Michael Jackson: Timeless legend

Michael Jackson

29.08.1959 – 25.06.2009

On Friday the 26th of June, Britain woke up to the tragic news of Michael Jackson’s death. Millions of people nationwide were in shock and headlines were reporting everything from a pharmaceutical drugs overdose to the accusing  ‘London gigs killed Michael Jackson’.

We now know that he died of cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead in the UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles at 10:26pm GMT. His death was most likely related to the combination of pharmaceutical drugs and stress.

The news hit London by storm – as everyone knows, Jackson was scheduled for 50 gigs at the o2 arena which started in July, and only 5 days before his death tickets had been reopened to o2 customers. While fans in LA gathered by the UCLA Medical Centre and fans in New York gathered by Harlem’s Apollo Theatre,  London had no specific place to mourn the loss of the pop legend that most of us have grown up listening to.

Hearing that fans had begin to lay flowers by the Lyric Theatre in Soho, I went down later in the day to lay a bouquet. Whilst buzzing with people, it wasn’t as busy as I thought it would be and soon realised crowds were gathered in Trafalgar Square and Liverpool Street Station. The atmosphere in Trafalgar Square was electric – there must have been at least 2000 people singing ‘Beat It’ in unison, dancing and shouting ‘Michael, Michael, Michael!’ well on until very late Friday night.

It’s been four days now since the King of Pop’s death, but it will be an eternity before he and his music are forgotten.

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