The music and magic that Michael Jackson weaved for this generation will be cherished for a long time to come..
Michael Jackson must surely be the icon of our generation. The undisputed King of Pop of our times...Those born in the 60s will remember MJ for his moonwalk, thrusting and jerky body movements and his dance...But we will remember MJ the most for his many inspirational songs themed on tearing down the racial divide..
M.J was supposed to be performing in the O2 arena in london, but the extent and intensity of pratices, especially the high-energy dances, must have taken their toll on the 50-year-old singer...
His was a world of "it doesn't matter whether it's black or white" and of "ebony and ivory and living in perfect harmony", great songs that we sang along to...And how could we forget We Are The World, his 1985 collaboration with other 45 famous artistes of his time, a song which was uplifting in every sense?
Even when he was caught up in controversy over child molest claims, many of us could not help feeling that money was the reason behind these plots and allegations...We sympathised over his child-like innocence, believing he was a victim of greedy accountants and promoters who used him like an ATM machine. ..How else does one explain the mountain of debts burdened on a man who made hundreds of milllions with the spell of his music?
But he has enriched us a lot, like in these lines from Man in the Mirror:
"I'm starting with the man in the mirror,
I'm asking him to change his ways.
No message could have been clearer,
If you wanna make the world a better place.
Take a look at yourself and make a change."
MJ has taught us about love and unity, much more than politicians can. For this, his music will live on forever...
" MJ is still very much alive, as long as mankind still can hear and as long as the air vibrates..""Those of us who grew up with Jackson's music and the glow of his fame in its prime may choose to remember him in the way he seemed to want us to perceive him , as that magical child, never struck down by ordinary life, forever singing, "I'll be there.""God must be smiling from heaven above as another angel will be beside him forever...""A legend dies but lives in our hearts...." 
