Thursday, June 25, 2009
r.i.p. michael jackson & farrah fawcett
Celebrity deaths come in threes and with the passing Ed McMahon the other day and Farrah Fawcett this morning I expected a third, but I certainly didn't think it would come quite so soon, and that it would be Michael Jackson. I don't have much respect for him as a person (I do believe he was a pedophile), but there is no denying his genius as a songwriter and performer and he was a true pop icon. That can't be taken away from him or diminished. I liked a lot of his songs and had purchased his music. And his performance and music influenced countless performers after him. So it's a shock that at only 50 he is gone. His name will always be connected to weirdness and scandal, but he'll always also hold a place as one of the most beloved and important pop music icons the world has ever known. 
I have less to say about Farrah Fawcett. She was on Charlie's Angels and some various movies. She seemed kinda ditzy and I'm not sure she made any huge difference with her talent (I hope that doesn't sound too harsh, I just didn't ever see much of her work.) But there is no denying her influence when it came to her looks. And in her day she was a stunner. I understand how she was the penultimate poster on the wall of teenage boys the country over. Though I'm not sure that's much of a legacy to leave, I understand why her death made headlines and I wouldn't have ever wished the kind of pain she went through in the last years of her life on anyone.
So rest in peace pop icons. This celebrity death trio was a doozy.
