Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was an extraordinary entertainer and visionary and a gifted musician who, unfortunately, was also the target of human evil. Despite giving so much pleasure to the world through his music and humanitarianism, he was wildly successful and rich, thereby drawing to himself charlatans, hucksters and just plain ol' greedy bastards—most of whom were members of the media. Jackson was also surprisingly shy, which explains why he didn't bare his private life to the world, thereby leaving him vulnerable to destructive tabloid speculation and ugly gossip. Ultimately, Jackson will go down in the annals of music history as one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived, as well as a kind and generous human being. I wish his well-raised children nothing but good memories.