
Bajanbabe wrote:You know Jels, it brings back memories of when Bob died, sort of surreal. I don’t normally pay any attention to the death of celebrities because after all mi nuh know dem, so I don’t normally have any emotion. However, with Bob, Princes Di and Now Michael, you kind of feel a sense of sadness about their loss. Anyway, I don’t think we will be privileged in our era, to ever witnessing anyone even coming even close to the talent that Michael had. It is a shame he has gone so soon.
Could "The King of Pop" have been considered the most famous person in the world? With global album sales somewhere between 700-750 million, a career that spanned nearly 50 years, two widely covered pedophilia charges and various charitable contributions... Michael Jackson, quite possibly, was the most famous person in the world.
Michael JacksonHis popularity caused big problems for some of the Internet's more popular sites as rumors began to swirl about his rumored death.
Famed celebrity news site TMZ was the first to break the news of Michael Jackson's death. People from all over the world rushed to the site to see the news for their own eyes. Due to the mass amounts of traffic TMZ began experiencing erratic downtimes, which left people searching other sites for confirmation.
AOL, owner of TMZ, released the following statement about the downtime...
"Today was a seminal moment in Internet history. We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth. Historically, celebrity news prompts a worldwide outpouring with several key consumer behaviors – searching, sharing and reacting to the news followed by online tributes has become the modern way to mourn. Princess Diana was the first notable Internet example. Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett are the latest.
With other sites such as CNN reporting that Jackson was still alive but in a coma, that only added fuel to the fire, as people wanted to know the truth. Sadly in the end, TMZ was correct.

Tinks wrote:Oh man, I hadn't even thought of little Blanket
The whole family seemed so close, it would be a shame if the judge split them up.
Do we even know if Debbie Rowe saw the kids after she "signed them over"?


Tinks wrote:Jelakins wrote:Having seen the cocktail of drugs that was issued to him in 10 hours before his death I'm surprised anyone is shocked that it was a homicide!!!!
01:30 Valium
02:00 Lorazepam
03:00 Midozolam
05:00 Lorazepam
07:30 Midozolam
10:30 Propofol
Damn!
I know I shouldn't laugh - but you have such a way with words![]()


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