Mega popstar Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50 after suffering cardiac arrest. His Sudden Death Heart Throbbing 4 Many Of His Fans...

He was wacko, eccentric, difficult, misunderstood. He was talented, gifted, innovative, engaging. In short, Michael Jackson was everything you could possibly need to be a pop star. In recent years the circus that became his life masked an undeniable truth: that Jackson was one of the most talented individuals ever to grace a stage or recording studio in modern times. His legacy will live on in the same way as those of the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Jackson, however, was the world's most enduring pop star, even if the latter part of his career was noted more for dangling toddlers and days in court than chart-topping success. 

His album Thriller didn't become the biggest seller of all time because of his celebrity. It did so because it was an incredibly original, beautifully crafted and performed piece of work. And he he seized the MTV generation by the scruff of its neck with the accompanying videos. Jackson had the pop star gene from the day he was born and used it to great effect for most of his life. 

His sold-out scheduled concerts in London proved that he still had the pulling power of a great talent. What those punters paid for, most of all, was to see a catalogue of material performed by a man whose skills as an entertainer matched those of his musicianship. It's unlikely we'll see such a happy and enduring marriage in pop music again. All we can hope for is that his talent lives on in the millions of pop star wannabes he thrilled with his music.