Death of Peter Pan

The self confess ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson was found dead on 25 June 2009. The paramedics confirmed that Jackson died of cardiac arrest at the age of 50. His body was brought to a morgue where an autopsy will be conducted. Blood samples were taken from him to undergo toxicology test to determine his death. California police ruled out foul play in Jackson’s death.

I was not surprised when I learned that Jackson died last Friday. His health was failing years before his death. There were early reports of his pain killer addiction. His case is similar to Ana Nicole Smith, who died because of her over dependence to prescribed drugs. Even he (Jackson) knows his imminent death.

I endured watching the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera, France Vingt Quatre for eight (8) hours last Friday. All the news networks focused on the death of Michael Jacson, the ‘King of Pop’. I had enough after that. I had enough of the agonizing and repetitive radio and TV coverage of Michael Jackson’s death. The coverage is not only constrained to TV but to the web and twitter as well.

The media feasted on the news of Jackson’s death. Michael had been at odds with the media most of his life. They covered him when he was starting a career, success, scandals, downfall and death. Jackson will forever live in our memories because of his works and the mysteries behind his persona.

Will I miss him? Definitely not! I am very partial to Jackson’s bad behavior. He might have been cleared of his wrong doings from the court of laws. But he wasn’t exactly cleared of his sexual abuse allegations. The out of court settlements were just few of the examples why there’s still questions of his innocence. This will forever hound him, even in his death.