
As his former publicist Michael Levine said:
"Michael has been on an impossibly difficult and often self-destructive journey for years. His talent was unquestionable but so too was his discomfort with the norms of the world.
"A human simply can not withstand this level of prolonged stress."
That pretty much nails it, I reckon.
Whacko Jacko was a really sad case, like so many big stars. They're forever trying to find in fame - and from squillions of people they'll never meet - what they can't get from relationships with a handful of people in the real world.
Many of them have been psychologically (and sometimes sexually) abused by one or both parents. And that makes them incapable of having healthy relationships in adulthood. Whacko Jacko's father in particular sounded like a really twisted bastard who pushed the poor kid relentlessly.
No wonder Michael Jackson never wanted to grow up and had such strange and creepy relationships with children. While he was one of the most well known people in the world, and seemingly one of the most widely, er, "loved", you couldn't imagine a more lonely, pathetic or bizarre figure.
Will be interesting to see what happens now ...
Sounds like family members were very concerned about his dependence on drugs, so I suspect there'll be some big time lawsuits brought against those enabling this abuse. There'll probably be a few whacked out conspiracy theories, too. Even though he's carked it, he'll be fodder for the tabloids for a long time yet, poor bastard.
