Nostalgia Friday ~ The Week the Seventies Died

[rattlesnakeroot]

It's hard to believe that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died on the same day. The day before that, Johnny Carson's intrepid sidekick Ed McMahon died. Last week, David Carradine of the TV show Kung Fu died mysteriously. Overshadowed by all those deaths is the news that CBS newsman Walter Cronkite may not have long to live.

It's strange to see

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[lunas_ceiling]

Don't even joke about David Cassidy, lol. I think we've known for some time Farrah was nearing the end and nobody was truly shocked. MJ was a mind blower though. I was following it on the net and I can't remember when another announcement brought the net to a halt. I remember when Elvis died, I was 16 and cooking spaghetti, you just don't forget those times.

MJ was a truly gifted musician, it has been hard watching all that has happened to him since he hit his personal peak in the 80's. I think he was a truly sad man and was probably used and abused by many along the way. I hope he is at peace.

[rattlesnakeroot]

I hope I didn't jinx David Cassidy - I would be devastated!!!

My first thought yesterday was that I wish we could remember MJ as a great musician and dancer and forget everything else. He was a Howard Hughes type character - an enigma. Also like Elvis.

But I still love his music, in spite of his weirdness. He was surrounded by enablers and yes-men all his life, and I guess it was inevitable that things would end this way.

[lunas_ceiling]

I don't think you jinxed him, but he was the only one who ever got a full length poster in my room so I have a soft spot for him.

Michael Jackson's music was probably what saved a troubled industry and there was no denying his talent. I think he was scarred in ways we may never know and the latter weirdness was really a manifestation of a very troubled person. While we can't deny his amazing gifts, his life should offer some lessons on fame in our culture, especially when children are the ones in the limelight.

Interesting point I read about Brian Oxman, the family attorney, is making clear that he had warned the family for years that if Michael died of overmedication, he would not be silent. Good for him on that count. Someone should have opened their mouth long before this though.

[rattlesnakeroot]

That's good to know. I just watched the Autopsy Presser from the Los Angeles Coroner's Office. They said there was no outer trauma but they wouldn't comment on the toxicology report, which will come out in a few weeks. I have a feeling there are alot of people out there who will start talking soon.

[rattlesnakeroot]

Oh God Yes - Please, Sir Elton! Take Care!

I don't want to start playing sad songs. :(

It's disturbing about Farrah because she was so beautiful when she was younger, and just glowing with health. And then to see her suffering with anal cancer - ugh, it's horrible to think about. Our generation just doesn't want to think about it.

[alwaysholly]

I was shocked when I heard about Michael Jackson. With Farrah Fawcett I knew her death was close because of the cancer.

I didn't know that Walter Cronkite ill. How sad.

[rattlesnakeroot]

Yep - Walter Cronkite will probably be next.

I think one of the VH-1 channels is having a Michael Jackson marathon this weekend. I meant to say that in my post.

[priya_ashok]

And how wonderfully he dances. I remember being awed by the 'break-dance' and I still listen to some of his songs. I am sad he died so early. Yesterday, my husband came home and he told me that there were SMS's going around that now kids could sleep soundly because MJ died. He apparently got one message like that on his mobile and he wanted to know what it was all about. I felt sadder when I heard that. :(

[rattlesnakeroot]

I hate to say it because I really love the music also, but I believe there were valid reasons for thinking that MJ took advantage of trusting children at his house. I followed his trial closely and there was alot of evidence that he wasn't behaving normally for a grown man. A psychologist just said it was arrested development, but I'm not sure. Tonight on the national news the music arranger Quincy Jones said that MJ had pictures of children (not his own) hanging everywhere in his house. But at the same time, he talked about seeing Jackson as a victim himself from an early age with an abusive father and spending months on the road separated from his mother. I think alot of people wrote him off as a musician after his trial - there's just alot of mixed emotions.

[priya_ashok]

Oh! I had thought all that could not be proved and that there was a good chance that MJ was innocent. Oh! :(