MSNBC reported that the Los Angeles Times is reporting that Michael Jackson has died.  Can't get to web site.  I always saw Jackson as a tremendously talented but tragically flawed person, especially for one who is a citizen of the USA.  He was the baby of the Jackson Family and the most gifted.  My guess is that the family, probably siblings, had some role in keeping him happy and satisfied under the stress of performance and that this lead to a psycho-sexual identity that became untenable as Michael grew older, especially in the USA.  He was 50 years old.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."