The two news items which people must have heard now are the deaths of Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Both were stars in their respective fields and earned respect for the work done onscreen. They both had their ups and downs but I think it was Farah who kind of disappeared into the wilderness and not much about her was heard.
Farah Fawcett I remember from Charlie’s Angel television serial long back. There wasn't much of a plot to this show but it was worth watching as it was one of the better shows when compared to the rest of the stuff shown. The other serials which I remember watching which she was in were "The Flying Nun," "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Partridge Family." They did provide alot of good entertainment value for the whole family which is sorely missing these days. I really do not know which other serials she was in since it was so long ago. I think at some point in time she made a transition to movies and the only one for which she is remembered for is "The burning bed". But sadly her televiosn success did not follow her to the big screen for some reason.
I think she had been battling cancer for some time until she lost control to it at a later stage. It's an awful thing to happen to anyone. Not only is the patient affected but everyone is traumatized by it at some point in time. The survivors live in constant fear about it recurrence. She never had an easy life but she did try her best to succeed in the things which she tried her hand in. Hopefully, wherever she it at this time may her soul rest in peace.
I won't speak ill of Michael Jackson even though he was a bit strange odd ball one. He did very strange things in the last 15 to 20 years which kept me wondering "Why?” I must admit a bit hesitantly that I did grow up listening to his music and at one time I liked some of his songs before I moved on from this particular music genre to my current fav one which is now metal. Hopefully, my metal friends won't notice this post and start ribbing me about my choices of music in the past. I guess this is my so called skeleton in the closet. lol. What's yours?
Seriously, looking back he did manage to influence the music industry alot and changed the music industry's perspective of the world. When he started out he was very talented and seemed really dedicated to his field but it seems like he got side tracked at some point in time. One thing which I do remember was that the Thriller was the biggest selling album at that time and was the high point of his musical career and the Black or White album was also worth listening to.
Due to the later actions done by him, I kind of lost the respect I held for him and started wondering what would make a man do these things. Even though he was one of the great entertainers of this era, I think there was too much time and space which was devoted in the media to his death. I sometimes wonder if other big entertainer will be given the same treatment as this one when they finally pass into the other side. He had always been in the limelight for one reason or other ranging from cosmetic ones to the baby dangling from the hotel room railing and the media went crazy when they found out.
On an ending note, I hope wherever he is at this time he is content, happy and his mind has been put to ease from his troubled past. He did manage to entertain us and gave us something worthwhile to listen to on radio or watch on television when we turned these things on. Hopefully people remember that he has family members which are getting over this loss and hopefully people will remember this and respect their privacy when they need it the most.
