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Michael Jackson was that sweet little boy who came out on the stage in the 70’s swinging, with his big brothers behind him. Most of us loved him and at the time we didn’t know he was a child who would not experience childhood. But would never actually leave it behind.

I remember Michael Jackson as the cute little boy who came into the loop with his satin voice and magical moves in the 1970’s. That little boy had style and an innocent smile that captured everyone’s heart. We didn’t know then about the hard father that kept him practicing hours on end. We didn’t know about the beatings he endured. We didn’t know about the child begging to go outside to feel the sun on his face who was denied that human right. We only saw the little boy on stage who looked as if he were having the time of his life dancing and singing with his big brothers. When he broke away on his own his genius really came to light with Billy Jean and Moon Walk.

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It was always a shock to me to see him after he began the surgeries that changed his looks so profoundly. Michael was a beautiful child and a handsome young man. We will never know what haunted him so horribly he decided to do what he did. The charming young man that we had known as a child disappeared and this strange looking light skinned man appeared in his place. But underneath that facade was still the same shy young Michael Jackson.

I for one didn’t believed he harmed a child. Michael was a child himself and he said many times in interviews that he was never at ease with adults. He said he felt at home with children. I thought the parents who accused him were sleaze buckets who were after Michael’s money. Anyone who is accused of sexual misconduct can never prove innocence and doesn’t have to. It’s up to the court to prove guilt  But in a court of law false accusation and inuendo can play a part in that decision. I have forgotten the facts but I remember the parents had accused someone else and sued for money. It showed a pattern I thought.

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Now this talented man child who was the best known person in the world is dead at fifty. Drugs were probably the cause. I heard Deepak Chopra speaking this morning on TV. He said Michael once visited at his home and while there asked him to write a prescription for narcotic pain killers. Dr. Chopra refused and asked Michael to seek treatment for drug dependence. Michael told him he had severe back and leg pain from falling off the stage during a performance. I remember seeing the fall on TV. Michael broke a leg and chipped disks in his back. He was in and out of the hospital and that’s when he began to take the drugs.

Dr. Chopra went on to say that half the doctors in Hollywood are only drug pushers with a medical license. He said they keep the rich and famous suppled with narcotics and he is calling for an investigation by authorities. If it happens some lives might be saved.

And so we say good-bye to one of our most popular icons. Many liked him and many despised him. He was not understood but I believe he was an innocent. May he rest in peace.

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