I'm barely older than Michael Jackson was, so I've heard his unimpressive "music" and I've seen his music videos with the crotch-grabbing and dancing zombies.
This is what passes for "Talent" these days? What's next, some guy dropping trou and burping into the mike?
As he got older, his increasingly bizarre behavior really crossed the line from "eccentric" to "downright creepy" . . . not the sort of person I'd want for a neighbor.
I don't take any joy in his passing, but I fail to see the reason for the near-hysterical "reporting" of his demise, especially on channels like Fox News, which became the "All Michael Jackson, All The Time" channel last night, pre-empting all regular programming. (Of course, Fox does tend to take minor stories and blow them all out of proportion - Kobe Bryant, OJ, Jon-Benet Ramsey, Scott Peterson, etc.)
I also wonder about the absolute insistence by some of the talking heads that his passing was due entirely to "natural causes" . . .