The news outlets were flooded with reports of Michael Jackson's cardiac arrest, coma, hospitalization, and death today. We were all a part of history as we watched the events unfold before our eyes via Twitter, Facebook, and other online sources. A new era of news has arrived and we all must be very aware that although we are getting more news in record time, we still have to look at what we read with a little skepticism and not take everything at face value. There were false reports among the credible updates.
MJ shaped pop music as we know it today. Icon. Genius. Freak. Artist. He left this world a little more colorful and a lot more interesting than it was before he arrived on the scene. My most vivid memory of him was back in 1984 when they were selling red studded jackets at a record store that I was at in Edmond, Oklahoma. I wanted one so bad, but for reasons unknown to me, my parents refused to get me one (thank you mom and dad).
Thank you, Michael Jackson.