Michael Jackson seriously ill

[malaise]

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/12/22/michael-jackson-desperately-needs-lung-transplant-claims-biographer.aspx
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Michael Jackson needs a lung transplant, says the King of Pop's biographer.

Ian Halperin, an investigative journalist, claims that Jackson suffers from Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic disorder, which has caused the singer to lose vision in his left eye and to develop emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding. Halperin has been quoted as saying that he doesn't believe that Jackson, 50, has much time left.

He needs a lung transplant, but may be too weak to go through with it. ... It's the bleeding that's the most problematic part. It could kill him.
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How sad! An unbelievably talented freak. I wish you well for your beautiful music.

Edit -change link

[Maven]

1. What is that shoe picture doing there?

[malaise]

5. LOL

You may actually wish that I left the wrong link. :rofl:
He sure looks awful

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Wow. I wonder what will happen to his children?

IIRC, he cut off all ties with their birth mother.

He always struck me as having led a very sad life.

[SoCalDem]

49. They might have a chance at a semi-normal life..n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

3. Was he beaten with shoes?

:shrug:;)

[malaise]

Corrected

:D

[Deja Q]

8. Looks like the shoes walked out of the picture...

:yoiks:

[Dennis Donovan]

15. Maybe they moonwalked all over him?

:silly:

Seriously, despite his "issues" with children, he's an iconic figure in music and I hope he gets well.

[malaise]

20. DUzy

:D

[Dennis Donovan]

24. Your original, unedited post was better...

:D

[Jamastiene]

4. Damn. I like him.

:(

[Deja Q]

6. Oi, everybody knows Michael Jackson has been sick for YEARS.

Okay, so it's not mental illness this time 'round...


Sardonic comments aside, I wouldn't wish that malaise on anybody. Sounds very painful. :( (the disease, that is, not my comments...)

[malaise]

18. Sometimes being a genius isn't worth the life

Jacko is a tragic figure. Like you I wouldn't wish this on anyone...maybe Cheney.

[Deja Q]

27. Depends on the issue, but I'll by and large agree with your assessment.

Geniuses tend to be eccentric, but not all geniuses do what Michael Jackson has been claimed of doing -- even if it's true Jackson didn't molest them, to sleep in the same bed with them still seems bizarre. Little children (toddlers) might sleep with their parents if they feel terrified, but adults sleeping with children to feel serene? Cuckoo, I'm sorry. It's simply cuckoo.

[opihimoimoi]

7. It was that VooDoo Doll used by Eddie Murphy 25 years ago on SNL

[firedupdem]

9. I hope this investigative journalist is wrong. It's sad to see anybody

ill. I wish him the best.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Another case where a life of total excess lead to nothing but tragedy.

[mzteris]

12. let's not forget child abuse and

exploitation.

[malaise]

19. I agree with you 100%

His life wasn't what we saw. He had no childhood.

[madeline_con]

28. Do you mean of him or BY him?

Or a little from each column?





Teri, long time no see! Merry Christmas from the artist formerly known as Ybtisam. :hi: :hug:

[mzteris]

43. hola chica!

How've you been? I see your posts from time to time. I don't post much at all anymore. In fact, I don't even come on unless I'm really bored . . .


I meant OF him - during his childhood. This was in response to the comment that it was "total excess" that lead to the "tragedy that was Michael Jackson".

I think any subsequent problems stemmed a great deal from his childhood trauma. He was never allowed to really BE a child, no wonder he reverted to being one as a quasi-adult.

[madeline_con]

48. True. He had a weird childhood.

Kid stars seem to turn out having strange adulthoods a great deal of the time.

I'm graduating in April with a Bachelor's in ExEd and Elementray Ed. I'm jazzed about it! Wish me luck!

I hope you and yours are happy and well. Merry Christmas!

[mzteris]

57. congratulations!

I know you'll be glad when schools over. Well, I guess though - "school" won't ever be over, though, will it! lol

Happy Holidays!

[Ex Lurker]

54. that doesn't excuse the pedophilia

you don't have a choice in your upbringing. You have a choice in how you deal with it. Michael Jackson gave into his worst impulses, and that karma all belongs to him. I don't wish ill on anyone, but I have a real hard time generating much compassion in this situation.

[Deja Q]

33. Agreed. Even the mentally strong have scars; being abused as a child has life-long repercussions.

It doesn't excuse what Michael did if he did it, but it certainly was a cruelty for him to have endured as a child.

[Cleita]

14. Ouch!

How does a genetic disease equal a life of total excess? That's pretty heartless of you to say that.

[The_Casual_Observer]

16. His life was essentially over long before this. This is sort of a finale.

[Jamastiene]

17. Agreed. n/t

[crim son]

11. It is very sad news.

I've never known what to believe about all the accusations made against him but he has always seemed to be very mentally ill. An unbelievably talented freak, indeed.

[MiniMe]

13. According to Faux, not true

But I agree with you that he is very talented and I feel sort of sorry for him

[malaise]

25. What does Fox know about

truth!

[MiniMe]

37. I'm with you Malaise

One of the TVs at work runs Faux Noise, and I saw the headline on the screen "Is Michael Jackson Dying?" So I came back to my desk to see what info I could find about it. I found nothing, except on Faux. And even the article of Faux says it is false. Apparently the rumor was put out there by Jackson' biographer.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470985,00.html

[Deja Q]

36. FOX also "mistakenly" labels miscreant Republicans as "Democrats"

I wouldn't take their word as gospel at all... I'd take it with a grain of salt...

if not a bucket full of salt.

[MiniMe]

38. Yes, they do

I'm not going to defend Faux. I wouldn't be surprised if Faux put the story out there just to get ratings. See my answer to Malaise just above your post that explains what I'm saying.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

45. So does MSNBC

They labeled David Vitter as a Democrat the other day.

[Ioo]

21. So are other people... lots of people are ill, why is this illness more important.

I hate American fascination with celebrities. I care that Michael Jackson is sick as much as I care about other people I do not know are sick. Sure I want everyone to be healthy... but he is not special.

[malaise]

23. Maybe not to you

but I still love his music. He was an absolute genius.

[Dennis Donovan]

26. Yeah, fuck every sick person in the world that I don't know personally!

:crazy:

Why bother posting & kicking this thread, then? That's a minute of your life you'll never get back.:eyes:

[Deja Q]

31. An inevitable truism, but at least

Jackson isn't using it to help shoe-shine his ego.

Other sick celebs (Winehouse, Spears, et al) had used their status and sickness to overtly seek camera time at one point.

[Lex]

32. Don't fall off your high horse, you might get hurt.

nt

[shadowknows69]

22. Wow, shocking.

I guess that makes a little more sense of his oxygen chamber thing he used to supposedly sleep in (urban legend/weekly world news stuff I know, but maybe not) If he knew he had this for a while and that it might cause Emphysema some day.

[Warpy]

29. One of my cousins has that

and since he was dumb enough to smoke, he too is on the transplant list.

I know what Jackson is going through and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[wuushew]

35. How rare is this disorder?

wikipedia didn't have any info on the prevalence.

[Warpy]

39. Since there's no testing until people are showing

serious signs of lung damage, there are no figures on prevalence.

[ChickMagic]

30. Gives new meaning to "Blood on the Dance Floor"

I do feel badly for him and I hope the reports are wrong.

[Gman]

34. Bullshit... he was just running around the other day dressed like Zorro

and in fine health.

[Ex Lurker]

55. except for the rotting nose thing n/t

[YOY]

40. I really wish he had never become what he did...a great musician turned into a sideshow freak.

Who really can say how much of that metomorphosis was caused by money, the constant surrounding flock of sycophants who wouldn't/couldn't tell him "no", his childhood, genetics, or his own personal actions etc...

It would have been cool if he had turned out a little like Prince, Ozzy, or Madonna...still making hits and the occasional celeb semi-wacky headlines instead of becoming a punchline for this, the inevitable tragic end.

Life's not always cool like that.

Oh well, it worked out for Prince, Ozzy, or Madonna. Someone has to lose sometimes.

[47of74]

41. Well, according to Faux News....

...the only place Jackson is sick is in the head. But I think I will wait until I hear from a real news organization before passing judgment on his illness.

[Joe Fields]

42. Michael Jackson is a poor excuse for a human being. No sympathy here.

[Maru Kitteh]

52. What you say is probably true, but what about his kids? They didn't ask for this shit.

I do hope they are cared for. Perhaps now they'll be allowed to discover a decent life that approaches something closer to normalcy.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

44. Thriller is the best album ever

So for that alone I wish him well.

[malaise]

46. Not sure I agree but it is a great album

and I too wish him well.

sp.

[Ex Lurker]

56. not in my top 100, but to each his/her own

He's not in the same league as Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook, or Wilson Pickett.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

58. Maybe not

But Thriller is a landmark album both in production techniques which in 1983 were revolutionary, songwriting and performance. I have a hard time taking any music fan seriously who disputes that honestly.

[spanone]

47. michael is such a tragic figure.....odd combination of genius talent and defective unit

[Toucano]

50. That kind of fame is a horrible affliction.

Too bad our society seems to value it more and more.

[Maru Kitteh]

51. If he's still a JW and adhering he won't take a transplant or transfusions

And if so, he should be arranging for hospice care and guardianship of the children.

[Number23]

53. This is so sad! And weird!!

Sad and weird all over...