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Post by Josh on Jun 25, 2009 14:41:54 GMT -8
I just heard that Michael Jackson died today.
Anyone know anything?
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Post by Josh on Jun 25, 2009 15:14:02 GMT -8
And Farrah Fawcett...  |
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Post by sarah on Jun 25, 2009 16:56:55 GMT -8
There are also rumors of Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford
MJ and Farrah are apparently confirmed. I suspect Jeff and Harrison are just fine. It is a bit weird for me to see people react so strongly to MJ, I just think the whole story of his life is sort of sad....
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Post by Margot on Jun 26, 2009 0:11:55 GMT -8
This would be a good place for me to interject one of the longest-held truths of journalism: "It comes in threes." --Yes, folks, you forgot Ed McMahon forming the third leg of the tripod, as it were. Ed, Michael and Farrah. All will now be quiet on the Western Front.....unless........of course, someone starts a new set.... (Of course, this oft-proven truth only applies in the case of famous people, so chances are, we'll all be just fine  ) |
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Post by moritz on Jun 26, 2009 1:43:14 GMT -8
I just think the whole story of his life is sort of sad.... Maybe that's precisely why people react strongly. I haven't been a fan of MJ in the sense that I would buy his CDs or see his shows. But his music is a part of the soundtrack of my childhood. I agree with you that the whole story of his life is really sad. From being forced to his career by his ambitious father as a child to the ghost that he had become in his last years. This person seems to have been a ruine - physically and mentally. A grotesque shadow of his own past. His story reveals the abysses of fortune and fame. And his early death seems to be the logical consequence. Really sad. R.I.P. Michael. |
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Post by matty on Jun 26, 2009 3:57:37 GMT -8
Well its certain that MJ and Farrah have died. And the coverage other here in Britain has not been divided between the two. Our major news channel has covered Jackos death for pretty much half a day on the trot. Although i didn't watch it all the way through. I had to sleep, what has the reaction been in Oregon where you all live.
Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum are still alive the whole thing about them was a sick internet prank. This can only be described as diabolical and heartless. How can people like that exist its just horrible that someone could do that.
Ed McMahon has died aged 86. Over half a century older than MJ. So we should keep the familys of these three in our heads and condemn those who started the Harrison Ford and Jeff Goldblum rumours.
R.I.P Micheal and Farrah
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Post by Josh on Jun 26, 2009 12:35:49 GMT -8
The whole "comes in threes" thing- makes me think of how John F. Kennedy, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley all died on the same day, and that was the day that Rosemary's mom came to the States for the first time.
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Post by sarah on Jun 26, 2009 18:01:14 GMT -8
Who was Aldous Huxley?
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Post by matty on Jun 30, 2009 9:34:28 GMT -8
you took the words out my mouth Sarah
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Post by Josh on Jun 30, 2009 9:40:28 GMT -8
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Post by krhagan19 on Aug 21, 2009 5:21:02 GMT -8
IT is an interesting commentary on our society that we are STILL Talking about MJ's untimely demize near the end of August!
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Post by Josh on Aug 21, 2009 7:50:26 GMT -8
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Post by Josh on Sept 20, 2009 21:29:55 GMT -8
So, how am I just finding out that Patrick Swayze just died last Monday?
Not that I was a huge fan or anything, but kinda sad.
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Post by matty on Sept 21, 2009 8:28:04 GMT -8
Josh it was coming patrick swazy lived on fags and coffee for most of his life. Apparently it keeps you slim so some dancers do it.
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Post by Josh on Sept 21, 2009 10:14:45 GMT -8
Are you equating coffee drinking to cigarette smoking???
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Post by Alex on Sept 21, 2009 18:31:59 GMT -8
I liked him myself. He was a fair actor, a good dancer, and a decent guy. A mainstay of a generation.
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Post by Margot on Sept 21, 2009 21:25:44 GMT -8
#1. Patrick Swayze
#2. Henry Gibson
#3. Mary Travers (of Peter, Paul and Mary)
That's all I'm gonna say.
--Well, maybe except for the disturbing fact that my family seems to feel I am personally responsible for the death of Patrick Swayze.
So, I was in the grocery story that morning with my daughter and I (innocently) said: "Omigosh! All the tabloids have Patrick Swayze on the cover!! That man has been on those magazines for MONTHS. When is he really going to die?"
That's all I said.
Then when we came home an hour later, the poor man had passed and suddenly my family is blaming ME!!
I had nothing to do with the other two. Although, I have a memory of "Puff the Magic Dragon" being my "first favorite song" when I was about five...
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