"Death has a way of aggrandizing life, but we're wacko in how we view Jacko"

By Mitch Albom

"Michael Jackson left this world four days ago. But he hadn't been living in it for a long time."

"In fact, it's hard to think of a celebrity who had less to do with the real world than Jackson. In the real world, you don't have pet llamas or roller coasters in your backyard. In the real world, if you're $400 million in debt, people aren't still lending you money. In the real world, you don't buy human bones, wear lipstick as a man or sleep with other people's children in your bedroom."

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