Michael Jackson was the soundtrack to my life from grade school to my late 40s and life was not the same when he died music was not the same, but I still had Prince from my teens and adult and then he died. These two men owned their music and Micheal owned everybody’s music. The day he died the world cried those who loved him. Kobe died and the world cried again. We seem not to have our Icons get old. Whitney Houston was a star and she had the it factor to the day she died, We cared about our superstars and they are all gone and it hurts. So Micheal’s friends and family miss him dearly. This is it was a sad reminder that Micheal is gone and he not coming back. Micheal was a driven soul and most of his money was tied up. Now his family is free as people are tired of having people destroy his character. Let him rest in peace and life will never be the same without him and his music.
When listening to the pain of his mom and family you realized just how normal he was. Micheal wanted to be number 1 and that drove him to the day he died. He was a perfectionist and you could tell with everything he did. He was in control and but like his sister said drugs were a problem he thought he could handle it. He was scaring his family and they tried to save him. But Mike could not be saved. His mother is still in pain now. Janet Jackson was being strong until she could not Gone too soon. Michael was amazing and the soundtrack to my life he will be missed. I saw him in concert as a child and grown man. I will never forget either. I adding of few songs for you to enjoy from this Genius. Lisa was his real love for real. Michael was broken-hearted when lost his real wife and love. She loved him for real and she loved for who he was. 2 years from MJ she was loving Micheal with all her heart.
MICHAEL JACKSON died 12 years ago today and after his funeral, his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley had a moment alone by his casket.
Michael Jackson funeral: Lisa Marie’s moment alone by his casket – ‘I wanted to apologize’
MICHAEL JACKSON died 12 years ago today and after his funeral his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley had a moment alone by his casket.
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley interviewed in 1995
Michael Jackson died 12 years ago at the age of just 50. Less than two weeks later a public memorial service took place at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles ahead of a private funeral that September. The latter was attended by around 200 of the star’s closest friends and family including Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and MJ’s ex-wife Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie Presley.
Fans will know that Jackson and Lisa Marie had been briefly married between 1994 and 1996.
The King of Pop’s funeral saw his family arrive in a motorcade of 31 vehicles, while his brothers Randy, Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon were his pallbearers.
His siblings carried the gold-plated casket into the service at Glendale’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
And after the service, Lisa Marie stayed behind to have a private moment by her former husband’s body.
Speaking with Oprah in 2010, Lisa Marie shared that she was the last person to stand over Jackson’s body at the funeral.
The TV host asked her: “As you stood over his casket, were you able to make peace?”
After pausing, Lisa Marie replied: “No, I don’t think I could make peace then.
“It was more like I wanted to apologize for not being
Reflecting on Jackson’s untimely death, Lisa Marie said: “Had I just said, ‘How are you?’
“Can I try to make a phone call? I really did regret that I didn’t.”
The star’s funeral cost $1 million and this included $590,000 for the crypt in Forest Lawn’s Great Mausoleum.
Today his remains are resting inside the Holly Terrace section of the building.
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