MICHAEL JACKSON

I don't have much to say about the death of Michael Jackson, except that I am sad.

I looked at him as more as a dancer than a singer. When Fred Astaire saw him on the American Music Awards one year, he immediately called the young star.

"How did you learn to dance like that?" he asked.

"From God" Michael answered, and he meant it.

He was a strange man, but I don't think he was evil. I never believed any of the things the media said about him. I think he was a kid at heart and just wanted to be surrounded by them, and those who thought ill of him would never understand.

"They are the only ones who will tell me the truth."

I believed him when he said it, and I believe it now.

I think the true circumstances of his tragic life and sudden death will come to light someday.

The real sadness which remains heavy in my heart is the fact he will never have the chance to do anything now.

That is the real tragedy.