At 02h00 this morning I filed an article on the Sentinel site confirming that Michael Jackson had died.

It’s now about 02h05 and I can’t sleep.

Watching Sky News I can already see that there are going to be a billion conspiracy theories and the whole family including his young children are going to be living under a microscope.

To me Michael Jackson will always be a musical genius who lived with a tortured soul as a result of an insatiable media.

That is how I would like to remember this incredible talent.

May he finally rest in peace.

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Michael Trapido

Michael Trapido

Mike Trapido is a criminal attorney and publicist having also worked as an editor and journalist. He was born in Johannesburg and attended HA Jack and Highlands North High Schools. He married Robyn...

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