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No offense taken here kim...JMO, but what a tortured and unhealthy soul MJ was (albeit very talented)...death will finally provide him with the peace that he so obviously needed and probably craved. As we were inundated with the height of the media circus when Anna Nicole died, I really think the ongoing saga of Michael Jackson and the chaos left behind is going to make that all look like nothing. Good thing we all have the ability to change the channel if we choose!

I was never a real big fan of Michael Jackson, but as a kid, I used to watch the cartoon show of the Jackson 5. I've heard several ways in which he died, the most being a heart attack, but I also heard someone saw Michael Jackson in the childrens ward having a stroke LOL (I know, I'm bad. but hey, I gotta be me)

My favorite was the alien story...

I very much respected this actor ... he was very unique.



Jan Rubes, Cdn actor who played Amish grandfather in 'Witness,' dead at age 89
TORONTO - Jan Rubes, who played the Amish grandfather in the 1985 Harrison Ford film "Witness," has died at age 89.

Rubes was born in the former Czechoslovakia and emigrated to Canada in 1948. In addition to his film work, he was an accomplished singer who performed for the Canadian Opera Company over 1,000 times.

"Witness," directed by Peter Weir, was nominated for eight Academy Awards and told the story of a detective protecting a young Amish boy who was witness to a murder.

Other film roles included "The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick," "Snow Falling on Cedars" and "D2: The Mighty Ducks." He also did TV work, appearing in shows including "The X-Files," "Due South" and "Stargate SG-1."

Rubes was married to his wife Susan for almost 60 years.

'Rubes was married to his wife Susan for almost 60 years.'


I was a fan of the actor - but this impressed me even more.

Walter Cronkite dead
Veteran newsman passes away at 92

For a generation of TV viewers, he was the man who delivered the news. Now he’s become a news story himself.

Walter Cronkite, who guided America through the Vietnam War, the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy and man's landing on the moon, has passed away. He was 92.

The current news world is packed by competing newscasters on dozens of networks, but back when Cronkite was helming CBS News, he was simply the one everyone tuned in to. Known for the catchphrase “And that’s the way it is,” Cronkite was called the most-trusted man in America.

Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News for 19 years before Dan Rather stepped in to take his place.

Cronkite got his start as a battlefield correspondent during the First World War for the United Press before coming to CBS as a Washington correspondent in 1950.

The Missouri native moved to the fledgling CBS Evening News in 1962, where he was named anchor of the 15-minute nightly program, which became the first 30-minute network newscast the following year with him at the anchor desk.

From the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to publicly questioning U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War to the landing of the first man on the moon, Cronkite was known for a tell-it-like-it-is reporting style that was often tinged with genuine emotion.

Cancer claims Irish author McCourt

Irish author Frank McCourt has died of cancer in New York City at age 78.

He was best known for the million-selling Angela's Ashes, a memoir about his impoverished childhood.

McCourt's other books include Tis and Teacher Man.




I read all his books ... enjoyed them all ... "Angela's Ashes" was amazing to read ... "Teacher Man", was about when he was a teacher. He wrote about the student who washed the paint jars ... I was browsing through the book and not really ready to buy a book, but when I read that section, I had to buy & read it.

R.I.P.

Sorry folks, it's not meant to be a sad thread ... just got tired of too much news regarding M.J. and felt other people deserved to be recognized and were just as important and should be celebrated.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver - a lady that made and big impression on the world, and people with disabilities. One person who had many great qualities that is wish I had.


Ted Kennedy

Patrick Swayze 57 yrs old, passed away today with family at his side."

... scary because Mom has the same cancer....

I just loved Dirty Dancing and he seemed a great guy just like Paul Newman.

It is scary, no two ways about it.
Loved the movies Roadhouse and Dirty Dancing...but could watch Ghost over and over. A man with talent and pretty easy on the eyes...may he be at peace and without pain.

Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul



Loved their music ... she had a great voice!!!!

I forgot Red Dawn and Point Break, but above all of that, despite his fame and fortune, I really believe he was a man of genuine integrity...and that is hard to find.

He was a macho cowboy (but with great dance moves and a soft heart) ... he and his wife were doing some conservation project.

He said when him and Lisa renewed their vows, they really understood what those vows meant compared to when they first got married.

Despite everything, the Swazye family were very close.

Yeah, I wish he would be left alone. Especially if people have nothing good to say about him. I / we didn't follow "the circus" , we weren't with him day and night, and who is the public or anyone to talk trash about him? Especially now that he's dead. Didn't he go through enough?!

R E S P E C T is the key word here.

So in all due respect, he left behind a family who loved him.

Like he sang in one of his songs, "Leave me alone!"

As the saying goes, "if you have nothing good to say, then don't say anything.". That goes for everybody. The world is full of crap enough as it is. He was a talented human being, and the only person who was perfect, was crucified.

p.s. Michael, do your best to R.I.P. for your life was smashed to smithereens.

p.s I quote" No offense to Michael Jackson, but I sure wish the media circus would just stop. (sorry if others find this calous, it's not meant to be.)[/quote

Well, his name was brought up more than once... Sorry if I sound callous.





Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97 (July 1st)

Farrah Fawcette

Harve Presnell

Ed Mcmahon

Terry Black

Rita Kean

Billy Mays

Fred Travalena

Roger Terry, American (Tuskegee Airmen)

Michael Roof

Karl Michael Vogler

Nathan Marsters (Only 29yrs old ... too young)

Johnny Palermo, ( another one only 27yrs old.... too young)

Kenny Rankin

Mary Howard de Liagre

Del Monroe

Mollie Sugden, actress (Are You Being Served? my Dad loves that show)

Andree Layton Roaf, (she was the first American jurist, first black woman on Arkansas Supreme Court ... Impressive lady)

Micheal Jackson (hope you find peace because ... your life was a circus ... I wish the one that is going on now would just go away .... the few people mentioned above (JMO) seem to have gotten ignored or shoved aside by the news.

Sorry if so many other people that have done things and have been not mentioned are not on the above list. So many are not really considered famous, but have done things other areas, such as sport, music, acting, medicine/science, etc. R.I.P.

No offense to Michael Jackson, but I sure wish the media circus would just stop. (sorry if others find this calous, it's not meant to be.)[/quote

Micheal Jackson who?

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