Farewell To Michael Jackson

By Senior Entertainment Correspondent, John Frazier

As I write up this information, thousands upon thousands are lined up at NYC's Apollo theatre on both sides of the street, as 600 people are allowed to enter for 45 minutes, where they can say their goodbye's to the King of Pop, Mr. Michael Jackson. Once inside there's a huge screen on the Apollo's stage, showing different photo's of Mr. Jackson, as his music, alone, and with his famous brothers, play. The Rev. Al Sharpton will speak later during this celebration and memorial. Fans are allowed to write their thoughts on a huge wall within the theatre, that will honor Mr. Jackson. This fixture will become a part of the theatre in memory of Mr. Michael Jackson.

 

 
 
 
 
It was also announced that on Friday, July 3rd, 2009, the funeral will take place at "Neverland", the Michael Jackson estate which will be opened to the public, with an open casket. On that following Sunday, July 5th, there will be a private service for the family and extremely close friends.

It was just released that Joe Jackson, his father gets nothing, he was cut out of the will, as Mr. Michael never got over how his father abused him, when he was a child. Strangely, Mr. Joe Jackson has been granted legal control of the Michael Jackson estate. The interesting thing is that the Michael was in disagreement with his father, most of his adult life. Only recently Mr. Joe Jackson wanted a reunion tour with Michael and his brothers, but Michael was not interested. There was also talk of Mr. Michael Jackson headlining in Vegas. Ms. Janet Jackson, his younger sister, said that if this were to happen, she would love to open for him. As for Mr. Joe Jackson handling anything belonging to the gloved one, I'm sure he would not approved.

At the Apollo, during the day, as thousands & thousands waited in the hot sun, umbrella's were opened in honor to the King of Pop. It's believed that thousands waited for 2 days outside of the theatre, to insure entrance. Now its raining, still thousands patiently wait to enter the famous theatre. At 5:26 pm, on Thursday, June 25th, everyone in NYC and LA, stopped for a moment of silence, as we, of one mind, focused, prayed and thanked God for sharing this musical genius with us.

 
 
 
 
Mrs. Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother, has temporary custody of the King of Pop's three children. My heart goes out to them, it's not easy losing a parent at such young ages. Many are questioning if the children are really Michael's, will the mother's try to get custody? How much money will be left when Mr. Jackson's financial matter's are settled. It's believe that he left everything in a huge mess. He was spending more money than he had. Now I believe that this is in liquid funds.

It was questioned if Mr. Michael Jackson would want this kind of celebration of life to take place, since he was a shy, private kind of person, once he left the stage. My five year old nephew, Shawn, has a huge interested in the King of Pop, as he tries to understand what death means. When he heard that Mr. Jackson died, he went to his mother and questioned, "He's died, will he come back?" I'm sure that the minds of young children are trying to understand such a painful certainly in life.

To be honest, there was a childlike presence with the King of Pop and young children were able to connect to him. Then as the years went by, it seems that we lost him many years before June 25th. Its been years since we've heard any real product from Mr. Jackson, this is one of the reasons why he wanted to kick off this farewell tour. He wanted to go out on top. His death is being compared to the late Mr. John Lennon and Mr. Elvis Presley, but in my opinion this is much bigger than that, as it's believed that Mr. Michael Jackson touched everyone, musically, from every walk of life. In all fairness, I can not say the same thing for Mr. Lennon and Mr. Presley. Sadly, in many ways his wish came true,

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