Famous Obituaries

It has been a very sad night thinking of what has happened; the first time I saw Michael Jackson as a kid fronting the Jackson 5 on TV; I think we have here due to my daughter, every CD, Video, cassette, and DVD he ever made.

And to reflect on his family---and the onslought of media attention---and his 3 kids, and I think his brother Tito lives in Devon? A sad night indeed over here and around the world I'm sure.

Wow, what a shock! I was driving home from the train station yesterday when I heard about Michael Jackson.  It made me think of Robert Palmer who also died unexpectedly from a heart attack while rehearsing or recording. He too was only in his early 50's.

You just never know do you? It's so important to live and enjoy each day.

I'm understanding that my brother in-law finally goes in for his stomach anurisum operation, he's been clinging on now for years with this looking more dead here lately then alive himself..I think they said Monday is the operation, my other brother in-law is finsihing off colon cancer operation, and is in chemotherapy, younger sister-in-law has all over cancer and was expected to not live to many more years , she's had both breast's removed. Other brother in-law we had services for last year from passing on. Hubby's oldest brother died couple years back with heart problems. I wish we could change it a bit, we need to be able to live to our retirement years comfortably having worked hard most our lives, but so goes I guess any more.

Thlnking about Micheal Jackson..the little girl I raised, her mother dog had puppies, and she "wanted" to keep her favorite puppy, he mother wouldn't let her, so she talked me into going to the pet shop and buying her....she told me she'd probably only be about $20. so I bought her, she cost me nearly $100. I took this tiny wee thing, smaller then the bill I paid for her with home, and Micheal Jackson was singing "this girl's for me"..or so the tune goes, and I held this liitle black puppy up under her arms, I said "no Micheal, this girl's for me!".. and I sang the song to her..What else could I do..I think the name of the song was "My girl". I mean after all, she was nearly an $100.... by the time she grew up with the kids, she was subject to being seat-belted into an box and pulled by an remote control car through the house with ears out flying, I managed to grab the box and her as it flew past me. then she took to bunny rabbits, I had her fixed, but she always wanted to be an mother dog herself, so she mothered baby bunny rabbits. which quite frequenly got her into trouble, if not from me, the mother rabbit she took the baby away from....Iwould always thnk of Michael Jackson's  song, and back then holding her that day thinking what an huge price I paid for something that didnt' even have pedigree papers....the things we do for our "kids".

May they all rest in peace - Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson. 

Makes you reflect on the preciousness and brevity of life.  Especially in the case of Michael Jackson.  I read today that he'd been rehearsing for his upcoming concert tour just hours before he died.  I've always felt a bit sorry for him.  It doesn't seem like he ever grew up and I wonder if it's because he pretty much had his childhood taken away from him.  Very eccentric, but a great talent nevertheless.  I'm sure we'll be seeing his name in the press for many months to come.