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#17: Death of a god

ChrisTH

on June 27, 2009

I know I'm on vacation…

But the morning of June 25, well, afternoon really… but I was hanging out with my brother when he received a phone call. His wife who was out with our mother, head something on the news… and told us to put on the news. So we quickly turned on CNN, to hear that Michael Jackson is hospitalized and in a coma. My brother and I, panicked for not very long. We thought he'd be alright.

We turned off the TV, and continued what we were doing. 10 minutes later… she called us again. Asked if we knew yet. We said "Yeah, he's in a coma." she told us we were wrong and to turn the TV back on. So we did… he was dead at the age of 50 from a cardiac arrest. I was starting to get into his music a little at this time, but even then, he had an impact on my life. My brother grew up on him, and absolutely adored him.

We were both almost in tears to hear it. And when I saw the millions of people crowding that hospital, we knew that everyone had the same feeling. He touched everyone's heart. I knew his molestation charges were fake, so there's absolutely no one who has a legitimate reason to dislike him, and already people were trash talking him.

The past couple days have been rough. I've been listening to NOTHING but Michael Jackson, just as everyone else is. I've wanted to make big tributes to him, but I feel so helpless that I can't. Not even this picture is enough for me. I feel like I could do more, but this just about sums up all the feelings.

I would've like to update this comic with progress, but this is too important for me. The two next to TeK are my two good friends, who prolly felt the same emotions. I know I'm late on this tribute, but it's the least I can do.

He was a god, artist of the album Thriller, and set the standards on SO many things… I'd be so surprised if someone posted a negative comment and meant it. I'd actually be pretty pissed…