It still is a little hard to believe that Michael Jackson has died. Not that it doesn’t happen to celebrities, but if you had believed the tabloids years ago, you would have thought he would have passed away well before the age of 50. (Another hard to believe fact.)
When the American Music Awards were broadcast this past weekend, Michael Jackson was up for, and honored, by winning 4 AMA’s. It’s too bad in this case he was not around to hold them. But this is nothing new. There have been times when celebrities have won awards after their deaths. All you have to do is travel back to last year’s awards shows and Heath Ledger.
Neither Michael Jackson nor Heath Ledger could walk into a restaurant, retailer, or sports arena with out being swarmed. In some instances I am sure they enjoyed it, but there has to come a time when they want the peace and quiet. For some the glamour of being a star is what drives them, for others it’s just their profession.
What’s really cool is when a faded star suddenly brightens; Tony Bennett, John Travolta (for many years he was not in the limelight) and Donny Osmond. Winning “Dancing with the Stars” last night places him front and center into the world he knew and knows too well. Of course for people my age he will be remembered as part of the Donny and Marie duo, the lead in Joseph, but now for millions of people who didn’t know who he was, he is now the guy who won, DWTS.
The photo above was taken at the Smithsonian Institution; in Andy Warhol like fashion, this work of art captured Michael Jackson in his prime. It’s too bad we can’t turn back time because when the light was shining on him, it could not have been brighter.
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